Previous Governance Issues Newsletters Published by Kral Ussery LLC

Accounting, Auditing & Controls
Tackling Accounting Changes and Errors (Kral, 8/28/2024)
New Accounting for Joint Venture Formations (11/7/2023)
Accounting Changes and Error Corrections (10/25/2022)
Understanding PCAOB's Staff Overview for Planned 2022 Inspections (Kral, 7/29/2022)
Changing Audit Firms (Kral, 4/22/2021)
Liquidation Basis Accounting (Levy, 1/28/2021)
Accounting for Loss Contingencies (Kral, 9/23/2020)
VIEs Simplified (Ussery, 9/23/2020)
Critical Audit Matters Have Arrived (Kral, 10/24/19)
Financial Reporting Control Considerations (Kral, 9/9/19)
A New Year Full of Risks and Opportunities (Kral, 1/12/18)
What Public Companies Are Saying About ASC 606 (Kral, 9/13/17)
New Lease Accounting Standard Can Trigger Dramatic Changes (Kral, 10/17/16)
Ensuring a High Quality Audit (Kral, 3/14/16)
A Focus on Related Party Transactions (Kral, 2/8/16)
"Controls" Is Not a Dirty Word (Kral, 7/17/15)
A Spotlight on Risk Assessment Standards (Kral, 10/25/11)

Boardroom Governance & Risks

2024 Audit Committee Priorities (Kral, 3/28/24)
Preparing for an IPO During a Market Slowdown (2/21/23)
Exit Planning Takes Priority in Softening Market (7/29/22)
ESG: What's Tending in 2022 (7/29/22)
Insights for Technology Companies Being Acquired by Private Equity (3/24/22)
Ransomware Themes Keeling Directors Up at Night (Kral, 6/23/21)
ESG Reporting (4/22/21)
Holding the Board Accountable through Evaluations (Kral, 1/28/21)
Preparing for the New Normal (Kral, 4/27/20)
Partners or Rivals? Risk Managers and Strategy Planners (Cokins, 11/1/18)

What Do You Know About Your Outsourced Service Providers? (Kral, 6/15/16)

The Board's Role with Risk (Kral, 4/15/15)

Crafting Board and Committee Agendas - What's on your agenda? (Kral, 2/16/15)

The Essentials of Boardroom Evaluations (Kral, 12/6/13)

Leveraging Internal Audit from the Very Top (Kral, 10/16/13)

Decision Rights and Information Flows (Kral, 7/27/11)

Internal Audit's Role in Risk Management (Borun, 8/19/10)

Wanted: New Directors - Six Qualities to Look for in Today's Board Candidates (Cunningham, 4/15/10)

Risk Intelligence in the Boardroom: Take a Quick Test to Measure Your Company's Maturity (Kral, 12/15/09)

The Vantage Point of Risk and Governance (Smiechewicz, 9/30/09)

Where are the Prudent Men and Women? (Borun, 1/22/09)

Operational Controls to Combat a Down Economy (Kral, 1/22/09)

What is the Most Important Corporate Control? (Kral, 5/7/08)

Top Ten Things for Directors (Peterson, 5/7/08)

A Governance Dilemma at Enron (Collins, 5/23/07)

Managing the Risk of Critical Initiatives (Balon, 5/23/07)

Risk Management in the Boardroom (Kral, 12/3/06)

Equilibrium: A corporate governance principle (Kral, 2/28/06)

SEC, SOX & Compliance Programs

The SEC's New Cyber Disclosure Rules are Here (11/7/23)
SEC Comment Letters on Environmental Matters (Kral, 2/21/23)
SEC Updates Guidance on Non-GAAP Financial Measures (Kral 2/21/23)
SEC Pay Versus Performance Disclosure Rules (10/25/22)
Management's Annual Report on ICFR (Kral, 11/16/21)
SEC Staff Reminds Companies of Guidance on Climate Change Disclosures (11/16/21)
SPACs in the Spotlight (6/23/21)
SPAC Transactions (Ussery, 4/22/21)
SEC's Disclosure Guidance of Key Performance Indicators and Metrics (Kral, 2/20/20)

Keeping Your Whistleblower Hotline Alive (Kral, 11/1/18)

Integrating a Compliance & Ethics Program with a Control Framework (Kral, 8/4/17)

Three Challenging Principles to COSO's 2013 Framework (Kral, 11/12/14)

Implementing COSO's 2013 Framework (Kral, 6/5/14)

Demystifying Disclosure Controls (Kral, 6/5/14)

No More Time to Procrastinate in Implementing COSO's 2013 Framework (Kral, 3/31/14)

Practical Considerations for COSO's 2013 Framework (Kral, 4/3/13)

Governance, Regulation and the SEC (Kral, 3/28/12)

The (a) (b) c)'s of Sarbanes-Oxley 404 (Kral, 4/27/11)

Changes to Federal Sentencing Guidelines (Kral, 6/2/10)

Two-Way Communication, Now That's an Idea! - Proposed Standard Turns Up the Heat for Audit Committees (Kral, 4/15/10)

SEC Update: Proxy Enhancements and Climate Change Interpretive Guidance (Kral, 2/4/10)

Effective Corporate Compliance Programs (Kral, 8/5/09)

"Monitoring" That Works (Kral, 6/5/09)

Streamlining Control Assessments (Kral, 3/5/09)

Entity-Level Control Program (Borun, 3/5/09)

Strengthen Controls and Reduce SOX Costs through Your People (Kral, 5/23/07)

Technology, Cybersecurity & Data

Data Quality and Information Flow (Kral, 4/20/23)

Demystifying Data Quality (Southekal, 4/20/23)

Optimizing the Finance Function Pre-IPO (4/20/23)

Data Privacy Governance Checklist (10/25/22)
Cybersecurity Tips For Recovering From a Cyber Attack (3/24/22)
The New Landscape of IT Internal Controls (Simmons, 4/27/20)
The Importance of a Cybersecurity Strategy (Kral, 2/20/20)

Imagine Data Analysts with Super Powers (Cokins, 2/11/19)
Governing Cybersecurity (Kral, 5/30/18)

Big Data (Balon, 4/15/15)

Spreadsheet Controls (Norton, 3/5/09)

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