On December 19, 2019, NASBA and the AICPA announced approval of the proposed revisions to the Statement on Standards for Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Programs (Standards) as well as the NAS
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The purpose of the compliance audit is to confirm the responses provided to NASBA during the most recently submitted self-certification renewal. The compliance audit is designed to confirm that Regist
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Among the most significant changes to the Standards is allowing for adaptive learning self study programs within the self study Standards with references to the two methodologies to be used in determi
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Given the unprecedented nature of COVID-19 and the government-imposed business closures and social distancing, CPAs are now performing their responsibilities to clients in a virtual manner. These prof
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The purpose of the compliance audit is to confirm the responses provided to NASBA during the most recently submitted self-certification renewal. The compliance audit is designed to confirm that Regist
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After careful consideration of the government-imposed social distancing requirements and travel restrictions as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, NASBA has decided to cancel the in-person Nat
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NASBA has noticed an alarming increase in compliance audit failures and wants to reverse this trend. As such and as previously announced, NASBA is implementing a new compliance desk audit policy in co
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During NASBA’s June Regional Meetings, NASBA Chair Laurie Tish gave a compelling and informative presentation on CPA Evolution, covering next steps and the progress milestones through 2024. Over the p
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The National Registry team continues to receive a constant stream of emails and calls from continuing professional education (CPE) sponsors on how to handle CPE events that can no longer be offered in
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Joe Urbanski, COO and Org. Culture Strategist of Total Solutions Group, declared during his 2020 National Registry eSummit presentation that we’re doing webinars all wrong. Why is this? According to U
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Olivia Patrick, Senior Consultant, CPE & Licensing Compliance, Plante Moran, discussed how her team pivoted their learning from almost an entirely live environment to a completely virtual one in the s
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The compliance desk audit cycle normally begins in April but was delayed, until September 1, 2020, due to the pandemic. In recent years, NASBA’s National Registry team has noticed an alarming trend of
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During the 2020 Summit, Elizabeth Wolfe, Regulatory Counsel, NASBA, discussed the Accessibility provisions under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Wolfe stated that under section 508 of the R
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Right away, Usable Learning’s Julie Dirksen addressed the fact that there are current challenges with keeping attention and engagement levels up from an audience now that many people have transitioned
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The flexibility to allow Registry sponsors approved for the Group Live delivery method only to convert in-person training events to online events is now expired. This flexibility was initially granted
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NASBA’s National Registry team continues to notice an alarming trend of compliance desk audit failures with Registry sponsors. NASBA is urging sponsors to take care in their responsibilities per the S
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Registry Sponsors wishing to provide learning in an instructional delivery method for which they are not approved, must complete the Additional Delivery Method (ADM) application. The ADM application r
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The flexibility to allow Registry sponsors approved for the Group Live delivery method only to convert in-person training events to online events was available until December 31, 2020, to allow sponso
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The 2021 National Registry Summit will be hosted virtually on September 14, 2021, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (CDT). Since the event is completely virtual, there will be no charge to attend this year
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The Sponsor Agreement, which is signed by the Registry sponsor with its initial application and every membership renewal application, states that the CPE sponsor agrees to report to the National Regis
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