The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board introduced two pieces of guidance to help auditing firms apply its new quality control standard. Processing Content The Securities and Exchange Commission ...

Focused infection control surveys are no longer part of the standard survey process, federal officials announced in a memo to state directors Wednesday. Any COVID-19 or infection control concerns ...

Pests such as bedbugs, mice and termites have the potential to cause both illness and financial loss if not properly controlled. In any business, keeping pests in check is important, particularly ...

QC 1000, A Firm's System of Quality Control, will require all registered public accounting firms to identify specific risks to their practice and design a quality control system that can safeguard ...

Developed by the International Society of Automation (ISA), the ISA-5 series of standards are essential for industries that rely on complex instrumentation and control systems, including chemical ...

Editor’s note: This article is the first in a series to help practitioners learn about the AICPA’s new quality management standards and prepare to implement them. In June 2022, the AICPA’s Auditing ...

The extent to which products meet specifications needs to be systematically monitored in a production process. Product quality will typically be defined by two quantities: deviations from stated ...

The ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards define requirements and processes for implementing and maintaining electronically secure industrial automation and control systems (IACS). These standards set ...