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WIDEPOINT CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | 000-23967 | 52-2040275 |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer |
| Incorporation) | Identification No.) |
| One Lincoln Centre, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois | 60181 |
| (Address of Principal Executive Office) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (630) 629-0003
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Effective January 1, 2007, Epstein, Weber & Conover, PLC (“EWC”) combined its practice with Moss Adams LLP (“Moss Adams”) and therefore resigned as the independent registered public accounting firm of WidePoint Corporation (the “Company”). The Company was notified of such resignation on January 22, 2007. According to information provided to the Company, all of the partners of EWC have become partners of Moss Adams.
During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, there were no disagreements (within the meaning of Item 304 of Regulation S-K) between the Company and EWC on any matters of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of EWC, would have been referred to in its report. EWC’s report on the Company’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2005 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.
Attached as an exhibit to this Form 8-K is a letter from EWC indicating their agreement with the statements made by the Company in this Form 8-K.
On January 22, 2007, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company engaged the independent accounting firm of Moss Adams to serve as its new independent accounting firm effective January 22, 2007.
During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 and during the subsequent period prior to the engagement of Moss Adams as its new independent accounting firm, the Company did not consult with Moss Adams regarding either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s financial statements or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement or a reportable event (as defined in Item 304 of Regulation S-K).
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit 16 – Letter from Epstein, Weber & Conover, PLC to the Securities and Exchange Commission, dated January 22, 2007.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| WIDEPOINT CORPORATION | |
| (Registrant) | |
Dated: January 22, 2007 |
By: /s/ James T. McCubbin |
| James T. McCubbin | |
| Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |