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.”

Excerpts from this story referencing "financial audit":

"… mely warnings about companies that failed within months of an unqualified (financial audit) report?” Reed asked.James Doty, chairman of the Public Company Accounti …"

Pentagon's accounting shambles may cost an additional $1 billion

By R. Jeffrey Smith

DOD said its books wouldn't be clean until 2017; Panetta wants to move the deadline up

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"… e hearing Thursday, Panetta announced a new deadline of 2014 for one major financial audit, covering the status of the department's funds at the end of the fiscal ye …"

"… of the department's funds at the end of the fiscal year. Three other major financial audits, covering its assets and liabilities, net costs and aspects of the f …"