AICPA Welcomes President Clinton's Recommendation of CPA WebTrust as Way to Protect Consumers Shopping Online During the Holiday Season.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 1999-- During his weekly radio address on Saturday, November 28, President Clinton focused on the tremendous growth expected in Internet commerce during the coming holiday season and provided a list of "Tips for Online Shoppers." These tips included a suggestion that consumers look for CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. WebTrust seals on Web sites, thereby indicating to shoppers that these sites protect their private information and provide safe and secure transactions when shopping online. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. President Clinton in his weekly radio address, this holiday season, shoppers will spend as much as $9.5 billion purchasing gifts and products online and as many as 1.3 billion people will visit on-line shopping sites. "We're very pleased that President Clinton mentioned CPA WebTrust as a viable seal for which consumers should look when shopping on the Internet," said Barry Melancon, President of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants With over 330,525 CPA members (in August 2006), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) is the largest professional organization of Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) in the United States of America. (AICPA AICPA See American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). ), joint creators of CPA WebTrust. "We are encouraged by the current Administration's emphasis on private-sector solutions such as CPA WebTrust as ways in which online shopping can be as safe and secure as possible." Beginning with CPA WebTrust, the AICPA has developed a family of services that make the Internet a safer place in which to conduct business. In so doing, they have demonstrated that CPAs are uniquely qualified to provide independent assurance to customers conducting business on the Internet by protecting privacy and transaction integrity. CPA WebTrust is part of a global effort by the accounting profession to bring effective private sector solutions to e-commerce. WebTrust is now being offered in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Canada, Puerto Rico, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales Wales, Welsh Cymru, western peninsula and political division (principality) of Great Britain (1991 pop. 2,798,200), 8,016 sq mi (20,761 sq km), west of England; politically united with England since 1536. The capital is Cardiff. and Australia. Negotiations are also underway with other European and Asian countries to offer the service. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) is the ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 certified national professional organization of CPAs in the United States with more than 330,000 members in public practice, business and industry, government, and education. For more information about CPA WebTrust, please visit www.cpawebtrust.org. |
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