Structured data caught in the crossfire as US politicians angle to position themselves as the champion of small business against regulation.
XII Chair Cees de Boer explains how collaboration to launch SBR in the Netherlands has created a virtuous circle of improvement that has enhanced reporting at all levels.
XBRL Sweden is hosting a single day event open to discuss the benefits on standard business reporting and how to further develop the use of XBRL for business reporting in the Nordic countries.
Spain has taken significant step forward in terms of open data and government transparency by making structured data from Annual Financial Statement filings freely available online.
The US House of Representative’s Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing with testimony from elected and government official on how the DATA Act will impact government spending.
Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White has made strong statements to a Congressional Committee, reiterating that agency’s commitment to structured data and electronic reporting.
Erhvervsstyrelsen, the Danish Business Authority, has released the final Danish GAAP Taxonomy for use by listed companies in their yearly accounts reporting. Following a positive trend we are seeing in the US, the UK, China and elsewhere, XBRL Denmark indicates that there are plans to make this information freely available to the public directly from the XBRL […]
Urging the US Department of Commerce to explore leading a Standard Business Reporting (SBR) initiative in the US was among one of the more interesting findings in a report released by New York University’s GovLab this week. The report details recommendations from a roundtable held earlier this year that explored the potential of open data […]
An opinion piece in Government Technology Magazine advocates for using open standards as the best way for local and national governments to implement open data initiatives. The benefits cited include reducing “the cost of developing and maintaining the data, and can increase the data’s value by making it more widely used” along with creating “opportunities […]
We reported earlier on a — rather politically motivated — legislative attempt to curb XBRL reporting by smaller US companies. This week there are four new or expanded open data initiatives underway in the US. Chief among the proposals is related to the DATA Act. The Administration will issue data element definition standards and standards for exchanging […]
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