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    FAST Act Paves the Road for Streamlining IPOs
    Good news for small companies considering an IPO. On December 4, 2015, President Obama signed the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (the FAST Act). Aside from directing transportation spending, this act includes provisions relevant to startup companies and companies seeking to pursue the IPO path. Below, I’ve outlined the major ways in which this act affects so-called “emerging growth…
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    2016 Audit Committee Agenda Webinar Q & A (Part 1)
    Our January 7 webinar, The 2016 Audit Committee Agenda, based on our latest issue of The Bulletin, drew more than 1,500 participants. The audience was diverse and included a large number of directors and executives, so it’s not surprising that a lot of interesting and relevant questions were asked. We promised we would get to as many questions as we could but, due to our time constraints, we…
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    2016 Audit Committee Agenda Webinar Q & A (Part 2)
    We are continuing our Q&A series stemming from our January 7 webinar on the 2016 Audit Committee Agenda. We’ve been exploring audit committee priorities for 2016, based on the findings published in the latest issue of The Bulletin. This four-part Q&A blog series provides our responses to some of the many interesting questions from our 1,500 webinar participants that we were unable to…
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    2016 Audit Committee Agenda Webinar Q & A (Part 3)
    We are picking up our previous discussion of audit committee priorities as we continue to answer your questions from our popular January 7 webinar, The 2016 Audit Committee Agenda. This blog series answers questions we were unable to address during the webinar. In our first installment, we addressed questions regarding the relationship between the audit committee and independent auditors, new…
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    2016 Audit Committee Agenda Webinar Q & A (Part 4)
    We are wrapping up our series of blog posts based on our popular January 7 webinar on the 2016 Audit Committee Agenda. This series answers some of the questions we were unable to address during the webinar. In our first installment, we touched on the relationship between the audit committee and independent auditors, new rules on lease accounting and board-level engagement with cybersecurity…
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    Arriving at Internal Audit's Tipping Point Amid Business Transformation
    Protiviti just released its 2016 Internal Audit Capabilities and Needs Survey, the 10th year we have conducted this insightful study on internal audit priorities and trends. We'll cover many aspects of this study and the results in future blog posts. For now, I invite you to view our video and infographic, and visit our website to learn more and read our report.     [wpvideo…
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    Procurement Power-up: Building an Internal “Brand”
    Procurement functions proclaim their value in “millions of dollars saved,” but it’s no secret that such savings are often questioned by internal critics who counter that actual savings were less than advertised, or came at the expense of quality. There’s no doubt that a good procurement team can generate genuine savings throughout the enterprise without sacrificing quality. The self-evident…
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    Devices Are Mobile, Is Your Security Policy on Board?
    With 3.4 billion smartphones worldwide as of 2015 (and 78 percent of U.S. college grads owning smartphones), chances are your employees not only own one, but they’re also bringing them to work and using them to do work when not at their desks. It’s the BYOD – Bring Your Own Device – movement. And while many employees may find this trend convenient – and the applications and cloud services that…
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    Executive Perspectives on Top Risks for 2016
    Protiviti, in partnership with North Carolina State University's ERM Initiative, has just published the results of its fourth annual global survey of board members and C-suite executives about the top risks organizations will face over the next 12 months. We'll be covering many of these issues in greater detail in future blog posts. For now, you can check out our video and infographic here. And…
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    PreView: Checking the Rearview Mirror and Looking Ahead
    In risk management, like driving, the safest way forward is to keep your eyes on the road ahead. Every now and again, however, it’s a good idea to check your mirrors. That’s the premise behind the latest issue of PreView, Protiviti’s ongoing series on emerging risks. In our first ever “look-back” edition, we revisit some of the risks we’ve highlighted since we initiated the series in early 2014.…
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