RE: [U2] [OT] Sarbanes-Oxley

2004-08-06 Thread Tony Gravagno
Bill H. wrote: The management, who are putting their necks on the line, so to speak, should be able to do what they think is necessary. The real difficulty is management are being hired who don't know how to judge the quality their business operations and activities. This is a primary cause

RE: [U2] [OT] Sarbanes-Oxley

2004-08-06 Thread Rosenberg Ben
Others have argued: See the thing is, we're letting the auditors drive this thing. Auditors don't drive this. Auditing is basic procedures plus statistical sampling of transactions ... *** No, no, no, that's what financial auditors do, not I.T. auditors. The word auditor is an

RE: [U2] [OT] Sarbanes-Oxley

2004-08-06 Thread Bob Witney
All this makes me glad I am in the uk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Susan Joslyn Sent: 06 August 2004 14:39 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] [OT] Sarbanes-Oxley Three more things about Sarbanes-Oxley ... most important, acronyms

RE: [U2] [OT] Sarbanes-Oxley

2004-08-06 Thread Bill H.
) As always, Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tony Gravagno Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 8:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] [OT] Sarbanes-Oxley My friend, we rarely disagree, even on these points. I've made

RE: [U2] [OT] Sarbanes-Oxley

2004-08-06 Thread Doyen Klein
This sounds like the kind of thing that would drive one to purchase PRC. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rosenberg Ben Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 7:03 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [U2] [OT] Sarbanes-Oxley The I.T. audits

Re: [U2] [OT] Sarbanes-Oxley

2004-08-05 Thread vance . alspach
Same here. We have established a fairly extensive Change Control Tracking system with approval tracking at every stage. Change Request - Approval Modification - Approval Testing - Approval Move to production - Approval Final - Approval Vance Alspach J L Industrial Supply I was just

RE: [U2] [OT] Sarbanes-Oxley

2004-08-05 Thread Jefferson, Jim
snip Our department has gone Sarbanes-Oxley mad here. /snip Same thing where my wife works. Not here as we're privately held. We've discussed this at length between ourselves and determined the least-cost route is to buy back all your stock and go private grin. Jim --- u2-users mailing

RE: [U2] [OT] Sarbanes-Oxley

2004-08-05 Thread Amy Cook
PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 12:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [U2] [OT] Sarbanes-Oxley Same here. We have established a fairly extensive Change Control Tracking system with approval tracking at every stage. Change Request - Approval Modification - Approval Testing

RE: [U2] [OT] Sarbanes-Oxley

2004-08-05 Thread Kevin King
Oliver Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 2:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [U2] [OT] Sarbanes-Oxley You may want to check out the May-Jun 2004 issue of Spectrum Magazine. Susan Joslyn has an article starting on page 29 about the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. See http://www.intl-spectrum.com

RE: [U2] [OT] Sarbanes-Oxley

2004-08-05 Thread Tony Gravagno
Gordon Glorfield wrote: BTW My apologies to our non-USA list members as this is only pertinent to US operations. Sometimes I forget we are not all in the USA. Actually Gordon, while the legal responsibilities of compliance with USA regulations only apply to USA companies, I can easily see

RE: [U2] [OT] Sarbanes-Oxley

2004-08-05 Thread Susan Joslyn
Multivalue once and for all! Ever the optimist,. Susan Joslyn PRC - Real software configuration management for U2/Multivalue http://sjplus.com Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 15:44:14 -0600 From: Kevin King [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] [OT] Sarbanes-Oxley I just re-read Susan's

RE: [U2] [OT] Sarbanes-Oxley

2004-08-05 Thread Bill H.
Susan: See the thing is, we're letting the auditors drive this thing. Auditors don't drive this. Auditing is basic procedures plus statistical sampling of transactions to validate these basic procedures. Politics drive this. As Thomas Sowell often notes: politics does what feels good at the

RE: [U2] [OT] Sarbanes-Oxley

2004-08-05 Thread Tony Gravagno
My friend, we rarely disagree, even on these points. I've made no such assumptions about rationality, actual vs intended effects, nor the competence of those sponsoring laws. I only stated the possible effect the new laws will have on people worldwide. Are you responding to someone else's