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  "name": "None Independent Public Company",
  "description": "The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) is a private-sector, nonprofit corporation created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to oversee the audits of public companies in order to protect investors. Section 3 of their rules outlines the auditing and related professional practice standards, including rules on compliance, definitions of responsibilities, attestation, quality control, ethics, and independence for registered public accounting firms.",
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  "parentBrand": null,
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  "updatedAt": "2026-08-09T00:02:09.327Z",
  "verifiedVitals": {
    "website": "https://pcaobus.org",
    "founded": "2002",
    "pricing_model": "Not applicable (funded by fees from public companies and broker-dealers).",
    "core_products": "Developing and enforcing auditing and related professional practice standards; overseeing audits of public companies; registering public accounting firms.",
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      "Traditional Regulatory Interpretation: Manually reviewing, interpreting, and applying complex legal and regulatory documents, requiring extensive legal, accounting, and auditing expertise to ensure co",
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