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Compliance: SEC Chairman Cox supports SOX

By Dick Weisinger

In a speech for the US Chamber of Commerce’s First Annual Capital Markets Summit, Christopher Cox, SEC Chairman, came out in support of the somewhat contentious Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley.  Cox spoke days after the Chamber of Commerce came out with

Records Management: What's the Value of 5015.2 Compliance?

By Dick Weisinger

5015.2-STD, Design Criteria Standard for Electronic Records Management Software Applications, is a DoD standard for specifying records management (RM) guidelines within the Department of Defense.  The standard was first released in 1997 and, after revision, version 2 was released in June

Compliance: Multiple Regulations? Merge and Conquer

By Dick Weisinger

There are a lot more regulations under the umbrella of compliance than just Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX).  IT groups, especially those in the financial services area, are under pressure to comply with multiple regulations from federal and state governments that may include BASEL II,

Compliance: Global Regulations Coming to an Equilibrium?

By Dick Weisinger

There’s been doom and gloom about the US’s competitiveness in global finance, and many are blaming tougher US regulations as part of the problem.   On Monday, McKinsey issued a report commissioned by New York’s Mayor Bloomberg and Senator Schumer that

Compliance: BPM and the evolving Spreadsheet

By Dick Weisinger

Twenty-five years ago the introduction of the spreadsheet defined the term “killer application“.  Since then, spreadsheets have become the centerpiece of financial reporting, budgeting, planning, and forecasting.  78% of companies still rely on the spreadsheet as their main tool for