It's time to abolish the acronyms: FASB, AICPA.(Financial Accounting Standards Board, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants) Accounting Today (4/24/1995)
...organizations identified by acronyms, such as NRA, WPA...the conclusion that the accounting profession (if it is...the FASB The Financial Accounting Standards Board was created to succeed the Accounting Principles Board to be...

The Acronyms Go At It in the Great Texas OPEB Debate. The Bond Buyer (4/9/2007)
...on here in this War of the Acronyms? Texas is threatening not...GASB -- the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. Meanwhile...into FASB -- the Financial Accounting Standards Board. The GFOA...polite definition of this acronym, coined in World War ...

Sorting out the clutter: as management accountants and financial managers you've been besieged by three-letter acronyms touting the latest and greatest strategic costing methods to help manage your business operations. Do they really help? How would you know?(Accounting) Strategic Finance (8/1/2005)
...Dartmouth College said, "Traditional accounting is at best useless and at worst dysfunctional...change" that would occur in management accounting, explaining how cost management would...integral part of a broader management accounting process that converts usage quantities...

My favorite acronyms.(From The President)(financial communication)(patient friendly billing) Healthcare Financial Management (9/1/2004)
...appears at the top of the acronym list on the CMS web site...has long been a bastion of acronyms. At HFMA, when attempting...new MedPAC criteria." But acronym mania (AM) is not limited to the government. Accounting and finance bring their own set of ...

National environmental accounting: a practical introduction *.(Standards) International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics (4/1/2007)
...related to the environment, accounting for natural resource assets...Accounts; Green GDP; Green Accounting; SEEA. JEL Code: Q56...Sustainability; Environmental Accounting; Environmental Equity. ACRONYMS ANS adjusted net saving CEPA...

The acronym continues to inspire creatively abbreviated language (TACTICAL). Word Ways (5/1/2003)
...periods are superfluous in a true acronym that's pronounced as a word rather...Congress created the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or PCAOB. The urge to turn initialisms into acronyms even when the result doesn't quite...Acronymania, I devised a bunch of original ...

ROME WANTS JOBS TO STAY; BASE CLOSURE PLAN SPARKS RALLY AT DEFENSE ACCOUNTING SITE.(Local) The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) (5/28/2005)
...LaValley, who has worked at the accounting center for nine years. LaValley...morning on the lawn of the accounting center, known by its acronym, DFAS. They hope to raise...closing DFAS and about 20 accounting centers around the country...

Public speaking success strategies.(Today's Accounting Manager) The National Public Accountant (11/1/2003)
...Even the most experienced accounting managers get nervous occasionally...avoid using technical jargon or acronyms only accounting professionals would understand...challenging because a vast amount of accounting information, such as dollar...

Firms often use accounting tools to polish performance.(The Dallas Morning News) Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service (11/8/2001)
...prepared using generally accepted accounting principles, the real net...something called GAAP _ the acronym for generally accepted accounting principles, the benchmark...reporting. "There are no accounting standards for pro forma...