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      Accountability * Integriy   Reliabiity

   Memorandum

   Date:     July 17, 2009

   To:       GAO's Financial Management and Assurance Team (FMA)
             Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency
             (CIGIE) Financial Audit Community

   From:     Steven J. Sebastian, Director - FMA

   Subject: Professional Standards Update No. 51*

   In order to alert you to changes in professional standards, we issue Professional Standards
   Updates. The purpose of these updates is to highlight the issuance and some key points of
   recent standards. Professional Standards Updates do not contain a complete summary of the
   standards. Those affected by the new standards should refer to the standard for details.
   Thanks to Louise DiBenedetto, Tom Hackney, Heather Keister, Inna Livits, Theresa Phipps,
   Frank Synowiec, Abe Akresh, and Gail Vallieres for their contributions to this issue which
   contains summaries of:

Auditing and Attestation Standards and Guidance
   Government Accountability Office (GAO)
   * Interim Guidance on Reporting Deficiencies in Internal Control for GAGAS
       Financial Audits and Attestation Engagements (November2008)

   American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
   * Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) No.15: An Examination of
       an Entity's Internal Control Over Financial Reporting That Is Integrated With an Audit of
       Its Financial Statements
   *   Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No.115: Comm unicating Internal Control Related
       Matters Identified in an Audit
   *   AT Section 9101: Attest Engagements-Interpretation of Section 101, Interpretation No 7
       Rep orting on the Design of Internal Control
   *   AU Section 9330: The Confirmation Process: Auditing Interpretations ofAUSection 330
      2008 Audit Risk Alert: Government Auditing Standards and CircularA-133Audits
       StrengtheningAudit Integrity-- Safeguarding Financial and Compliance Reporting
   *   Component Materiality for Group Audits (Journal ofAccountancy, December2008)

   International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB)
   * Clarity Project Summary

   Institute of Internal Auditors (11A)
   *   Professional Guidance: Government Auditing Standards andInternational
       Professional Practices Framework- A Comparison
   * International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF)
   * Quality Assessment Manual


   * Previously issued Professional Standards Updates can be found at http://www.gao.gg/govvaud/psu.htm

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