XBRL US Comments on GSA RFI RE: GREAT Act Data Standards for Grants Reporting

XBRL US submitted a comment letter to the General Services Administration (GSA) regarding a Request for Information on the Federal Integrated Business Framework (FIBF) Information Management Toolset. The FIBF Framework is part of the implementation of the Grants Reporting Efficiency and Transparency (GREAT) Act which aims to bring data standards into the grants reporting process […more]


XBRL US Welcomes Enactment of the Financial Data Transparency Act (FDTA)

On December 23, 2022, President Biden signed into law H.R. 7776, the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 which includes TITLE LVIII, the Financial Data Transparency Act (FDTA). The FDTA calls for the use of data standards by member agencies of the U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council, including U.S. Treasury, […more]


XBRL US Responds to CFTC RFI on Climate-Related Financial Risk

XBRL US submitted a comment letter in response to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Request for Information on Climate-Related Financial Risk. The XBRL US letter explained the importance of data standards in understanding and conducting oversight of climate-related financial risk by the CFTC. Climate-related financial risks that affect market participants and commodities will inevitably […more]


April, 2023 Newsletter

April 2023 SEC to host Municipal Securities Disclosure Conference on May 10, 2023. The program agenda will cover the Financial Data Transparency Act (FDTA), voluntary disclosures, risks, and current disclosure topics. Members are encouraged to attend and registration is required (deadline to register May 5, 2023). SEC announced that they had reopened the comment period […more]


FDTA – Optimize Data Standards for Success

The Financial Data Transparency Act (FDTA) calls for the use of data standards by member agencies of the U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council, including U.S. Treasury, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB), the Federal Reserve System, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).

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March 2023 Newsletter

March 2023 Online training programs from XBRL US are now freely available for regulators, developers and businesses. Three programs covering XBRL Fundamentals, Understanding the US GAAP Taxonomy, and Introduction to XULE (an open source processing language) have been developed to educate stakeholders in the reporting ecosystem. The first two programs include short videos and quizzes […more]


January/February 2023 Newsletter

January/February 2023 SEC final rule calls for Inline XBRL for disclosures on policies to facilitate straight-through-processing. The final rule, Shortening the Securities Transaction Settlement Cycle is effective 60 days after the 3/6/2023 publication to the Federal Register. The rule adopts amendments to shorten the standard settlement cycle for most broker-dealer transactions from two business days […more]


December 2022 Newsletter

Happy New Year! 2023 will be an especially important year for data standards and XBRL. The Financial Data Transparency Act (FDTA) was just signed into law. The rapid expansion of XBRL requirements for SEC corporate and investment management companies is placing greater demands on our members and on the Commission itself. And there’s a groundswell […more]


November 2022 Newsletter

November, 2022 XBRL US Data Quality Committee (DQC) 20th Rule Set includes rules for Business Development Companies (BDC) and public companies. BDCs have just begun reporting financials in XBRL format for the first time this year, and the DQC is now preparing rules to help these new filers identify potential issues before their financials are […more]


October 2022 Newsletter

October, 2022 The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized two new rules with XBRL requirements. Tailored Shareholder Reports for Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds; Fee Information in Investment Company Advertisements adopts amendments for annual and semi-annual shareholder reports provided by mutual funds and exchange-traded funds to highlight key information for shareholders and format the disclosures […more]