In January 2026, Moody’s Corporation said it had elected veteran auditor Lisa P. Sawicki, formerly Global Board Chair at PricewaterhouseCoopers, to its Board of Directors effective March 16, 2026, ...

A new audit report by the Legislative Audit Division said ongoing accounting issues at Montana Secretary of State Christi ...

Warren County supervisors broached the idea Tuesday of reorganizing the Finance/Audit Committee, currently in the spotlight over the delayed 2024 audit.

Under PCAOB Rule 3520, the auditor “must be independent of the firm’s audit client throughout the audit and professional engagement period,” which includes satisfying the independence criteria of the ...

Despite Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, audit committee influence over hiring the outside auditor and setting the audit fees remains more of a hope than a reality, according to a new study. The study, by ...

A report found Stockton’s DEI office was dismantled without council approval, funds were reallocated without authorization ...

Audit committees that include a former partner from the firm that audits their company can still retain their independence and have high-quality audits, according to a new study. The researchers ...

In December, the PCAOB posted a report on the results of its 2019 conversations with almost 400 audit committee chairs, focused on audit committee perspectives on audit quality assessment and ...

The role played by public company audit committees in cybersecurity risk oversight continues to increase, while some audit committees are beginning to take on ESG oversight, according to the 2022 ...

Despite pandemic-related concerns about the ability of auditors to work effectively, 98% of audit committee members said in a new survey that audit quality either increased (32%) or stayed the same ...

The past few years have emphasized fundamental organizational changes brought on by the pandemic. Companies are being called to embrace the impacts of digital transformation, monitor rises in cyber ...