Article on New CPE Model Tops 1998 Field.The Journal of Accountancy presented its 1998 Lawler Award for best article of the year to Nita J. Clyde, 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. , for "CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment Is Broke; Let's Fix It" (Dec. 98, page 77). Clyde, a partner of Clyde Associates, an executive consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a in Dallas, is a member of the AICPA AICPA See American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). board of directors. She also chairs the CPE standards subcommittee and serves on the strategic planning committee. In the article, Clyde explained that the current CPE model addresses compliance rather than competency, and she called for new standards that focus more on the development of skills. Each year, the JofA's editorial advisers choose the winning article, which earns its author $500 in cash and a commemorative plaque. The award is named after John L. Lawler, a former JofA editor and AICPA senior vice president. |
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