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Memorandum


Date:         January 28, 2011

To:           GAO's Financial Management and Assurance Team (FMA)
              CIGIE Financial Audit Community


From:         James R. Dalkin, Director - FMA

Subject:      Professional Standards Update No. 54*
              September 2010 through December 2010

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 relevant standard for details. Thanks to Tom Hackney, Theresa Phipps, and Gail
Vallieres for their contributions to this issue which contains summaries of:

Auditing and Attestation Standards and Guidance
   AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS (AICPA)
   * Clarity Project Update & Newly Revised Standards
   * Statement on Quality Control Standards (SQCS) No. 8, A Firm's System of
      Quality Control (Redrafted)
   * Government Audit Quality Center (GAQC) Alert No. 153
   * Comparing the Ethics Codes: AICPA and IFAC (Journal of Accountancy, October
      2010)
   * Comparison of GAO Independence Standards Proposal to AICPA and IFAC
      Independence Standards (Journal of Accountancy, December 2010)

   INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS (IIA)
   * IIA Announces Revised Standards -- Changes to the International Standards for
      the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing
   * Practice Guide: Assessing the Adequacy of Risk Management
   * Practice Guide: Measuring Internal Audit Effectiveness and Efficiency


   CENTER FOR AUDIT QUALITY (CAQ)
   * CAQ Report: Deterring and Detecting Financial Reporting Fraud


 Previously issued Professional Standards Updates can be found at htt2://-ww.gao.go/govaud/Usu.htm

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