Smart stops on the web. (The Internet).ELECTRONIC LEARNING SITES IT Resources Online www.elearningmag.com Information technology consultants and tech-savvy CPAs can read e-Learning--the magazine for enterprise learning and knowledge management strategies--at this Web site. Users can peruse pe·ruse tr.v. pe·rused, pe·rus·ing, pe·rus·es To read or examine, typically with great care. [Middle English perusen, to use up : Latin per-, per- current and archived cover stories, features and colunms on business management and online education. "Linking People, Learning and Performance" www.learningcircuits.org The American Society for Training and Development (ASTD ASTD American Society for Training and Development ASTD American Society of Training and Development (Alexandria, Virginia) ASTD Air-Sea Temperature Difference ASTD Air Supported Threat Defense ) Web stop offers practitioners online-education stories such as "Writing for Global E-Learners" and "Terms of Engagement: Keeping Learners Online." Also, ASTD provides links to a discussion board for training and development professionals and a glossary of e-words. E-School's in Session www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/elearning/elhome.htm U.S. News & World Report's e-learning Web page offers CPAs articles such as "E-Learn and Earn" and "E-Learning Today" as well as a glossary of terms for e-students. Wonder how electronic learning differs from the traditional experience? Need to know what kind of hardware your computer setup requires for you to be able to study at home? Join the discussion forum and talk to experts and peers to get answers to these questions and more. CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment Online www.cpeworld.com If you're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. online courses for CPE credit in accounting and auditing, business law, financial planning Financial planning Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against and taxation, visit this Web site. Each online course--written and administered using AICPA AICPA See American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). , National Association of State Boards of Accounting (NASBA NASBA National Association of State Boards of Accountancy NASBA Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification (assay used to detect HIV viral load in blood plasma) ) and state society guidelines--averages 20 CPE credit hours and costs approximately $120. Train In-House for Credit www.westerncpe.com In addition to offering for CPE credit courses similar to the site above, Western CPE also provides in-house training in accounting, computers and technology, finance, management and tax. Some course titles include "From Accountant to Strategist" and "Detecting and Preventing Fraud." Your Course to Class www.cpeasy.com This Bisk Education Web stop offers accountants CPE credit for a new course, "Accounting Profession Reform: Restoring Confidence in the System." Other available fields of study include auditing, consulting services, government and nonprofit accounting, management and taxation. GENERAL INTEREST SITES A Big Small Business Portal www.workz.com Small business owners looking for a springboard to online e-business and e-marketing resources will want to bookmark A stored location for quick retrieval at a later date. Web browsers provide bookmarks that contain the addresses (URLs) of favorite sites. Most electronic references, large text databases and help systems provide bookmarks that mark a location users want to revisit in the future. this site. With more than 3,000 articles on topics including attracting customers, copyright protection, effective Web content and writing for the Internet, this portal offers something for every Web-based company looking to make and save money. The Hot Topics and Guest Experts sections link to other professionals' advice and tips for building a viable e-business. Advice for the Soloist www.workingsolo.com Anyone working out of a small or home office can get free quarterly e-mail newsletters with insights for the self-employed from author and corporate consultant Terri Lonier's Web site. Her e-stop's frequently asked questions section addresses queries such as, "How much start-up capital does a typical small business need?" Providing for the Common Defense www.dfas.mil The Defense Finance and Accounting Service The Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS), an agency of the United States Department of Defense, provides finance and accounting services for the military and other members of defense. In FY 2004, DFAS:
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