Accounting Principles Board - APB

APB on TV cop shows meant "All Points Bulletin," and usually meant something big had happened. Lots of sirens followed.

But APB here is, sadly, so much less grabby. It was the original name for the bean counter board in the U.S., only to be renamed AICPA in 1959, and then again buried a level deeper in 1973, with the much catchier FASB.

The job? Promote, assess, and manage account rules and regulations, and represent the industry of accounting well to the public, and to the bureaucrats in D.C. The job running this thing is sort of like being an NFL quarterback. Only...not at all.