As the first CPA firm to exclusively specialize in federal financial management, Kearney & Company was on the cutting edge of publishing textbooks on federal accounting, auditing, and internal controls. Today, an active internal research program keeps us at the forefront of emerging accounting and auditing issues likely to impact government clients.
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December 9th, 2025
Federal CFO Playbook: Getting Ready for Payment Modernization
The Department of the Treasury’s move toward pre-payment verification will reshape how agencies manage funds. Chief Financial Officers must prepare their organizations, processes, and controls to preferably avoid, but also handle payment holds and rejections.
July 9th, 2025
Implementing AI in your Organization
Businesses that operate in the consulting, accounting, auditing, and regulatory industry must learn the capabilities of AI to understand fraud, security risks, and implementation challenges surrounding the use of AI, and in contrast, the benefits and ability to implement its use.
July 8th, 2025
Defense Resourcing for the Future 2.0
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 established and directed the Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) Reform to conduct a comprehensive assessment of all four phases of the PPBE process and recommend improvements with a particular focus on defense modernization.
July 1st, 2025
Opportunities Await: Why the CFO Should Get a Head Start on Implementing AI
Federal CFOs are now able respond to Congressional inquiries by leveraging and analyzing historical data in seconds and search large populations of financial transactions for anomalies indicating the risk of fraud. AI provides for this reality.
June 27th, 2025
Considerations of the User Entity When Placing Reliance on SOC 1® Reports
When management of a user entity receives a SOC 1® report from its service organization, it is important that management tasked with the review, analysis, and interpretation is well-equipped and informed to perform an effective review, incorporating the results of that SOC 1® report into the internal controls at the user entity.
June 25th, 2025
Audit Considerations in a Cloud Computing Environment
As agencies continue to invest and transition to cloud computing, it is important to understand the cloud, security implications, and how it impacts an audit.
News
April 1st, 2026
Kearney & Company Named a 2026 Top Employer for Interns
Kearney has been honored as a 2026 Top Employer for Interns by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. This award recognizes organizations that provide high-quality internships to college students across the Commonwealth.
April 1st, 2026
Kearney & Company Recognized as a 2026 Best Place to Work in Virginia
Kearney has been named as one of the Best Places to Work in Virginia by Virginia Business, marking another recognition for the firm’s strong workplace culture. In 2026, Kearney ranked sixth in the Large Employers category.
March 19th, 2026
Kearney & Company Named One of 2026’s Top 100 Firms by Accounting Today
Kearney has been recognized by Accounting Today as one of the nation’s Top 100 Firms for 2026. Kearney ranked 30th nationally and topped the list of firms in the Capital Region.
March 4th, 2026
Kearney & Company Recognized as One of 2026’s Best HR Teams by EBN
Kearney has been named as one of Employee Benefit News’s Best Human Resources Teams for 2026. This annual program was created by EBN and Best Companies Group to identify, recognize, and honor the best HR teams, benefiting workforces and businesses.
February 17th, 2026
Kearney & Company Named as #1 Best Remote and Hybrid Workplace in America
Kearney has been honored as the #1 Best Remote and Hybrid Workplace in America by Best Companies Group. The firm topped the rankings in the large company category.
December 11th, 2025
Kearney & Company Recognized as One of America’s Best Workplaces of 2026 by Best Companies Group
Kearney has been honored with a 2026 America’s Best Workplaces Award by Best Companies Group. Kearney ranked 1st in the enterprise category, defined as having more than 1,000 team members.
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Books
Wiley Federal Government Auditing: Laws, Regulations, Standards, Practices, and Sarbanes-Oxley, 2nd Edition
OMB Circular A-123 And Sarbanes-Oxley: Management’s Responsibility For Internal Control In Federal Agencies
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