CFIT presents at SIM conference.

• Position: Technical committees - Society for Information Management - Brief Article

FEI's Committee on Finance and Information Technology (CFIT) took part in the Society for Information Management (SIM)'s annual conference in Boston in mid-September, and provided content for three breakout sessions. SIM is an association of chief information officers and other technology specialists.

In one breakout, moderated by Peggy Yocher, a CFIT member and Project Management Liaison for Finance/IT at United Technologies Corp., both Microsoft and Citigroup addressed their approach to IT controls, including Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 compliance and next steps in their organizations. Also addressed were automated controls, process improvements implemented or planned for implementation, as well as anticipated costs and improvements planned for 2006.

A breakout session...