CPAs score high on Worth’s annual ranking of the
nation’s top financial advisers ( www.aicpa.org/news/2002/p071002.htm
). Of the 250 preeminent professionals that are listed in the
magazine’s July/August issue, 59 (24%) are CPAs and 46 (18%) are
CPA/PFS practitioners.
The secretary of the Treasury, the director of the Office
of Management and Budget and the comptroller general of the United
States appoint three new members to the Federal Accounting Standards
Advisory Board (FASAB) ( www.fasab.gov/pdf/newmem.pdf ), following
their January decision to increase the number of public members on the
board to 6 from 3, while reducing the number of federal government
members to 3 from 6. The new members are Joseph V. Anania Sr., CPA;
Claire Gorham Cohen; and Alan H. Schumacher, CPA.
The AICPA releases a marketing tool kit and resource
guide ( http://citp.aicpa.org )
for members holding the certified information technology professional
(CITP) designation. The tool kit includes literature CITPs can use to
explain their services to their employer, prospective clients or the
press; the guide lists books, software and courses useful for earning
CPE credit and addressing everyday practice management issues.
Joseph T. Wells, CPA, CFE, of Austin, Texas, receives the
American Accounting Association’s 2001–2002 Innovation in Accounting
Education Award (
http://accounting.rutgers.edu/raw/aaa/awards/wells.htm ), presented
annually for exceptional achievement in the field. Wells is the
founder and chairman of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
