New York-based Friedman LLP, an IPA 100 firm, is launching a new service designed to help relieve the pressure on lenders processing and managing a mountain of government-backed stimulus loans.
Led by co-MP Harriet Greenberg and partners Michael Sacco and Michael Greenwald, the firm’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Forgiveness Service includes professionals who are familiar with bank functions and trained in the processing of loan forgiveness applications. The idea is for the Friedman teams to integrate into the lenders’ in-house loan processing departments, on a outsourced basis, to support calculations, identify areas that need to be reviewed more closely for risk factors, maintain regulatory compliance and manage the loan forgiveness application process from start to finish.
Springfield, Mo.-based BKD, an 
Atlanta-based Aprio, an 
Houston-based Calvetti Ferguson (FY18 net revenue of $15.3 million) has introduced a new technology risk service line. Led by partner John Jamison out of the firm’s Dallas office, the new practice will offer services including interim and fractional CIO/CISO, IT internal audits, IT risk assessments, SOC reporting and IT due diligence consulting.
As businesses in many areas begin formulating plans for a gradual return to physical workspaces, San Ramon, Calif.-based Armanino LLP (FY18 net revenue of $267.2 million) has introduced the new 
With an eye toward the complexities and unique challenges of the post-pandemic marketplace, New York-based CohnReznick, an 
In a potential preview of office life to come as states and municipalities across the country begin to reopen their economies, Big 4 firm PwC is developing a contact tracing tool that will enable executives and HR to notify employees who have had contact with an employee who tested positive for COVID-19. The mobile app is currently being tested in the firm’s Shanghai office with plans to roll it out to the entire 275,000-person workforce before offering it to corporate clients.
