"[S]everal professional and governmental studies (by the AICPA, GAO, and DOL) have shown audit quality problems with employee benefit plans ... To resolve these matters, the AICPA and GAO could [1] require annual reviews; [2] impose stricter punishments on firms and partners with repeated violations; or [3] disclose violator's names to their state boards of accountancy, other regulators, and other key parties. If deficiencies do not decrease, the authors believe that the U.S. Congress should consider having the GAO and DOL oversee peer reviews of audits of ... employee benefit plans."  MORE >>