SEC Filing Regulation Places Smaller Public Companies Under the Microscope

Protiviti Webinar Highlights What Companies Can Expect, How to Minimize Surprises 


MENLO PARK, Calif., April 9  /PRNewswire/ -- 

  WHAT:  This year, smaller public companies face a new level of Sarbanes-
         Oxley (SOX) compliance scrutiny as they become subject to the
         auditor attestation requirement of Section 404 for annual reports
         filed for fiscal years ended on or after December 15, 2009. That
         one requirement has the potential to have a big impact on their
         businesses.

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         Join Protiviti, a global business consulting and internal audit
         firm, for a complimentary 90-minute webinar, Auditor Attestation: 
         What You Can Expect - A Smaller Public Company Perspective, to
         learn about the new requirement and best practices for a smooth
         implementation of the audit process. Protiviti's experts will cover
         such topics as:

         -- Implications: How the Public Company Accounting Oversight
            Board's (PCAOB) guidance to auditors impacts smaller public
            companies
         -- Potential internal control issues: A look back at the control
            issues identified by smaller public companies during their first
            wave of management assessment reports
         -- Getting started: Key decision points in the Section 404
            compliance process to align management's assessment approach and
            the auditor's attestation process as much as possible
         -- A simple approach: SOX compliance tailored to the unique
            environment of the smaller public company


         Participants will also learn the benefits of running a cost-
         effective SOX program, including better planning/scoping; reducing
         the key controls population; streamlining testing; using automated
         controls and other practical techniques.

  WHEN:  Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. PDT/12:00 p.m. CDT/1:00 p.m.
         EDT

  WHO:   Jim DeLoach, Managing Director, Protiviti
         Paresh Raghani, Managing Director, Protiviti
         Bonnie-Jeanne Gerety, Managing Director, Protiviti

  HOW:   Register for this complimentary webinar by visiting
         http://www.protiviti.com/go/auditorattestation by April 13.


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CONTACT:  Kathy Keller of Protiviti, [phone],





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