The Tech Gap

Voting Opens for AICPA 2005 Top 10 Technologies

The AICPA's "Top 10 Technologies" has become an annual tradition for many of us who live near Technology & Public Accounting. While it's changed in process over the years, it still has the interesting combination of committee deliberation followed by "good old democracy". Sort of like the Electoral College in reverse!

The committee worked long [really long, I watched a small part of it!] and hard to distill all things technological to some sense of reasonable balance and now it's ready for YOUR input. Please vote here today.

gll

BTW -- Anne Stanton and Dave Cieslak debating blogs HAS to be at least as engaging as Dick Cheney and John Edwards. Right?

CITP Metrics Looking Good

I'm writing this post from Redwood City, CA where the CITP Credential Committee is meeting. The AICPA staff just finished a metric update and I'm happy to report that our (I'm a CITP) numbers are increasing nicely. From a start at 524 we've grown to 628 --- a nearly 20% gain in only 8 months.

We're adding great value and the community is growing. If you're a CPA, a member of the AICPA, and have spent significant time in IT over the last 5 years ---- please go here and join us!

gll

AICPA, New York, NY

The AICPA Council voted last fall to continue efforts in the area of specialization credentials -- namely PFS, ABV, and CITP. The exciting news is that they’ve actually funded the effort with both staff and budget. Look for a flurry of activity over the next 18 months as each credential “family” rolls out its implementation plans. [DISCLOSURE: I serve on the AICPA CITP Credential Committee.]