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The AICPA and the Department of Labor (DOL) are partnering to educate American women of all ages about personal financial management.


The AICPA AICPA

See American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).
 and the Department of Labor (DOL DOL - Display Oriented Language. Subsystem of DOCUS. Sammet 1969, p.678. ) are partnering to educate American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of  women of all ages about personal financial management. Using CPA/PFS (Personal Financial Specialist) volunteers from the Institute's 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy Financial literacy is the ability of individuals to make appropriate decisions in managing their personal finances. Raising levels of financial literacy is now a focus of government programmes in countries including[1] Australia, Japan, the United States and the UK.  program (www.aicpa.org/financial literacy/index.asp) and the resources of the DOL Women's Bureau (www.dol. gov/wb), such as mentoring, classroom instruction and an online financial education curriculum, the partnership will help women develop the practical skills they need to better control their money and lives.
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Title Annotation:Personal Financial Planning
Publication:Journal of Accountancy
Date:Apr 1, 2005
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