{"id":1722,"date":"2019-03-15T15:02:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T22:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biddle.com\/blog\/?p=1722"},"modified":"2020-01-09T12:52:20","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T20:52:20","slug":"going-through-an-audit-with-a-great-partner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biddle.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/15\/going-through-an-audit-with-a-great-partner\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Through An Audit With A Great Partner"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&#8220;We have been a Biddle client just for a few years now, and have been happy with the relationship we\u2019ve had in preparing our annual AAPs and responding to our questions. &nbsp;However, we are going through our first audit with Biddle right now, and have been beyond impressed with Biddle now going through this. Heather has done an outstanding job marching us through what we need to do, giving clear direction, helpful guidance, but also making us feel like partners in the decision making. 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