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Streich Lecture to present chairman of Federal Accounting Standards Board
Mr. Allen joined the Board in January 2006 and serves as its Chairman. He also is serving on the accounting department faculty at Weber State University. He retired June 30, 2004 as Chairman of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) after serving in that capacity for nine years. Prior to becoming the GASB Chairman on July 1, 1995, he served one year as a part-time member of the Board. Mr. Allen was elected as Utah State Auditor in 1984 and served as the State Auditor of Utah until he resigned to chair the GASB. He is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants where he served from 1987 to 1990 as Chairman of the AICPA Members in Government Committee. He also served on the American Institute of Certified Public Accountant's Ethics Executive Committee, Government Accounting and Auditing Committee, and Auditing Standards Board.
Allen will address the current national economic crisis from the perspective of how the government will keep track of the spending that has occurred and is scheduled to occur over the next several months. We believe this topic will be of interest to many in our community and especially to our students, since they are among the individuals who will be expected to repay a large share of it.
http://www.fasab.gov/index.html.