University degree in finance, business administration, accounting, or related field.

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And even though the Obama administration has assured us that accounting gimmickry will allow the government to borrow for another few months, the breach has given seeming urgency to Congressional negotiations to raise the debt ceiling.

FORBES: Why The U.S. Needs To Stop Dodging The Debt Bullet

Some legal scholars have asked for a fuller accounting of what terrorist groups the administration believes can be targeted under the congressional authorization.

WSJ: U.S. Rethinks Secrecy on Drone Program

All these agencies must persuade Congress of their views, and Congress has over the years accumulated support agencies such as the General Accounting Office to help it challenge the administration.

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The General Accounting Office has recommended that Congress and the Administration consider the consolidation of smaller IG offices into larger IG offices.

WHITEHOUSE: Testimony of Clay Johnson III

First, the U.S. General Accounting Office is reviewing the legal authority underlying the establishment of ICANN by the Clinton administration.

CNN: New domains at last

With loan demand from creditworthy borrowers weak during the recession and with banks still suffering from the financial crisis, perverse accounting rules that caused them to lose regulatory capital, and persistent banker bashing from the Administration and Congress, many banks held onto their reserves to cushion further capital losses.

FORBES: Nothing to Fear from Fed's Monetary Ease

Misreporting becomes a bona fide issue only when the different set of numbers filed in China was filed before an agency whose mandate warrants a requirement that numbers be accurate (such as the State Administration of Taxation) and that the differences be unexplainable by differing U.S. and Chinese accounting rules.

FORBES: Reverse Takeovers: The Poor Man's IPO Deserves Some Respect

Even with Fannie and Freddie inflating the bubble and the Fed and the rest of the Bush Administration weakening the dollar, the crisis never would have become so unprecedentedly destructive but for a seemingly arcane accounting principle called mark-to-market, or fair value, accounting.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Just as important, the Administration must deal decisively with the insanity of mark-to-market, or so-called fair value, accounting that has forced institutions under severe pressure from regulators and accountants to maniacally mark down to absurdly low levels the value of unmarketable securities and assets, thus destroying entities that have positive cash flows.

FORBES: Magazine Article