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Audit quality: Moving from a document to a system

With the latest AICPA quality management standard, SQMS 1, firms will have to take a more holistic approach to quality.
Photofocus

DxO PhotoLab 9.1 vs PhotoLab 8: Is the Upgrade Really Worth It?

Compare DxO PhotoLab 9.1 vs 8. Discover new AI masks, DeepPRIME updates, HEIC support, and if the upgrade is worth it.
Indiatimes

Nashik civic body upgrades its quality control laboratory

Nashik: The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Wednesday officially opened its upgraded quality control lab. The enhancement, which involved procuring advanced machinery to test road and ...
Harvard Business Review

Addressing Gen AI’s Quality-Control Problem

What Amazon learned when it automated the creation of product pages. by Stefan Thomke, Philipp Eisenhauer and Puneet Sahni For all the enthusiasm around generative AI, there’s a hurdle that is ...
Nairametrics

Abia Govt launches materials testing lab for quality control in construction works

The Abia State Government has inaugurated a fully equipped Materials Testing Laboratory in Umuahia to improve the quality and durability of engineering and construction projects across the state. The ...
KTBS

Auditor cites Mansfield for noncompliance, internal control deficiencies, financial reporting weaknesses

MANSFIELD, La. – The City of Mansfield did not comply with the state public bid law, failed to amend its budgets, didn’t publish meeting minutes and violated the state Constitution’s prohibition on ...
Becker's Hospital Review

WellSpan to launch internal police force: 5 notes

York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health is enhancing security at its facility, including creating a private police force. “With this initiative, WellSpan Health is continuing to take a proactive approach to ...
JournalofAccountancy

PCAOB postpones effective date for new quality control system

The PCAOB is delaying by one year the effective date of its risk-based quality control system for public company accounting. “Today’s decision by the board to postpone the effective date takes into ...
Scientific American

These Lab-Controlled Microbes Can Make Any Chocolate Taste Gourmet

The unique flavor profiles of premium chocolate—which can include hints of citrus, wafts of wine and subtle notes of spice—have often been attributed to the cocoa bean’s origin. Farmers in tropical ...
Post and Courier

SC education department moves to take financial control of Marlboro County school district

COLUMBIA — The S.C. Department of Education is seeking to take financial control of the Marlboro County School District amid fiscal instability in the Bennettsville-based system. The Post and ...
Reason

With REAL ID, America Now Has National ID Cards and Internal Passports

I don't have a REAL ID–compliant driver's license and don't plan to get one. I figure if the federal government wants to implement internal passports in the U.S., which after 20 years of political and ...