All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 539
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SEC awards $4M to whistleblower
The SEC this week announced that it has awarded nearly $4 million to a whistleblower who tipped off the agency about serious misconduct and provided additional assistance during the ensuing investigation.
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FIFA audit official pleads guilty to corruption charges, gets suspended
A member of FIFA’s audit and compliance committee pleaded guilty yesterday to charges of wire fraud conspiracy for his participation in multiple schemes to accept and pay bribes to soccer officials and received a 90-day suspension by FIFA from all football activities at both the national and international level.
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LockPath introduces Keylight Managed Services
LockPath, a provider of governance, risk management and compliance solutions, recently launched a new professional services offering, Keylight Managed Services. This new offering will provide day-to-day GRC program administration support for customers of LockPath’s Keylight Platform.
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Integris Software unveils data privacy platform
Integris Software, a privacy intelligence software provider, emerged out of stealth mode by unveiling its new privacy software solution for global enterprises, giving them the ability to meet the most rigid of compliance and global regulatory mandates.
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With attest tool to come, AICPA issues cyber reporting framework
The accounting profession is getting some new tools to deploy in their growing involvement with addressing cyber-risk.
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AG Sessions: Department of Justice will ‘strongly enforce’ FCPA
In case companies had any lingering doubt about Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement, Attorney General Jeff Sessions indicated in remarks this week that FCPA enforcement is alive and well. His remarks come a week after Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Trevor McFadden similarly pledged support of FCPA enforcement.
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Cyber-incident report points out trends for companies to beware
A new report on cyber-security trends gives companies a way to benchmark their cyber-risks against thousands of incidents and breaches globally.
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Trump Administration releases ‘core principles’ of tax reform
A list of core principles that will inform the Trump Administration’s tax overhaul were announced this week. Highlights: reducing the corporate tax rate to 15 percent and relating a one-time tax on repatriated company assets.
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Bill promotes regulatory relief for community banks
Community bankers are lending their support to newly filed legislation intended to relieve many of the regulatory burdens they have faced in the post-Dodd-Frank era.
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Senate Democrats announce $15 minimum wage bill
Senate Democrats are mustering their forces behind new legislation that, if passed, would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.
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Tech startups protest retreat from net neutrality
More than 800 tech startups and investors have joined forces to oppose a Federal Communications Commission proposal to scale back rules related to net neutrality.
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Federal Reserve Gov. Powell addresses regulatory reform
In a recent speech, Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell detailed the priorities he thinks should be part of any reconsideration of the post-recession regulatory regime.
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Miscimarra named NLRB Chairman
President Donald J. Trump has named Philip A. Miscimarra as chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, a move that promotes him from acting chairman.
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Top Minds 2017
Compliance Week, the leading news, analysis and information resource for the ethics, governance, risk, and compliance profession, is proud to release the 2nd annual Top Minds, a special issue that profiles a dozen of the most influential thought leaders in the ethics and compliance field today.
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BDO 2015 report shows more restatements, withdrawn opinions
Roughly half the audits inspected at BDO USA contained deficiencies in 2015, several serious enough to result in restatements and withdrawn ICFR opinions.
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Ireland’s boardroom hopping a conflict of interest
A recent survey from Ireland’s Institute of Directors highlights some key aspects of board of directors’ behaviour, including jumping from board to board, often a conflict of interest.
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Visit the “front lines” for the best in risk management
PwC’s sixth annual “Risk in Review” survey spells out the many ways in which firms that place risk accountability with business units enjoy greater risk management overall.
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The Never-Ending Story
In the latest installment of the Compliance Week / OCEG GRC Illustrated Series, we explore the importance of following up on third-party evaluations.
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Under new leadership, which way will the SEC go?
Big changes are afoot at the SEC, which raises the question of whether this might be the beginning of a big new era in the Commission’s tone, direction, and priorities.