OiWare, a leading provider of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance and corporate governance software applications, has announced the availability of its iNTENTcheckT software application which will be offered through its business partner channels. iNTENTcheckT serves as the foundation for company-wide corporate governance through its capacity to join an organization's governance, risk and compliance operations into one single software management solution and help management control its intent from the top down approach and to comply with SOX section 404a.

Blum, Shapiro & Co., the largest regional accounting firm based in Connecticut, has acquired Scully & Wolf in order to build its practice in government audit services.Scully & Wolf is known as a major provider of municipal audit services in the state and has also cultivated a strong practice serving nonprofit and commercial customers, Blum, Shapiro said.Terms of the transaction weren't disclosed.Scully & Wolf now employs 30, including administrative support staff.

Virchow, Krause & Company, LLP, announced its merger with Bloomington based CPA Firm Berc & Fox, Ltd. “Berc & Fox is a pool of great talent which will really compliment our construction/real estate team and restaurant industry practices. Our two firms both share an ideal business culture and this merger is a perfect strategic fit,” remarked Jeff DeYoung, local managing partner for Virchow Krause.

The most popular month for completing yearly employee evaluations is January and this type of employee report card is often an effective tool that can lead to promotions or raises, reinforce good job performance and foster teamwork. LawDepot.com has created an online evaluation form that makes this difficult and time-consuming process quick and easy. Often the most difficult part of the employee evaluation is creating a standard form that will work throughout an entire organization.

BCS ProSoft has been named to the annual Sage Software's distinguished President's Circle for 2006. The yearly honor is given to business partners and national consulting partners who generated the highest sales revenue during the previous fiscal year. This is the third consecutive win for the company. In addition, the company also received the Sage Software's Million Dollar Club Award for the second year in a row.

he board of directors of McGladrey & Pullen LLP, one of the nation’s leading CPA firms, has elected David R. Scudder to the post of managing partner. In his promotion to this role, Scudder leads the firm’s more than 520 partners and 2,700 other employees nationwide. He succeeds Bill Travis, who retired at the end of last year and who will remain a member of the board of directors.Scudder is currently the firm’s audit and assurance practice leader for its Chicago, Ill.-based Great Lakes practice.

The Charleston, W.Va.-based accounting firm, Simpson & Osborne, has announced it with join with Dixon Hughes of North Carolina, in a move that could create 100 jobs in West Virginia in the next three years.Dixon Hughes, the largest accounting company in the Southeast, plans to target business niches in West Virginia that it specializes in elsewhere, Dixon Hughes co-CEO Eddie Sams said in a news conference in Charleston Monday. “We have a lot of dealerships — autos, equipment,” Sams said. “We’re also really big in community banks.

The year is almost over and it's a good time to reflect on what happened. Did some clients not return this year? Do you know why they really didn't come back?Every two years we conduct a study of about two hundred clients of CPA firms all over the US and Canada.

CaseWare International Inc., which provides software products for accountants and auditors, has released a new version of CaseWare Time 2006, its time and billing software package.CaseWare also released Today 2006, which integrates information from CaseWare Time with Microsoft Outlook information.CPA Technology Advisor awarded Time a 4.5 star rating, with 5 being the highest, in October of 2006: “With the option to transfer information from Time to Today, thus making it accessible in Outlook, CaseWare provides a valuable option for users that are reliant upon contact and client managem