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Cuts in federal spending are not the only thing government contractors should be worrying about. The incoming Barack Obama administration is expected to push for fundamental changes in the way government does business with vendors, potentially making it harder for federal contractors to win taxpayer dollars.

The field of accounting has changed radically over the years, as have the firms that practice its science and art. It is a major part of one of the state’s picks – professional services – as a targeted high-paying growth cluster.

One of the most notable changes in the history of accounting was the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, also known as SOX.

Fraud, misrepresentation, bad acts, scandals — that’s meat and potatoes for a forensic accountant.

DENVER, CO (MARKET WIRE) Sage North America announced today at Sage Summit 2008, its annual customer conference, that it will introduce hosting services next month for Sage MIP Fund Accounting. The hosted services will help organizations using Sage MIP Fund Accounting to minimize the information technology (IT) costs and resources required to maintain their accounting software, while gaining convenient anywhere-anytime access to vital business management applications. Sage MIP Fund Accounting, the company's award-winning software for nonprofit financial management, will continue to be available as a licensed

GOLDEN, CO (MARKET WIRE) Universal Mind, Inc., a leading solutions provider for Rich Internet Applications (RIA), today announced it has joined the Intuit Partner Platform to deliver workplace applications with dynamic rich Internet features to Intuit's user community of more than four million small businesses. As part of the Partner Platform, Universal Mind will not only create its own applications, but will also be poised to help other platform participants augment their applications with its rich Internet development expertise.

OAKLAND, CA (MARKET WIRE) Golden Gateway Financial, a comprehensive online financial resource for seniors and retirees, today shared four tips aimed at those senior citizens in need of cash during retirement to help them generate capital in this increasingly challenging economy. The company also introduced a new and updated version of its online reverse mortgage calculator reflecting recently announced FHA reverse mortgage limits.

CORONA, CA (MARKET WIRE) Vineyard National Bancorp (the "company") (NASDAQ: VNBC), parent company of Vineyard Bank, N.A. ("Vineyard"), today announced the filing of its quarterly report on Form 10-Q ("report") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which includes, among other things, its results of operations for the three and nine months ending September 30, 2008. The company's report can be found on the company's investor relations website, www.vnbcstock.com under SEC filings or on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov.

NEW YORK, NY (MARKET WIRE) The role of Competitive Intelligence (CI) has grown in the last 10-15 years from the mere reactive collecting of assorted information, into strategic tool for profitable business -- and continues to do so in this uncertain economy -- according to a new joint publication from Kalorama Information and Fuld & Company, "Effective Competitive Intelligence: A 'How-To' Guide for Life Science Companies."