Philadelphia Housing Authority spent millions improperly

By Aaron Mehta

The agency in charge of low-income housing for Philadelphia paid $30.5 million to outside law firms over a three-year period and couldn’t fu

Six Questions for Kendra Barkoff

Six Questions for...Kendra Barkoff

Supreme Court leaves most of auditing regulator intact

The U.S. Supreme Court today struck down as unconstitutional some provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that created an auditing oversight re
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SEC’s ex-chief accountant: Is agency a lapdog or watchdog?

A former Securities and Exchange Commission official urged the regulator “to get serious about enforcement.”

Financial industry getting off easy on IRS audits

By Nick Schwellenbach

With a week before tax day and the nation facing a massive deficit made worse by billion-dollar bailouts of financial companies, PaperTrail

Can an auditor still be independent after 100 years on a corporate payroll?

By Shirley Gao

The audit industry's regulator may require Big 4 firms to rotate periodically
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State Dept. spends terrorism and emergency dollars on parties, rented linens and a kitchen

By Corbin Hiar

Auditors question some use of special State Dept. fund meant for crises, evacuations and other ‘extraordinary’ needs

Bipartisan group of lawmakers demands better Pentagon auditing

By Zach Toombs

A Republican-led effort threatens to block major weapons systems if the military services cannot account properly for their expenditures.