<h2>Introduction</h2>
<p>High-quality audits are critical to the process of providing decision-useful financial information for the benefit of investors, and auditors serve an important gatekeeping and investor protection function by helping to ensure that issues are promptly identified and addressed. The Commission has long-recognized that audits by professional, objective, and skilled accountants that are independent of their audit clients contribute to both investor protection and investor confidence in the financial statements. As such, the Commission’s auditor independence rule is integral to its mandate to protect investors and is fundamental for promoting investor confidence in the quality of financial disclosures. Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X sets forth the Commission’s auditor independence requirements and emphasizes the importance of an accountant’s independence from its audit client in both fa
Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 5 (May, 2022) - Compared to other agencies, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is a little fish in the big federal pond, but it has.