Will the SEC be abolished, merged, or left as-is? Will IFRS adoption be delayed? What other regulatory issues will affect GRC workloads?

All of these questions will — or at least, should — be answered in the coming weeks. To ensure that none of these answers throw your GRC programs and processes for a loop, CFOs and other GRC executives should be monitoring several developments and sources of influences. Some of these sources of GRC influence may appear surprising.

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As I read this editorial about idiots, I found myself doing something I don’t often do in response to this particular section of my daily business paper: nodding along.

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As soon as I finished the previous post, a news flash and some interesting analysis crossed my virtual desk.

First, as expected, the new president announced compensation limits for executives at companies that have used TARP bailout funds.

Second, someone else has been wondering if there is more here than meets the eye. “The World is Curved” author David Smick e-mailed me (and many others; I’m not exactly his BFF, although I do feel honored to be on his group-send list) this counterintuitive thought a few minutes ago:

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