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Article: Peer review in an era of transparency.(Top Stories)
- Article from:
- Leader's Edge
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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Should peer review results be made public? A future AICPA referendum will give members an opportunity to vote on changes to the peer review program.
At its spring 2004 meeting the AICPA's governing Council approved a resolution supporting increased transparency in the peer review process. It also authorized a member awareness program to inform members about the issues surrounding peer review transparency and to assess how they feel about two possible ways to make peer review results more widely available:
1. Creating a public file that would be open to inspection by the general public; or
2. Creating a state regulatory file open to inspection ...