Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rules on Auditing Standard No. 16, Communications With Audit Committees and Related and Transitional Amendments to PCAOB Standards

The SEC announced (pursuant to Section 107(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) that on August 28, 2012, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) filed with the SEC the proposed rules described in items I and II below, which items have been prepared by the PCAOB. The SEC is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rules from interested persons.

Comments Due: October 9, 2012

Cross-Reference(s): Dodd-Frank Section 982 (Oversight of brokers and dealers).

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