Learning the hard way Nov 27, 2008
But Ackerson is confident the company will remain insulated from the recession even though it provides quality assurance services mainly for nearby , which has seen recent cuts in jobs and production. Pages: 1. (Birmingham Business Journal, AL)
EDS wins $17M contract Nov 8, 2008
Under the contract, Herndon-based EDS will provide information assurance services to help meet the objectives of the Information Assurance Directorate of the Air Force Communications Agency, which provides communications and information management expertise. The contract will help the Air Force to identify and reduce system vulnerabilities. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Senior Associate - Auditing/Consulting - Central Florida Oct 21, 2008
McGladrey n, LLP (a CPA firm owned by its individual partners) provides assurance services. Though separate and independent legal entities, RSM McGladrey and McGladrey n work together to serve clients' business needs. (Florida Today)
Robert L. Bunting and David M. Walker Receive AICPA Gold Medal for Distinguished Service Oct 20, 2008
He served as chairman of the Board of Examiners, Assurance Services Executive Committee and as a member of the Special Committee on Standards of Professional Conduct for CPAs. From 1982-2004, Bunting was president and chairman of Moss Adams, LLP. He is a past president of the Washington Association of CPAs and a current member of the boards of the Catherine Wilkins Foundation, United Way and Historic Seattle. (PR Newswire)
Stelex Awarded Maximo Services Contract Oct 15, 2008
Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stelex, a firm providing enterprise-wide compliance solutions to the regulated industries, today announced that its Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) group has been awarded a long term contract to provide Maximo Implementation and Quality Assurance services to a client in the Transportation industry. As part of the new Master Services Agreement, Stelex will provide various resources to the project including system administrators, developers, project managers,... (PR Newswire)
Electronic audit verifications taking hold in financial world Oct 8, 2008
Julie Knight David Hinshaw is director of assurance services for Dixon Hughes in High Point ... Dave Hinshaw, the director of assurance services for Dixon Hughes, says some of its offices were using electronic audit verification before Bank of America began requiring it, but that move is what pushed the firm to adopt it in all locations. (Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area)
Cognizant Formally Inaugurates Delivery Center in Hungary to Meet Global 2000 Clients' European Near-shore IT, BPO Needs Oct 7, 2008
Budapest enables us to expand our service offerings in Europe in compliance with European Union regulations governing access to customer environments and data within EU countries (Canada Newswire)
Chief Degree Investigation Report Sep 7, 2008
The Rector retrieved the anonymous message on the evening of May 18, 2008, and forwarded it to Mr. Richard Bunce, Executive Director of the University's Department of Assurance Services (which historically has investigated instances of alleged wrongdoing within the University) that same day. On May 19th, Assurance Services conducted a preliminary review and determined that further investigation of the allegations was warranted ... The review conducted by the Department of Assurance Services... (WTVR.com, VA)
5 Small Business Sectors That Can Survive a Recession Aug 28, 2008
Metzler said theres also been a rise in demand for audit-type and assurance services from CPAs because banks are demanding more evidence of clients financial health. Accountants are often called upon more during bad times," Metzler said. Naturopathic and Alternative Medicine Its no secret that nurses and physicians are always in high demand. But even alternative medicine has become more profitable. Naturopathic 00004000 doctor services are not covered by insurance in most states,... (Fox News)
VCU Degree Investigation Aug 22, 2008
The Board concluded that the investigation, conducted by Executive Director of the Department of Assurance Services, Richard O. Bunce, Jr., and his staff, with the approval and oversight of the Academic and Health Affairs Policy Committee of the Board, was fair, professional and thorough. The investigation involved hundreds of hours of quality work by Mr. Bunce and numerous in-depth meetings of the Committee. (WTVR.com, VA)
LBMC taps Harwell to head private equity division Aug 8, 2008
Services include accounting and assurance services, business and personal tax consulting, permanent and temporary staffing, human resources outsourcing, payroll services, technology services, healthcare consulting, planning services, business valuations, investment advisory services, and mergers and acquisitions. Reader Comments. (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
American Security Challenge Awards $100,000 to TeleContinuity, Inc. Jun 28, 2008
ABOUT TELECONTINUITY, INC. Founded in the wake of September 11, 2001 and its widespread telecommunication outage and congestion, TeleContinuity is focused on providing telecommunications assurance services to businesses and government customers worldwide. TeleContinuity delivers a seamless, low cost, network- level solution that will restore incoming telephone service to users within minutes of a PBX or telephone company outage, fiber cut, fire, flood, typhoon, earthquake, building evacuation,... (PR Newswire)
School board unanimously approves in-school insurance Jun 26, 2008
This initiative was presented to the board of education members during the regular meeting Tuesday evening, yielding a unanimous vote and much praise from members about the much-needed coverage that will be provided by Student Assurance Services out of Stillwater, Mich. Each year, we approve student insurance, said Superintendent of Mineral County Schools Tilden Skip Hackworth. (Keyser Mineral Daily News Tribune, WV)
Washington Post promotes Hal Jones to CFO Jun 12, 2008
Jones, a certified public accountant, spent 13 years at in assurance services. Cooney joined The Washington Post in 2001 as controller. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Dateline Pittsburgh Apr 14, 2008
Alice Sande joined Horovitz Rudoy & Roteman as an audit and assurance services team member. Alpern Rosenthal promoted Gretchen Wyatt to tax manager, tax department. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Carneiro, Chumney appoints audit-team manager Mar 25, 2008
has named John DuPree as the local accounting firm's audit manager on the company's audit and assurance services team. DuPree has been with the firm since 1999. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Mega Brands to take $30-million charge Mar 19, 2008
Intertek Risk Assessment and Management is currently working with Mega Brands and its suppliers to provide quality assurance services on new product development and factory auditing. Intertek will also help Mega Brands and its suppliers deal with regulatory compliance requirements, product testing, process control measures and appropriate quality assurance procedures. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
December property transfers exceed $7.4 million Feb 22, 2008
The Bank of New York as trustee, to Action Assurance Services Inc., 35 McDowell Road, $28,000. HBW Development Company LLC, to Ashley Rowland, 78 Mountain View Drive, Rockmart, $145,600. (Rockmart Journal, GA)
Canadians and Games enthusiasts around the world invited for volunteer experience-of-a-lifetime at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Feb 12, 2008
Successful candidates will experience the magic of the Games, first-hand, through hundreds of volunteer positions in areas such as: A-C Accommodation, Accreditation, Administration, Anti-Doping, Ceremonies, Commercial Rights Management, Communications, Community Relations, Corporate Strategy and Partner Relations, Cultural Olympiad D-L Editorial Services/Online Communications, Event Services, Finance, Food and Beverage, International Client Services M-S Media Relations, Medical Services,... (Canada Newswire)
Uganda: Employers Screen Local University Degrees Jan 10, 2008
Lilliane Mugisha, the manager of Assurance Services, said: "We verify the results annually as part of our recruitment procedures.". An official from Stanbic Bank said they had verified some cases and plan to verify for more this year. (allAfrica.com)
YEAR IN REVIEW 2007 Jan 4, 2008
The letter stated that White s identification was based on two sources of information: a statement made by School Committee candidate Patricia Wright, on or about April 3, during a telephone conversation with the DOE s Elizabeth Young; and two, telephone conversations in late May between White and Dean Paolillo, the DOE supervisor of Program Quality Assurance Services. The DOE letter said White indicated that he was the one who provided the information to Wright that got the initial complaint... (Melrose Free Press, MA)
Liberty Provides Corporate Update Jan 4, 2008
He provided audit and assurance services while working at Grant Thornton LLP from 2000 to 2003 and with KPMG LLP from 2003 to 2006. Prior to joining Liberty, Mr. Buysen was the corporate controller for Flint Energy Services Ltd., an oil and natural gas service company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: - ). (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Swatt promoted at McGladrey and McGladrey and Pullen Dec 28, 2007
McGladrey and Pullen LLP, a partner-owned CPA firm, focuses on audit and assurance services. RSM McGladrey Inc. is a leading provider of tax and business consulting and other financially focused business services. (Somerville Journal, MA)
Residents file suit over school accident Dec 13, 2007
In papers filed Nov. 28 in the 36th Judicial District Court, William Mazyck on behalf of his son Antwon, and Vanessa Mazyck, also name DeRidder High School, Student Assurance Services Inc. and David Murphy in the lawsuit ... At the time of the accident, the BPSB and DHS were insured by Student Assurance Services Inc. The plaintiffs have no information as to the identity of any policy of liability insurance covering the vehicle owned by David Murphy and operated by his son. (DeRidder Beauregard Daily News, LA)
Ecstasy harms brain on first use, study finds Dec 10, 2007
serco technical and assurance services has custome. Competitive. (Yahoo News -- Substance Use)
Video-game tester GameInstinct bought by Catalis Dec 1, 2007
The Bellevue game testing company provides quality assurance services for companies such as , and Sony. Catalis said that GameInstinct's 2007 revenue would be around $1. (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Quality Industrial Services Acquires Renowned Process Improvement Fast Tek Group LLC Nov 13, 2007
The acquisition will improve QIS' Quality Engineering Department, and adds 100 employees to its workforce, increases its market share and geographic footprint to Saginaw, MI, Baltimore, MD, Indianapolis, IN, and Spartanburg, SC. Brian Lindsay, Director of Business Development identified that, "The addition of Fast Tek's specialty services and expanded geographic footprint will allow QIS to provide more broad range of capabilities to our customers. In today's competitive manufacturing market,... (PR Newswire)
IBM Announces New 'Autonomic Computing' Solutions Nov 11, 2007
OPTIMIZETest automatic testing and assurance service for IT operations. Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager software that automatically performs cost allocation, resource accounting and chargeback billing functions. (TMCnet)
State says its White Oct 29, 2007
The second source is two telephone conversations in late May between White and Dean Paolillo, the DOE supervisor of Program Quality Assurance Services. The letter said White indicated that he was the one who provided the information to Wright that got the initial complaint started. (Melrose Free Press, MA)
Information Technology Services Oct 26, 2007
A technology management conulting firm providing economic advisory and assurance services for the global technology marketplace. Internet services and IT solutions provider. (LinuxPlanet)
Banks hooked on a numbers game that didn't add up Sep 30, 2007
The firm was paid 500,000 for carrying out the audit of Northern Rock; but also took home 700,000 last year, and 800,000 in 2005, for 'assurance services. in respect of securitisation transactions and the raising of wholesale funding'; in other words, helping to set up the very structures that left the bank scrambling when the credit crunch hit. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
PwC exec chairman on new changes in audit practices Sep 24, 2007
Registration and supervision of auditors and firms conducting auditing and assurance services for PLCs. Enquiry into suspected non-compliance of financial reports of PLCs with statutory requirements and approved accounting standards. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Achievements for Sept. 16, 2007 Sep 21, 2007
Autumn, Jennifer and Tara provide audit and assurance services for clients in a variety of industries located primarily in Western Wisconsin and Southeastern Minnesota. About the Firm: McGladrey n is a member firm of RSM International, an affiliation of separate and independent legal entities. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Safe havens from the credit storm Sep 17, 2007
"For us, it's everything from assurance services once an investment has been made which the banks don't provide through to advisory services once an investment's been made which, generally speaking, the banks don't provide.". In the UK, the Big Four firms have yet to see any drop in demand for their corporate finance advisory services, in spite of the current credit squeeze. (MSNBC -- Business)
Dan Poston Named Bancorp Controller Jul 28, 2007
He previously was senior manager at KPMG, LLP's Assurance Services Practice in Pittsburgh. Shaffer earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting and Business Administration from Bucknell University. (PR Newswire)
Webster to fix school elementary school roof Jul 19, 2007
The board approved renewing its contract with Student Assurance Services to provide student insurance for the 2007-08 school year. "It's a $400 to $500 increase over last year, depending our our final enrollment count," Erickson explained. (Grantsburg Burnett County Sentinel, WI)
TCS' first-quarter net profit vaults 37 per cent to Rs1,203 crore Jul 17, 2007
Among service lines, assurance services and asset-leveraged solutions continue to grow faster than the average company growth rate. "Our brand-building campaign based around the concept of certainty in IT services continues to increase awareness of our brand worldwide and position us as a leading IT service provider globally, helping us gain mindshare from our customers," said Phiroz Vandrevala, head, global corporate affairs. (domain-B)
EDS completes RelQ purchase Jun 27, 2007
EDS (NYSE: EDS) a technology company based in Plano, said all of RelQ's 700 employees in the United States, the United Kingdom and France would join the company's global testing organization, which provides software applications testing, validation and verification and quality assurance services. With the added RelQ employees EDS has more than 20,000 employees in India. (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
MDA Signs More Contracts For Its Electronic Valuation Business In U.K. Jun 26, 2007
Through this solution, MDA manages the interface between lenders and surveyors, which include surveyor selection, secure electronic document exchange, valuation report generation, payment disbursements, and Quality Assurance services to ensure full compliance with the lender's requirements. Gary Hall, Managing Director at Shoparound Mortgages, said, "When you look around the valuation market, there is little doubt that MDA's valuation solution uses the most advanced technology and is the most... (Canada Newswire)
National Bancshares Corporation Names James R. VanSickle Chief Financial Officer Jun 23, 2007
In his previous position, Mr. VanSickle was responsible for managing client relationships and providing assurance services for large, mid-size and community financial institutions. Mr. VanSickle has extensive experience with SEC reporting and the implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley processes and procedures. (PR Newswire)
Jackson accounting firm opens in Memphis Jun 20, 2007
The four-member staff will initially focus on assurance services for financial institutions and public companies and later add tax, general accounting and business planning and advisory services. HORNE LLP's Memphis office will focus on serving financial institutions and public companies. (Memphis Business Journal, TN)
Sales tax collections sent out to employees Jun 14, 2007
The Finance Committee also recommended to approve the renewal of student accident insurance with Solinsky and Associates (Students Assurance Services) for 36,225; athletic catastrophic insurance with ICT Insurance Agency (AIG) for 3,795 and workers' compensation insurance with Charles Green Insurance (Safety National) for 41,434. The Purchasing Committee recommended awarding the bread and bakery bid to IBC/Cotton's Holsum for 52,465 and the milk and related products bid to Borden for 330,788 for... (DeRidder Beauregard Daily News, LA)
Big companies resorting to boilerplate disclosures Jun 7, 2007
Matt Adam-Smith, Grant Thornton's national head of assurance services, said there might need to be a revision of the rule that requires companies that do not meet the ASX principles to explain why. "It's about finding that balance between prescribing things that are practical and flexible enough for various types and sizes of entities but actually having a little more in the way of teeth than the current 'if not, why not disclosures'," he said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Top companies failing governance test Jun 6, 2007
Grant Thornton's assurance services head Matt Adam-Smith said his review was a "timely reminder" to directors to abandon the a "boilerplate" disclosure style along with straight `yes' or `no' answers. Companies were taking advantage of the ASX's "comply or explain" option which made it easy for them to dodge full disclosure. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Entrust First to Achieve Successful WebTrust Approval for Extended Validation SSL Certificates May 30, 2007
"The importance of an independent third-party examination of the controls, processes and procedures of CAs is critical to underpinning higher confidence in EV SSL certificates," said Bryan Walker, principle assurance services, Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and responsible for the WebTrust for Certification Authorities program. "WebTrust, and the auditing profession, is pleased to be a participant -- alongside Entrust and other CA/Browser Forum members -- in the development of... (Canada Newswire)
Turkey's Leading Specialty Coffee Roaster Selects Cafemakers for Consulting Services May 4, 2007
John's Coffee of Istanbul, Turkey, Has Selected American Coffee Consultancy Cafemakers, LLC of Kamuela, Hawaii to Provide Consulting and Quality Assurance Services to Manage Market Growth Throughout the Middle East and Europe. KAMUELA, Hawaii--(BUSINESS WIRE)--John's Coffee, , has contracted American Cafemakers, LLC for guidance with strategic growth and quality assurance initiatives. (BusinessWire)
Sites chosen for Health Corner Clinics Apr 12, 2007
Insurance plans that cover a visit to the clinic include MultiPlan PPO, Humana PPO, UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, Great West and Student Assurance Services. More insurance plans are expected to be added. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
EDS to Acquire RelQ Software Private Limited Mar 12, 2007
Over time, RelQ will be fully integrated into EDS' global testing organization and will accelerate EDS' global testing capabilities by offering low cost, high quality applications testing, validation and verification, and quality assurance services. All of RelQ's more than 700 employees in India, the United Kingdom, the United States and France are expected to become a valuable part of EDS' global testing organization. (PR Newswire)
CCR Technologies Ltd. Announces Significant Expansion in Flow Assurance Services Feb 14, 2007
Source: CCR Technologies Ltd.. CALGARY, ALBERTA--(CCNMatthews - Feb. 13, 2007) - CCR Technologies Ltd. (TSX: - ; the "Corporation") (www. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Panasonic Embeds Absolute's Computrace Anti-Theft Technology into Firmware of Toughbook Computers Jan 11, 2007
QUICK SEARCH BY ORGANIZATION. FREE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES. (Canada Newswire)
NASA hires Hernandez Engineering for safety work Jan 5, 2007
NASA has tapped to provide safety and mission assurance services to the. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity, cost-plus-award fee award term contract has a maximum potential value of $376. (Houston Business Journal, TX)
