Secs Proposed Auditor Independence Rules Hearing Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate

Hearing on the proposal by the SEC to promulgate reg's. that would restrict the types of non-audit services that accountants may provide to their audit clients. Witnesses: Arthur Levitt, Chmn., SEC; Barry Melancon, Amer. Inst. of Certified Public Accountants; Shaun O'Malley, Public Oversight Board, Panel on Audit Effectiveness; John Biggs, TIAA-CREF; & Philip Livingston, Financial Exec. Inst. Additional material: testimony of Gary Shamis, CPA, Saltz, Shamis & Goldfarb; testimony of Rick Antle, Prof. of Account., Yale School of Mgmt.; letter from Kenneth Lay, Enron Corp., to Arthur Levitt, SEC, dated 9/20/00; letter from A.A. Sommer, Jr., to Sen. Grams, dated 9/27/00; & letter from Arthur Levitt, SEC, to Sen. Grams, dated 10/26/00.Grams, Rod is the author of 'Secs Proposed Auditor Independence Rules Hearing Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate' with ISBN 9780756733650 and ISBN 0756733650.