Liberty Tax has named James J. Wheaton as chief compliance officer. Wheaton, who is taking on a new role, serves as general counsel for both Liberty Tax Service and its principal subsidiary, JTH Tax, which does business as Liberty Tax Service. Wheaton will continue was counsel for Liberty Tax and as VP of legal and governmental affairs.

Citrin Cooperman, a New York, N.Y.-based tax and accounting firm, has hired CPA Joseph Lesovitz as part of its Valuation and Forensic Services practice. Lesovitz, based in the firm's office in Philadelphia, Pa., specializes in calculating damages and providing financial consulting and forensic accounting services.

The world has gone digital, so have your clients. It would benefit your practice greatly to let the digital technology at your fingertips, specifically digital marketing services, go to work for you. Why? Digital marketing services are now available that are specifically designed for accounting firms which can relieve you of the heavy-lifting often associated with marketing tasks.

For all the talk about the increasing sophistication of malware and other threats to office computing, one good old-fashioned threat to operations remains current. That is back ups that do not work as expected. And technologist Randy Johnston says computer users must test backups, not just expect that they will work in an emergency.