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Developed for corporate financial reporting managers and independent auditors, this book will help them stay abreast of changes and modifications to the requirements for public companies, their management, and auditors. Included are: -The latest pronouncements, regulations, and guidance issued by the SEC and PCAOB as they apply to the filings and audits of this reporting cycle. -What these organizations are planning and/or saying about the future. -Key developments which may affect your company or auditing firm. In addition, emerging issues, trends, and new resources are provided so that accountants and financial managers can stay out front

"The official report from the House Intelligence Committee on Donald Trump's secret pressure campaign against Ukraine, featuring an exclusive introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and biographer Jon Meacham. For only the fourth time in American history, the House of Representatives has conducted an impeachment inquiry into a sitting United States president. This landmark document details the findings of the House Intelligence Committee's historic investigation of whether President Donald J. Trump committed impeachable offenses when he sought to have Ukraine announce investigations of former vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter. These pages offer an account of the president's attempts to use the powers of his office to solicit foreign interference on his behalf in the 2020 election; and his subsequent attempts to obstruct the House investigation into his actions" --

Why we must protect planetary environments -- In the beginning: The need for planetary protection is recognized -- Developing effective planetary protection approaches -- Back contamination: The Apollo approach -- Planetary protection for Mars: The Viking experience -- Small bodies of the Solar System -- Return to Mars -- Do we have the right to contaminate: The ethical and legal aspects of planetary protection -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Detailed planetary protection requirements -- The impact of "Faster, Better, Cheaper" on planetary protection priorities -- Biohazard identification: The synergism between bioterror prevention and planetary protection research -- Committees, organizations, and facilities important to the development of planetary protection -- Timeline of important planetary protection-related events -- Planetary protection approaches used on various missions