Google 2013 Annual Report Download - page 83
Download and view the complete annual report
Please find page 83 of the 2013 Google annual report below. You can navigate through the pages in the report by either clicking on the pages listed below, or by using the keyword search tool below to find specific information within the annual report.
PART II
ITEM9.ChangesinandDisagreementswithAccountantsonAccountingandFinancialDisclosure
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on
None.
Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Ourmanagement,withtheparticipationofourchiefexecutiveocerandchiefnancialocer,evaluatedtheeectivenessof
ourdisclosurecontrolsandprocedurespursuanttoRule13a-15undertheExchangeAct,asoftheendoftheperiodcovered
bythisAnnualReportonForm10-K.
Basedonthisevaluation,ourchiefexecutiveocerandchiefnancialocerconcludedthat,asofDecember31,2013,our
disclosurecontrolsandproceduresaredesignedatareasonableassurancelevelandareeectivetoprovidereasonableassurance
thatinformationwearerequiredtodiscloseinreportsthatweleorsubmitundertheExchangeActisrecorded,processed,
summarized,andreportedwithinthetimeperiodsspeciedintheSEC’srulesandforms,andthatsuchinformationisaccumulated
andcommunicatedtoourmanagement,includingourchiefexecutiveocerandchiefnancialocer,asappropriate,toallow
timelydecisionsregardingrequireddisclosure.
TherewerenochangesinourinternalcontrolovernancialreportingthatoccurredduringthequarterendedDecember31,2013
thathavemateriallyaected,orarereasonablylikelytomateriallyaect,ourinternalcontrolovernancialreporting.
Ourmanagementisresponsibleforestablishingandmaintainingadequateinternalcontrolovernancialreporting,asdened
inRule13a-15(f)oftheExchangeAct.Ourmanagementconductedanevaluationoftheeectivenessofourinternalcontrolover
nancialreportingbasedontheframeworkinInternal Control—Integrated FrameworkissuedbytheCommitteeofSponsoring
OrganizationsoftheTreadwayCommission(1992framework).Basedonthisevaluation,managementconcludedthatourinternal
controlovernancialreportingwaseectiveasofDecember31,2013.Managementreviewedtheresultsofitsassessmentwith
ourAuditCommittee.TheeectivenessofourinternalcontrolovernancialreportingasofDecember31,2013hasbeenaudited
byErnst&YoungLLP,anindependentregisteredpublicaccountingrm,asstatedinitsreportwhichisincludedinItem8ofthis
AnnualReportonForm10-K.
Indesigningandevaluatingthedisclosurecontrolsandprocedures,managementrecognizesthatanycontrolsandprocedures,
nomatterhowwelldesignedandoperated,canprovideonlyreasonableassuranceofachievingthedesiredcontrolobjectives.
Inaddition,thedesignofdisclosurecontrolsandproceduresmustreectthefactthatthereareresourceconstraintsandthat
managementisrequiredtoapplyitsjudgmentinevaluatingthebenetsofpossiblecontrolsandproceduresrelativetotheircosts.
Other Information
None.
contents