FASB

Robert Herz, the chair of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), has announced that he will be retiring.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) voted Wednesday to extend the comment deadline by 30 days for its recently released exposure draft on Contingencies (Topic 450): Disclosure of Certain Loss Contingencies.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) will host a free webcast on Aug. 26 to discuss the potential effects of the exposure draft, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.

As part of their ongoing convergence project, aimed at bringing U.S.

The accounting Twitterati have someone new to follow. The Financial Accounting Board (FAF), which oversees the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), launched its Twitter account this summer to enhance its communication with constituents.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has been sued for antitrust violations by California-based advisory firm Silicon Economics.

Regulatory agency actions and updates for May 5, 2010:

GAO:

• Report: Multiple Factors Could Have Contributed to the Recent Decline in the Number of Children Whose Families Receive Subsidies
• Report: Challenges for Ensuring Income throughout Retirement
   

FINRA:

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has added a new investors page that provides information about the agency and standard setting, and includes an investor comment form to facilitate the sharing of comments, questions and other feedback. 

Regulatory agency actions and updates for March 12, 2010:

Regulatory agency actions and updates for March 11, 2010: