Data Quality Committee Joint Meeting with SEC Staff

10:00 AM EDT Wednesday, November 30, 2016
XBRL US Meeting

The XBRL US Data Quality Committee meets periodically with the staff of the SEC to discuss issues relating to the use of XBRL data. The purpose of the following highlights is to summarize the issues discussed at the meetings. These highlights do not represent official positions of the XBRL US Data Quality Committee. In addition, […more]


A Vision for Data at the SEC – Commissioner Kara Stein

Remarks made at the Big Data Conference on “A Vision for Data at the SEC” reiterating her suggestion that the SEC create a Digital Disclosure Task Force to develop a strategy for how the SEC acquires and provides data to investors and market participants. She also suggests that the SEC should create a new “Office […more]


FASB US GAAP Taxonomy: Review of Technical Changes for Vendors & Data Providers

1 PM ET Tuesday, October 18, 2016
XBRL US Webinar
Watch/listen to replay (XBRL US Members)

This technical session will cover proposed structural changes that may be reflected in the US GAAP 2017 Taxonomy and that may impact your XBRL tools, services and data offerings.


SEC Discussion on Inline XBRL for Public Company Filers

3 PM EDT Wednesday, October 5, 2016
XBRL US Webinar
Watch replay

Attend this free webinar to get the latest insights into tagging, EDGAR submission and more from the SEC about voluntary public company filing of financials using the Inline XBRL standard, which allows filers to submit a single document that effectively combines the HTML and XBRL versions of financials.


Investor Forum 2016: Finding Value with Smart Data

1:00 PM ET Monday, October 24, 2016
XBRL US Meeting || Newman Vertical Campus Conference Center hosted by Baruch College

Hear the Securities Exchange Commission, investors and the media at this free half-day forum on how structured data is smart data, providing actionable information for decision making. The SEC’s Investor Advocate Rick Fleming provides a keynote address.
Advance registration is required.


Data Quality Committee Joint Meeting with SEC Staff

10:00 AM EDT Wednesday, May 18, 2016
XBRL US Meeting

The XBRL US Data Quality Committee meets periodically with the staff of the SEC to discuss issues relating to the use of XBRL data. The purpose of the following highlights is to summarize the issues discussed at the meetings. These highlights do not represent official positions of the XBRL US Data Quality Committee. In addition, […more]


SEC Publishes Rule Proposal for Comment: Disclosure Update and Simplification

On July 13, 2016, the SEC posted a rule proposal as part of their disclosure review on “Disclosure Update and Simplification” which proposes amendments to disclosure requirements that may have become redundant, duplicative, overlapping, outdated, or superseded. The SEC is also soliciting comment on disclosure requirements that overlap with, but require information incremental to U.S. GAAP […more]


SEC Investor Advisory Committee Published Letter Favorable to Structured Data

In response to the SEC’s Concept Release on disclosures in Reg S-K, the SEC Investor Advisory Committee submitted a comment letter where data standards are very positively referenced. Highlights from the letter: Leveraging Technology. The Commission is in the process of developing a second generation for the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (EDGAR). […more]


SEC to Permit Voluntary Filing Using Inline XBRL

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced it will allow companies to voluntarily file structured financial statement data in the Inline XBRL data format, a technology that is freely licensed and made available by XBRL International. This initiative represents another step in the SEC’s continuing efforts to modernize and enhance its requirements to facilitate transparency of, and […more]


SEC Publishes Crowdfunding Regulation

Under the Securities Act of 1933, the offer and sale of securities must be registered unless an exemption from registration is available.  Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012 added Securities Act Section 4(a)(6) that provides an exemption from registration for certain crowdfunding transactions. In 2015, the Commission adopted Regulation […more]