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Free Web Seminars
www.bettermanagement.com
Gratis membership to this Web site gains
users access to online talks such as “Bridging Technology
and Business Continuity Objectives” and “Ethics and Legal
Mandate: Survival in the Sarbanes-Oxley Era.” CPAs also can
read articles on business intelligence and activity-based
management and receive e-mail newsletters.
A No-Cost Business Magazine
www.treasuryandrisk.com
Accounting, corporate finance and risk
management professionals will want to bookmark this Web site
for monthly electronic issues or register for a free
hard-copy subscription to the magazine Treasury &
Risk Management. In addition, this site offers free
buyer’s guides on accounting software and retirement
services and a “People on the Move” column, which profiles
professionals.
A Pretty Powerful Portal
www.brint.com
This Web site bills itself as the “survival
network for the brave new world of business.” And with
literally hundreds of free links to information on knowledge
management, the new economy and technology, Brint.com aims
to deliver something for everyone in business, knowledge
management and information technology.
Management and Marketing Articles
www.users.cloud9.net/~kvivian
Accountants in business and industry—as
well as law and information technology professionals—looking
for tips on running their firms and Web sites more
effectively can find links to a large assortment of articles
at marketing communications consultant Kaye Vivian’s site.
Titles include “A Dozen Tips for a New Marketing Director”
and “E-Commerce: How to Sell Services on Your Web Site.”
A Study in Ethics
www.iit.edu/departments/csep
The Illinois Institute of Technology Web
site links to the Center for the Study of Ethics in the
Professions, which offers users codes of ethics links for
various industries including business, communication,
computing, finance and government. Visitors can find current
online issues of the center’s periodical Perspectives on
the Professions or have free hard copies delivered
via snail mail.
Ethics and the Law
www.legalethics.com
Looking for articles on the legal aspects
of ethical business practices? This Web site includes links
to stories such as “The Father of Modern Spam Speaks” and
“Unauthorized Practice of Law on the Net,” as well as ethics
opinions and recent announcements. Links for all 50 states
help shed light on the role ethics plays for elected
officials with information on candidate finance data and
election agencies.
A Virtual Trip Back in Time
www.sechistorical.org
Accounting professionals and history buffs
alike can listen to audio streams of SEC roundtable
discussions and oral histories of past and present members’
involvement in the commission at its historical society Web
site. Visitors also can peruse historical records and papers
such as SEC annual reports, older photos and a list of
chairpersons and commissioners dating back to 1934.
Download a Lending Library
www.scc.losrios.edu/~burbagg
Finance and managerial accounting students
can check out loaner copies of the required texts for
Sacramento City College professor Greg Burbage’s courses as
well as view his “Study Notes for Financial Accounting.”
Users also can link to CPA certifying organizations and exam
information, and federal tax forms and instructions.
A Taxing Site
www.tax.org
Since first listed as a Smart Stop in the
September 1998 issue of the JofA (page 16), this
Web site has grown to include feature articles and free
e-mail bulletins for tax professionals on topics such as
benefits and pensions, expatriate tax issues and corporate
taxation. The site, which comes to you from the nonprofit
Tax Analysts, also added a Tax History Museum link that
includes information on Confederate War financing, for
example.
For the Acrobatic Accountant
www.jugglezine.com
CPAs balancing work, chores, hobbies and
romance can find information on all of these topics at this
Web site for the free e-zine Jugglezine . Feature
article titles include “The Zen of Desktop Management” and
“Work-at-Home Parents’ Troubleshooting Guide.” Users also
can read up on technology, time management and workplace
efficiency.
Get Into Debt
www.publicdebt.treas.gov
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s
Bureau of the Public Debt Web site offers visitors data on
the national debt outstanding and its interest expense.
Other points of interest include “Fun Calculators,” “Just
for Kids” and “What Are Your Bonds Worth?” “The Basics of
Treasury Securities” answers frequently asked questions on
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