With the start of the new year, we at Kiesling Associates hope for each of you that it's a year full of success and achievement, a year rich with the affection of those who are dear to you, and a year that finds you and your loved ones in good health. 

Looking back over the last year, one of the biggest newsmakers in the telecommunications industry was the recent FCC Order. There are numerous implications of this order to telecommunications companies across the country, and Kiesling is there to help you sort through the relevancy of each new rule. The Kiesling Regulatory Consulting Team of professionals invests many hours in research and their expertise is available as a resource to you. We can provide comprehensive reviews of your specific situation as the FCC works through the final details. Not only can we advise you of your best course of action, but we will take part in diving into the details of the implementation. 

One piece of the FCC Order requires privately held rate-of-return ILECs to provide annual audit reports to the FCC by April 1, 2012. Our sixty years of auditing experience have positioned us well to assist with this requirement. Each year, we try to do everything we can to perform audits more efficiently. Like years past, we improve on our processes, determine best practices in these new times, and execute so we can provide the best value to our clients. We will continue to use technology and new methods to make the audit experience more flexible and less burdensome for you and your staff. 

In addition to audit and regulatory services, Kiesling also offers many other services as outlined by our website www.kiesling.com/services.aspx. We are proud to introduce a new HR Manager in our West Des Moines office, Christie Hennessey. Christie has more than 8 years of human resource experience with a wealth of knowledge in recruiting, policy management, training, performance management, amongst other things. With the talented skill-sets of Christie in West Des Moines and Brian Blahnik in Madison, please do not hesitate to contact us with any HR related needs or issues. 

Technology has become integral to our everyday lives, both personally and professionally. Our Information Technology Consultants are available to assist you with interviewing technology positions, procuring software and hardware, creating business recovery plans, network design and documentation, training and deployment, as well as internal IT audits.

For the services outlined above or the many others we offer, please contact your Kiesling partner to discuss how we can move your business forward.

Every year we focus on trying to add value to the relationship you, as clients, have formed with us. We continue to see great turn-out at events we host, including our Annual Accounting Seminar. We are always looking for ways to enhance that event and all of our events. Please don't hesitate to let us know how we are doing or where we should focus more time. Thank you again for the opportunity to serve you. We will make it our business in 2012 to enhance yours. Happy New Year!

Jeff Naig and Joe Gerot

Co-Managing Partners 

There are several important things to remember this time of year, another year has passed and many things need to be remembered when it comes to finishing up your year-end financial information. Many businesses are preparing for an audit or a review, or wrapping up their books for the year. There is also the long list of taxes, tax forms, and payroll forms to get in order. More