By Kyle Brasseur2024-06-12T01:46:00
The chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) was reappointed to a second term after an ambitious first three years in the role that have seen the agency work to update many of its standards deemed outdated.
Erica Williams’ new term will run through October 2029, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Tuesday. The SEC oversees the PCAOB.
Williams was named PCAOB chair in November 2021 as part of a full board overhaul. Her initial term was set to expire in October.
2025-07-25T23:17:00Z By Adrianne Appel
SEC Chair Paul Atkins is soliciting candidates for all five seats on the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, he announced Wednesday.
2025-07-21T14:13:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Continuing a Trump administration practice of firing independent regulators, the head of the Public Accounting Oversight Board has been sent packing.
2024-05-23T16:35:00Z By Jeff Dale
Audit firm MaloneBailey agreed to pay a $400,000 fine to settle allegations levied by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board over “pervasive” quality control violations.
2025-10-15T19:16:00Z By Ruth Prickett
Auditors are supposed to keep businesses honest, but how much regulation is the optimum for the auditors – and how onerous and punitive should the enforcement regime be? A new consultation by the U.K. regulator, the Financial Reporting Council, opened on Oct. 1 and has put the vexed question of ...
2025-10-07T20:32:00Z By Jaclyn Jaeger
Emerging technologies, like artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced data analytics, can improve audit quality in significant ways. As the regulatory overseer of public-company audits, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has a critical role to play by ensuring that its audit standards evolve as the audit profession evolves.
2025-06-03T21:33:00Z By CW Staff
Nearly 200 attendees gathered at the Hotel Zaza in Austin, Texas for Compliance Week’s 2025 June 3-4. This year’s conference brought together compliance professionals from across the globe to discuss how rapidly shifting politics, policies and supply chain realities are affecting their jobs, and share best practices to respond.
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