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The SEC announced in April its unanimous selection of William J. McDonough to be the chairperson of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (www.sec.gov/news/press/2003-48.htm). (FYI).


* The SEC announced in April its unanimous selection of William J. McDonough

For other people named William McDonough, see William McDonough (disambiguation).


William J. McDonough, vice chairman and special advisor to the chairman at Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
 to be the chairperson of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (or PCAOB) (sometimes called "Peekaboo") is a private-sector, non-profit corporation created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a 2002 United States federal law, to oversee the auditors of public companies.  (www.see.gov/news/press/2003-48.htm). McDonough's career spans three decades in banking--the last as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York The Bank of New York, abbrieviated to BNY, was a global financial services company that existed until its merger with the Mellon Financial Corporation on July 2, 2007.[1] The bank now continues under the new name of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. .
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Publication:Journal of Accountancy
Date:Jun 1, 2003
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