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Memorandum

Date:         March 7, 2013

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

From:         James R. Dalkin, Director - FMA
              Kristen Kociolek, Assistant Director - FMA
              Tom Hackney, Senior Auditor - FMA

Subject:      Professional Standards Update No. 59*
              November 2012 through January 2013

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
Barry Grinnell for his contributions to this issue which contains summaries of:

Auditing and Attestation Standards and Guidance
   AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS (AICPA)
   and the AICPA AUDITING STANDARDS BOARD (ASB)
   * Statement on Auditing Standards No. 127, Omnibus Statement on Auditing Standards - 2013
   * 2012/13 AICPA Audit Risk Alert - Independence and Ethics Developments
   * Governmental Audit Quality Center - Auditee Resource Center

   INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS (IIA)
   * International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing (Revised)
   * Global Technology Audit Guide 4: Management of IT Auditing, 2nd Edition

   PUBLIC COMPANY ACCOUNTING OVERSIGHT BOARD (PCAOB)
   * Auditing Standard 16 - Communications with Audit Committees; Related Amendments to
     PCAOB Standards; and Transitional Amendments to AU Sec. 380
  * Staff Audit Practice Alert No. 10 - Maintaining and Applying Professional Skepticism in
     Audits

Regulatory Requirements
   OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET (OMB)
   * OMB Circular A-129 - Policies for Federal Credit Programs and Non-Tax Receivables
    OMB Memo M-13-04 - 2013 Discount Rates for OMB Circular No. A-94
   * OMB Memo M-13-02 - Improving Acquisition through Strategic Sourcing

Accounting Standards and Guidance
   FEDERAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ADVISORY BOARD (FASAB)



 Previously issued Professional Standards Updates can be found at http //WWW gag.OV/CO\ aud/psu.htm

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