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 Bert Smith & Co. Joins Alliance to Enhance Capabilities, Service FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. – 03.29.06 – Bert Smith & Company, a part of the region's accounting industry for almost 60 years, today announced the firm's association with the BDO Seidman Alliance. As a result of the action, the firm's clients will have access to an even greater range of accounting services and support. According to Managing Partner George S. Willie, by joining the nationwide network of independently owned, local and regional accounting and consulting firms, Bert Smith & Company will be able to offer a much more robust array of services and capabilities. "In today's challenging business environment," Willie notes, "organizations face a range of business and financial issues — issues that must often be addressed on a local, national, and even global scale. Membership in the BDO Seidman Alliance allows us to meet these needs by tapping into a nationwide network of business advisors to meet our clients' needs today, and in the future." According to Willie, member firms within the Alliance have each met stringent quality standards established by both BDO Seidman and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Examples of the expanded capabilities made possible by the Alliance that will now be available to Bert Smith clients include national tax office liaison services with various Federal, state and local regulatory agencies, supplementary professional services, additional areas of focused industry knowledge and more. Bert Smith & Company includes more than 60 CPAs and management consultants who serve clients in government agencies, healthcare, nonprofits, associations and education. The firm provides a full range of accounting services to commercial clients, and has provided accounting services to virtually every cabinet-level department of the U.S. Government, as well as federal government agencies and numerous cities, counties, authorities and commissions. |
   
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