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The Securities and Exchange Commission has tapped George Botic as acting chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board after Erica Williams' departure.

Erica Williams is stepping down Tuesday as chair of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and spoke Monday with Accounting Today about her time at the PCAOB.

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board chair Erica Williams is departing on July 22, after being pushed out by the new SEC chairman after her agency narrowly avoided an effort to eliminate it.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board today sanctioned Goldman & Company, CPA's, Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton, and PWR CPAs.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board sanctioned CPA firm Michael Coglianese for quality review failures for 17 audit and attestation engagements.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board gave reminders for auditors who audit smaller public companies in its latest staff publication.

The audit overseer fined Deloitte Netherlands, PwC Netherlands and EY Netherlands a total of $8.5 million after finding widespread exam misconduct on internal training tests.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board sanctioned the firm Michael T. Studer CPA and Michael Studer for repeat violations related to a 2019 audit.

The provision would have eliminated the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and transferred its responsibilities to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Senate rules-keeper rejected provisions eliminating the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and EPA air-pollution emissions standards.