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114694 1 (1980-11-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacuui0001 and id is 1 raw text is: iACCOUNTING NEWSJ . ;j} 7.V/c4November 1980 Financial Accounting and Reporting Principles and Standards Being Revised Revision of Federal Audit Standards Accounting Standards Board for State and Local Governments AICPA Gets New Chairman AICPA's 93rd Annual Meeting GAO is re-examining its current accounting and reporting standards for the Federal sector (Title II)..........................p. GAO also is revising the Standards for Audit of Governmental Organizations, Programs, Activities and Functions...... 1 ....p. 1 Efforts to establish the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) are progressing.............................p. 2 William S. Kanaga has been elected as new AICPA Chairman.........................p. The AICPA's Model Accounting Bill was voted to be returned to committee for amendment.............................p. 2 2 Mr. Staats was honored by the AICPA..........p. 3 GAO's Chief Accountant, Donald L. Scantlebury, was elected to the AICPA's council........................ - .....p. Cost Accounting Standards Board FERC/American Gas Asso- ciation's Gas Industry Accounting Liaison Group Railroad Accounting Principles Board AICPA's Task Force on EDP Fraud 3 The Cost Accounting Standards Board closed its operations-on September 30, 1980........p. 3 Several accounting problems and concerns of interest were discussed.................p. 4 The Railroad Accounting Principles Board has been authorized but not funded..........p. 4 Because of the significance of the Task Force's findings, the Computer Services Executive Committee tentatively approved establishing the Task Force as a permanent subcommittee ...............................p.5 This report is prepared by the Accounting and Financial Management (AFM) Division. It is intended to help keep managers abreast of accounting matters that are of concern to professional organizations. Matters included in this report were topics of discussion at recent professional conferences or meetings attended by AFM Division repre- sentatives or were topics that were brought to the AFM Division's attention as part of its official liaison respon- sibility with professional accounting organizations. i,&. ~ N- & r_,. , Z ,

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