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Chair’s Memo: New Beginnings
SHARE: The theme for our 116th Annual Meeting in New York City was “New Beginnings.” In the 2023 annual report, the letter from NASBA leadership explained, “New Beginnings demonstrates the significant transitions and transformations NASBA and Boards of Accountancy will experience in the upcoming year.” I would like to share with you a few “New…
NASBA CEO Announces Plans to Retire
SHARE: NASHVILLE, Tenn. (November 2, 2023) – Ken L. Bishop, President and CEO of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA), announced his plans to retire from his executive role with NASBA, effective July 31, 2024. Mr. Bishop made the formal announcement before the members of the U.S. Boards of Accountancy at its…
President’s Memo: “You are not listening!”
SHARE: As the president and CEO of NASBA, I have always felt comfortable in my ability to monitor and measure what I describe as the temperature of our stakeholders. While the State Boards of Accountancy are our primary stakeholders, we are certainly interested in the opinions and ideas of Board of Accountancy staff members, State…
President’s Memo: Diplomacy
SHARE: Usually long before I pen the beginning drafts of my President’s Memo, I spend significant time looking through the thoughts and ideas I have jotted down that I might want to write about. This forum provides me a unique opportunity to opine, suggest and, sometimes, attempt to persuade readers on issues, challenges and opportunities.…
Benefits of ALL as a Tool for Students
SHARE: Author: Dina Barabash, Content Development & Web Specialist Posted: Aug. 29, 2022 Given the ever-changing regulatory environment and adoption of Mobility legislation, in most states, it is becoming increasingly difficult to remain up-to-date on the laws and rules governing CPAs. Accountancy Licensing Library (ALL) helps remove the complexity from the CPA license and firm…
Legislative Updates: Don’t Assume – Constantly Educate and Reinforce!
SHARE: The desirability of uniformity among accountancy jurisdictions is recognized in the Uniform Accountancy Act (UAA), which has created and refined systems to provide for: mobility, peer review, continuing professional education requirements, non-CPA ownership, CPE Reciprocity and the ease for reciprocal licensure in almost all 50 states, territories, and the District of Columbia—all while protecting…
Past Polls
> Back to Quick Polls Date Author Name 03/2014 Admin Accounting Licensing Library Graphs 03/2014 Admin Accounting Licensing Spreadsheet 03/2014 Texas Texas Board of Accountancy Ethics Requirements Quick Poll 03/2014 Texas Texas Board of Accountancy CPE Requirements Quick Poll 03/2014 ERB ERB Site Visit Quick Poll 02/2014 Virginia Virginia Board of Accountancy Background Checks Quick…
Exam News
Attention: AICPA’s score release schedule can be viewed here. Aug. 7, 2026 Score Release Posted: Aug. 7, 2026 On Aug. 7, 2026, NASBA received and processed the following score from the AICPA: 2880 AUD, 3512 FAR, 1639 REG, 9 IQEX and the following International CPA Exam score: 433 AUD, 530 FAR and 153 REG. Good luck! July 20, 2026 News…
Ken L. Bishop
Ken L. Bishop is the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA), a forum for the nation’s 55 U.S. Boards of Accountancy that administer the Uniform CPA Examination and regulate the practice of public accountancy in the U.S. In this role, Bishop heads the association’s operations…
Recent Media Coverage
The Biggest Stories in Accounting in 2025 Publication: Accounting Today Published: Dec. 31, 2025 From the decline of the 150-hour rule to staff cuts at the IRS and the ongoing impact of private equity, the last 12 months have been very busy for the profession. See Full Article The Biggest Stories in Accounting in 2025…





