Tag Archives: Colleen Conrad
Board Names Perry to CPT
SHARE: The NASBA Board of Directors met on January 15 and approved the appointment of Andrea P. Perry, Esq., as a member of the NASBA Center for the Public Trust’s Board of Directors. Ms. Perry has been selected by the legal community as one of the Nashville Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar” for six…
CPA Evolution Praised at Regionals
SHARE: Calling CPA Evolution “one of the most important projects that I have been associated with in my years of NASBA service,” Chair Laurie Tish (WA) reported the project is meeting its progress milestones, despite having to conduct its meetings virtually. She walked the Regional Meetings’ participants through the CPA Evolution process up to its…
What About Remote Proctoring?
SHARE: The significance of disaster planning has been underscored by the COVID-19 restrictions. Testing options are one of the elements NASBA has been studying as it considers worst case scenarios, NASBA Executive Vice President and COO Colleen Conrad told the Regional Meetings. Remote proctoring, which would open the possibility of candidates testing from home, is…
Flexibility Aided NASBA’s Transition
SHARE: Preparation for offering more flexibility in employee scheduling actually enabled NASBA to more easily transition to all working home because of COVID-19, NASBA President and Chief Executive Officer Ken Bishop reported to the NASBA Board on April 24. The competition for talent in Nashville had led NASBA’s human resources department to recommend offering more…
7/1/20 Target for Continuous Testing
SHARE: Fifty Accountancy Boards expect to be ready to move to continuous testing for the Uniform CPA Examination by the target date of July 1, 2020. NASBA is offering to provide legal and legislative assistance to get all 55 Boards ready by that date, NASBA Executive Vice President and COO Colleen Conrad told the Annual…
Change Comes to Exam Quarterly
SHARE: The importance of having the Uniform CPA Examination testing the right topics was underscored by several of the groups looking to the future of the CPA profession, and AICPA Vice President Michael Decker told the Regional Meetings: “We heard about how change needs to come to the Exam. The Exam is updated every quarter,…
Practice Analysis Begins
SHARE: The first steps in the practice analysis are underway with a series of virtual focus groups being held with firms. Additional focus groups with firms, supervisors of newly licensed CPAs and representatives from State Boards will be held in the coming months. Newly licensed CPAs will also be participating in virtual focus groups to…
Anticipating CPA Evolution
SHARE: Guiding principles for moving ahead in visioning the profession of the future are under refinement by a team led by NASBA Vice Chair Laurie Tish and AICPA Vice Chair William Reeb, the executive directors heard. At the 2018 NASBA Regional Meetings, the concept of two pathways leading to the CPA was not well received;…
Opening the Exam Windows
SHARE: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Colleen Conrad reported that the NASBA/AICPA/Prometric group is researching the possibility of continuous testing, or at least shortening the dark period when candidates are unable to test. NASBA is asking for input from the State Boards on this idea because it would require a rule change as…
Boards Consider Technology Pathway
SHARE: Attendees at NASBA’s Eastern and Western Regional Meetings are being asked to consider the concept of a Technology Pathway leading to the CPA license. Executive Vice President Colleen Conrad and Vice President – State Board Relations Dan Dustin are presenting the basic features of what is under consideration and asking those at the meetings…