December, 2023 Happy New Year, and welcome back from the holidays! We’re excited about the opportunities ahead in 2024 – here’s a short preview of what to expect: Continued support for the Financial Data Transparency Act (FDTA), with planning underway for a workshop in Colorado focused on government reporting, ongoing engagement with FSOC agencies, legislative […more]
November 2023 XBRL US GovFin 2023 Conference session videos now available. Hear the discussions with regulators from the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Regulatory Commission, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; standards organizations including the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), and the Global LEI Foundation; and municipal reporting experts from Funkhouser & Associates, Tenbar […more]
September 2023 New speakers and sessions added to GovFin 2023: Empowering Governments, Modernizing Reporting, to be held in Washington, DC on November 9, 2023. Barnet Sherman, Founder, Senior Managing Partner, The Tenbar Group; Professor at Boston University; and Senior Contributor to Forbes.com, will share insights into the future of the municipal bond market and the […more]
August 2023 Mark Funkhouser to Keynote GovFin 2023: Empowering Governments, Modernizing Reporting, to be held in Washington, DC on November 9, 2023. The former mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, and internationally recognized auditing and municipal finance expert, author, and teacher in public administration, will share his insights at GovFin 2023. In a recent article, Mark […more]
July 2023 XBRL US announced GovFin 2023: Empowering Governments, Modernizing Reporting, to be held in Washington, DC on November 9, 2023. This one-day conference features speakers from the Data Foundation, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Global LEI Foundation (GLEIF), the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), The Cato […more]
By Campbell Pryde, President and CEO, XBRL US, and John Turner, CEO, XBRL International U.S. regulators tasked with implementing the Financial Data Transparency Act (FDTA) would be well-served to consider how governments in other regions have adopted a standardized data approach to reducing administrative burden and improving efficiencies. SBR Case Study Standard Business Reporting (SBR) […more]
June 2023 SEC report on public and internal use of machine-readable data published to support FDTA implementation. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published their first Semi-Annual Report to Congress: Regarding Public and Internal Use of Machine-Readable Data for Corporate Disclosures, June 2023. This report is required under the Financial Data Transparency Act (FDTA), Section […more]
May 2023 XBRL US publishes white paper, “Data Standards and the FDTA”, sponsored by Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN). The paper explores the current state of data management among agencies and provides a roadmap to meet the achievable goals laid out in the FDTA. It describes the current state of 400+ data sets collected by covered […more]
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]
By Campbell Pryde, President and CEO, XBRL US
Loopholes in regulatory disclosure requirements allow certain banks to opt out of filing to the SEC, including the recently failed Signature Bank (which also happens to be big enough to be part of the S&P 500). Equity investors need consistent disclosures across all banks. The FDTA could help resolve this kind of regulatory fragmentation.
The national consortium for
the business reporting standard
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