External Relations and Communications

The Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) is responsible for the oversight, administration, and finances of the FASB and GASB. Part of this mission includes communicating with federal, state and local government officials regarding issues that affect standard-setting in the United States. The FAF external relations and communications department acts as a liaison with these stakeholders, as well as with members of the international, national, local and trade media. The department is also available to assist government officials and members of their staffs with specific questions about accounting standards and current projects on the FASB/GASB agendas.

For more information regarding FAF government outreach and Washington, DC activities, please contact Grace L. Hinchman, Vice President, External Relations & Communications, Financial Accounting Foundation, at (203) 956-5280 (office) or (202) 294-1067 (mobile), or by e-mailing glhinchman@f-a-f.org.


FAF EXTERNAL RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS NEWS

December 8, 2009—FASB Chairman Robert H. Herz Calls for Decoupling of Bank Regulation from U.S. GAAP in AICPA National Conference Speech November 11, 2009—Financial Accounting Foundation Names Grace L. Hinchman Vice President, External Relations & Communications 

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CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY

FASB Chairman Robert H. Herz Testifies Before the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Subcommittee On Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Entities on
March 12, 2009

FASB Chairman Robert H. Herz Testifies Before the Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment—Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on October 24, 2007

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