Jack Ciesielski submits: CFO.com reports that Senators John Kerry (Massachusetts) and Olympia Snowe (Maine) have sent another letter to SEC Chairman Christopher Cox requesting further delay in the implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act’s Section 404 for small companies.

It’s deja vu all over again: they sent a letter to him last February on the same subject.

Here’s a link to the letter. The senators didn’t ask for a specific extension - but wanted an answer from Chairman Cox in 30 days. Last time, the specifically asked the SEC to give small firms until the end of 2008 to have management report on their internal controls, and another year afterwards for the auditors to report on the same.

[1] Yahoo.com: The Protected Class: Senators’ Request For Sarbox Delay - Part II