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The initials stand for the following organizations. Exposure drafts are
available online at the Web addresses below or copies may be obtained
at the address in parentheses (unless otherwise indicated).

FASB--         Financial Accounting Standards Board (Order Department,
               Financial Accounting Standards Board, 401 Merritt 7,
               P.O. Box 5116, Norwalk, CT 06856-5116); also available
               online at www.fasb.org

GASB--         Governmental Accounting Standards Board (Order
               Department, Governmental Accounting Standards Board, 401
               Merritt 7, PO. Box 5116, Norwalk, CT 06856-5116); also
               available online at www.gasb.org

AICPA--        American Institute of CPAs (American Institute of
               Certified Public Accountants, Harborside Financial
               Center, 201 Plaza Three, Jersey City, NJ 07311-3881).
               AICPA publishes exposure drafts exclusively on the Web
               site at www.aicpa.org Print copies are not available.

IASB--         International Accounting Standards Board (International
               Accounting Standards Board, 30 Cannon Street, London
               EC4M 6XH, United Kingdom), also available online at
               www.iasb.org.uk

IFAC--         International Federation of Accountants (International
               Federation of Accountants, 545 Fifth Avenue, 14th Floor,
               New York, NY 10017); also available online at
               www.ifac.org

SEC--          Securities and Exchange Commission (Securities and
               Exchange Commission, 450 5th Street, N.W., Washington,
               DC 20549); also available online at www.sec.gov

FASAB--        Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (Federal
               Accounting Standards Advisory Board, 441 G Street, N.W.,
               Suite 6814, Washington, DC 20548); also available online
               at www.fasab.gov

GAO--          U.S. Government Accountability Office (Government
               Auditing Standards Comments, Marcia B. Buchanan, U.S.
               General Accounting Office, Room 5089, 441 G Street,
               N.W., Washington, DC 20548); www.gao.gov

PCAOB--        Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, 1666 K
               Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20006-2803;
               info@pcaobus.org


AICPA AICPA

See American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).
 TECHNICAL HOTLINE 1. (company) Hotline - Hotline Communications Ltd..
2. (messaging) Hotline - Hotline Connect.


The Technical Information Service answers inquiries about specific audit or accounting problems. Call toll free 888-777-7077 or e-mail query To interrogate a collection of data such as records in a database. The term may also be used to search a single file or collection of files such as HTML files on the Web. However, in addition to obtaining lists of records that match the search criteria, queries to a database allow for  to aahotline@aicpa.org See .org.

(networking) org - The top-level domain for organisations or individuals that don't fit any other top-level domain (national, com, edu, or gov). Though many have .org domains, it was never intended to be limited to non-profit organisations.

RFC 1591.
. This service is free to AICPA members.
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Date:Feb 1, 2005
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