This page provides links to news and information relevant to the public company practice.

Access up-to-date and archived  SEC Press Releases on the SEC Web site by clicking on the respective link.

The following are links to past press releases related to SEC matters:

• International vs. U.S. Accounting- SEC Asks for Feedback on Whether U.S. Companies Should Have an Option to Follow International Financial Reporting Standards (August 2007)

• SEC Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting
  

• SEC Issues Proposals to Make Reporting Easier for Smaller Public Companies (July 2007)
  
  

• Recent Speeches, Testimonies and Remarks by SEC, PCAOB and IASB Officials (July 2007)

• SEC Establishes Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting (June 2007)

• SEC Votes to Seek Public Comment on Allowing Foreign Registrants to Use IFRS (June 2007)
  

• Chairman Cox Testimony Concerning Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Small Business, Before the Committee on Small Business  (June 2007)

• SEC Chairmen Roundtable (May 2007)
  

• Guides for Researching Federal Securities Laws and Public Companies on the SEC Web Site (April 2007)
  
  
• SEC Next Steps Relating to International Financial Reporting Standards (April 2007)
  
  
• PCAOB and SEC Testify Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (April 2007)
  
  
• SEC Commissioners Support Staff Recommendations to Improve Section 404 Implementation (April 2007)
  
  
• U.S. Capital Markets Competitiveness- Overview of Events (March 2007)
  
  
• CAQ Summary of Key Highlights of the 34th Annual AICPA National Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments (December 2006)
  
  
• Contributing Factors to Escalating Financial Restatements- Remarks of Scott Taub (December 2006)
  
  
• SEC Gives Banks Further Extension on Broker Registration and Jointly Issues Proposed Rules to Implement the Bank "Broker" Provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (December 2006)
  
  
• SEC Provides Further Relief From Section 404 Requirements for Smaller and Newly Public Companies (December 2006)
  
  
• CAQ Summary – SEC Votes to Propose SOX 404 Interpretive Management Guidance and Other Actions (December 2006)
  
  
• Extension of Order Regarding Broker-Dealer Financial Statement Requirements under Section 17 of the Exchange Act (December 2006)
  
  
• CAQ Summary of the 25th Annual SEC Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation (September 2006)
  
  
• SEC and PCAOB Provide Testimony on the Impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Section 404  (September 2006)
  
  
• CAQ Summary of July 2006 GAO Report: FINANCIAL RESTATEMENTS- Update of Public Company Trends, Market Impacts, and Regulatory Enforcement Activities (August 2006)
  
  
• Kathleen Casey Sworn in as SEC Commissioner (July 2006)
  
  
• SEC Seeks Comment on Section 404 Guidance for Management (July 2006)
  
  
• SEC Announces Next Steps for SOX 404 Implementation (May 2006)
  
  
• PCAOB and SEC Sponsors Roundtable on Second-Year Experiences with Reporting and Auditing Requirements of SOX Section 404 (May 2006)
  
  
  • SEC Posts Unedited Transcript from May 10th SOX 404 Roundtable
    
    
  • Highlights on the SEC and PCAOB Roundtable on Second-Year Experiences with Internal Control Provisions (members only)
    
    
  • SEC Roundtable on First-Year Experiences on Implementation of Internal Control Reporting Provisions (members only)
    
    
• Final Report of the 24th Annual SEC Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation Issued (August 2005)
  
  
• Center for Public Company Audit Firms Key Highlights of the 2005 AICPA National Conference on Current SEC and PCAOB Developments (December 2005)
  
  
• SEC Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies
  
  
• SEC Staff to Begin Publicly Releasing Comment Letters and Responses
  
  
• Is Your Firm Searching for an SEC Disclosure Checklist? Click here for a list of tools to choose from.
  
  
• In the Public Interest, Part Two - Second in a series of interviews with the SEC’s Office of the Chief Accountant
  
  
• In the Public Interest - A Conversation with the Chief Accountant of the SEC