FEI Weekly

October 31, 2017

Tech giants head to Congress, non-profits need to start thinking about this accounting rule.

Tech Giants Disclose Russian Activity Ahead of Congress Hearing

Reuters

Facebook, Twitter, and Google head to Congress for two days of hearings on how Russia allegedly used their services to try to sway the 2016 election. At stake for the Silicon Valley companies are their public images and the threat of tougher advertising regulations in the U.S.

What The ACA Will Look Like in 2020

Vox

News and opinion site Vox predicts that, by 2020, the people who will leave the market under a weaker mandate are younger and healthier, leaving an older and sicker pool behind. Enrollment on the ACA markets will become stagnant, if not negative growth in the individual market and continued uncertainty.

The Hiring Perks to Being an Early Adopter

Knowledge@Wharton

Providing the right environment to lure top workers doesn’t come cheaply, and conditions can change on a dime. Firms that want to attract workers who are on the frontier of new technologies have to offer an environment in which they can learn about new technologies and ramp up their skills.

Non-Profits Need to Start Thinking about Topic 606 Now

Accounting Today

Most private companies and not-for-profits have another year to get ready for the new revenue recognition rules, but in some cases the rules apply to not-for-profits at the end of this year too. For Topic 606, ‘Revenue from Contracts with Customers,’ nonprofits that are conduit debt obligors would have to turn around and address the new standard if they’re a calendar year end as of 1/1/18.

How to Navigate a Tricky Leadership Dilemma

Forbes

Leadership requires some tricky navigating when you share the same final goal with others but disagree about tactics or strategy. It's easy to waste energy and time fighting about strategy and tactics and lose sight of the goal. To solve this, come up with a "meta-strategy" (a strategy about strategy) to help in navigating same-goal-different-strategy conflicts.