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Memorandum

Date:          October 14, 2011

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. 56*
               May through September 2011

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
Theresa Phipps for her contributions to this issue which contains summaries of:

Auditing and Attestation Standards and Guidance
   GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO)
   * 2011 Internet Version of Government Auditing Standards
   * Summary of Major Changes - 2011 Internet Version of Government Auditing Standards

   AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS (AICPA)
   and the AICPA AUDITING STANDARDS BOARD (ASB)
   *  Clarified SAS: Reporting on Compliance With Aspects of ContractualAgreements or
      Regulatory Requirements in Connection With Audited Financial Statements (Redrafted)
   *  Clarified SAS: Interim Financial Information (Redrafted)
   *  Audit Guide: Service Organizations: Applying SSAE No. 16, Reporting on Controls at a
      Service Organization
   *  Audit Guide: GovernmentAuditing Standards and CircularA-lSSAudits
   *  Audit Risk Alert: State andLocal Governmental Developments
   *  Interpretation No. 1, Dating the Auditor's Report on Supplementary Information of AU
      section 551, Supplementary Information in Relation to the Financial Statements as a
      Whole
   *  Codifying the Code of Professional Conduct (Journal ofAccountancy)

   INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS (IIA)
   * Practice Guide: Auditing the Control Environment

Regulatory Requirements
   OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET (OMB)
   * OMB Circular A-133 - Compliance Supplement
   *  M-11-17- Delivering on the Accountable Government Initiative and Implementing the
      GPRA Modernization Act of 2010



 Previously issued Professional Standards Updates can be found at httD://wWW.ao. ov/govaud/su.htm

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