QuickStudy: Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL)
XBRL is a version of XML defined to meet the requirements of business and financial information. With XBRL, unique identifying tags are applied to financial data items.
Survey: Most companies ready for SEC conversion
At least 340 of the estimated 500 public companies required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to begin filing financial data in the XBRL format in June have made the conversion, according to a survey from XBRL US, a nonprofit standards group.
Free the Data: eGov and Open Standards
When President Obama appointed his new federal CIO, Vivek Kundra, last week, Kundra announced ambitious plans to "democratize" federal government data by making it accessible in open formats and in data feeds. His plan calls for the creation of a single point of access to all public federal information.
Will Obama’s Technology Push Extend to Financial Regulators?
Obama’s technology-savvy election team worked very effectively to leverage a new world order of YouTube, social networking, and blogging tools to promote his agenda, connect with a nation of voters, and raise campaign funds. But does he really know what it’s going to take to overhaul and connect all the disparate government information systems? He has certainly raised hopes and set expectations high for both the technology and financial sectors.
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Will Obama’s Technology Push Extend to Financial Regulators?
Free the Data: eGov and Open Standards
Survey: Most companies ready for SEC conversion
QuickStudy: Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL)