Oanh Vu Joins Accounting Firm Halt, Buzas & Powell

ALEXANDRIA, VA, September 5, 2006 – Accounting firm Halt, Buzas & Powell announced today that Oanh Vu has joined the firm as a Senior Accountant.

"Oanh comes to us with solid consulting and outsourced accounting services experience, and we know she will be an asset to our firm," said Steve Halt, HB&P’s Managing Partner.

"Our Senior Accountants are responsible for the accuracy and promptness of their own work as well as for instructing, supervising and motivating junior staff," added Halt. "Oanh has the proven experience and motivation to excel in her own work as well as encourage others to succeed."

Vu comes to HB&P from Beers & Cutler Outsourcing, LLC where she worked as a Senior Accountant. Immediately prior, she worked as a senior accountant for Argy, Wiltse & Robinson, P.C. where she handled day-to-day accounting functions, prepared individual and corporate tax returns and resolved complex accounting issues. She began her career as a Staff Accountant with Mitchell, Wiggins & Company, LLP in Richmond, Virginia.

She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business in Richmond, Virginia.

About Halt, Buzas & Powell, Ltd.

Halt, Buzas & Powell is a full-service CPA and management consulting firm that provides accounting, auditing, taxation, management systems and outsourced accounting services to individuals, not-for-profits and businesses in the greater Washington region. Founded in 1969, the firm’s devotion to exceptional service, quality and value has led to HB&P’s being recognized as the “2005 Alexandria Professional Service Business of the Year,” and consistently listed in the Washington Business Journal as one of the areas top CPA firms for size. Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia with a new office in Bowie, Maryland, HB&P was recently named one of the region’s Best Places to Work by Washington Business Journal. For more information, please visit www.cpas4you.com.

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Contact:
Jennifer Arce at 703-836-1350 or via email at jarce@cpas4you.com.