The AICPA's Private Companies Practice Section (PCPS) had one of its most successful years in 2005. As the AICPA's community for firms, PCPS launched a brand new online Firm Practice Center at www.aicpa.org/pcps, rolled out several major initiatives around succession planning, financial literacy and staffing, appointed a number of talented new practitioners to the Executive Committee, and changed its name back to Private Companies Practice section. Besides offering numerous products and services, PCPS continued to engage in several advocacy activities for all CPA firms this past year, including: The Private Company Financial Reporting Task Force, a tax update, and the Technical Issues Committee.
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is in the process of revising its Ballistic Resistance of Personal Body Armor (2008) Standard and corresponding certification program requirements. This work will be performed by a Special Technical Committee (STC), comprised of practitioners from the field, researchers, testing experts, certification experts, and representatives from stakeholder organizations. It is anticipated that the STC members will participate in up to fifteen 2-day meetings over an 18-month time period with the goal of completing development of the standard and certification program requirements. It is anticipated that STC meetings will begin in March 2012. Travel expenses and per diem will be reimbursed for all STC meetings; however, participation time will not be funded. ...
Cultural Competence and Education are Key to Access and Acceptance of Mental Health Services CHICAGO, Nov. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On a mission to promote education, awareness and prevention of mental illness among the Latino/a population in the United States, the Illinois Department of Human Services, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (TCSPP), and the Latina/o Mental Health Providers Network at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, this year co- sponsored the Latino Behavioral Health Conference on October 15, 2010. What began as a grass-roots campaign in 1992 has become an annual event, led by a planning committee of mental health practitioners, social service professionals, and educators who have sought to develop leadership and a culturally competent ...
AKRON, Ohio -- When the medical staff executive committee helps chart the future of Akron Children's Hospital, nurse practitioners sit side by side with doctors as peers. As the hospital's pediatric neurosurgeon finishes a complex brain operation, he usually steps back and lets a physician assistant close the child's head.
It has been the author's good fortune and pleasure to serve on the PICPA Committee for the last several years. The focus of the committee, everyone should understand, is to assist PICPA practitioners and firms with compliance and the avoidance of troublesome issues. One thing has become perfectly clear: if members apply common sense at the outset of a situation, most complaints will be averted and never brought before the committee. Disgruntled clients ultimately become cases, especially if that client is planning on a future lawsuit. He or she often will initiate an case to develop ammunition. First and foremost, always outline firm policies on fee collections from the moment someone becomes a client.
This "Peace Train/Love Train" cleared the tracks for the Friday conference, fuelling the engines of commitment for future achievements in nonviolent activism. Dr. Gandhi, [Dolores Huerta] and Dr. [Carter] were joined by presenters Bro. David Steindi-Rast, senior member of the Benedictine monastery of Mount Saviour, Elmira, New York; Dr, Paritosh Prasad, great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and former youth spokesperson at the United Nations; Rev. Michael Lyon and Joan Lea, co-founders of the worldwide Miracles Prisoner Ministry; Peace Troubadour James, Twyman; Armand Volkas, Director of The Living Arts Playback Theatre Ensemble; Agape Practitioners Eisha Mason, Regional Director of American Friends Service Committee and 'Wanda Marie, Executive Director of "The Inner Peace Circles" network; ...
The Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Committee monitors regulatory actions, court decisions, and legislative initiatives that may impact energy practitioners and their clients. This report provides a summary of some key ADR developments and proceedings in the energy industry through January 2004. The following topics are covered in this report: (1) recent Committee activities; (2) activities, outreach, and cases at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); (3) ADR at state commissions; and (4) ADR in the courts, at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and private ADR.
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