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Tuesday, September 21, 2021

10 Years of Historical Machine-Readable FERC Data Now Available

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) migrated data downloads are now available. The Forms’ data available for download  results from converting the data in historical filings originally submitted in Visual FoxPro (VFP), prior to October 1, 2021, to XBRL by applying the first XBRL taxonomy. The downloaded data is FERC staff’s best estimation of what the […more]

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Thursday, September 9, 2021

FERC Notifies Filers that XBRL Submissions Can Begin Oct 1

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) notified filers that XBRL submissions can begin October 1, 2021, to meet the first FERC XBRL deadline of December 31 for Q3-2021 submissions. They also noted that starting October 1, issuers will no longer be able to submit a Visual FoxPro filing because only the XBRL submission platform will […more]

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SEC Updates Interactive Data Test Suite

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that their Interactive Data Test Suite has been updated, and they are accepting comments related to the updates to the suite. Visit the Interactive Data Test Suite. See a summary of changes. Comments can be submitted to StructuredData@sec.gov indicating “Interactive Data Test Suite” in the subject field.

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Wednesday, September 1, 2021

SEC Publishes Draft Taxonomies Including CEF and DEI

On September 1, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published draft taxonomies for a public comment and review period that will end November 1, 2021. The 2021 Q4 release draft updates the Closed-End Fund (CEF) from the previous version that was out for public review in April 2020. It also includes updates to the […more]

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Monday, August 30, 2021

XBRL US Comments on SEC Regulatory Agenda

XBRL US commented on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Regulatory Flexibility Agenda. The XBRL US letter addressed specific items on the agenda including the Commission’s proposals on: Pay versus Performance, which calls for XBRL text-block and detailed tagging for certain executive compensation-related data, Filing Fee Disclosure and Payment Methods Modernization, which would require XBRL […more]

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Thursday, August 26, 2021

SEC Commissioner Crenshaw and Former FASB Chairperson Seidman to Keynote XBRL US Investor Forum 2021

XBRL US announced today that the annual XBRL US Investor Forum 2021: Data that Delivers, will feature two keynote speakers, Commissioner Caroline A. Crenshaw of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission; and Independent Corporate Director and former FASB Chairperson, Leslie F. Seidman. This year’s virtual forum, which will take place on November 10, 2021, […more]

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Friday, August 20, 2021

SEC Publishes Draft EDGAR Filer Manual

On Friday, August 20, the Securities and Exchange Commission published the draft EDGAR Filer Manual, Volumes I and II, with a deployment date of September 20, 2021. EDGAR Release 21.3 contains a number of changes related to XBRL and XML structured data, including the planned pilot for Form 24F-2. Read the announcement.

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SEC Announced Open Data Access Enhancements

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made an announcement today concerning enhancements to open data access including a new API that allows users to aggregate XBRL financial data. Read the release. Access the documentation.

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Thursday, August 19, 2021

FERC Adopts Identifier Requirement, Does Not Mandate Single Identifier

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) adopted final revisions to their proposal, Data Collection for Analytics and Surveillance and Market-Based Rate Purposes to collect additional data from certain market-based sellers with ultimate upstream affiliates that have been granted blanket authorization to acquire the securities of those sellers or those sellers’ upstream affiliates. XBRL US submitted […more]

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Monday, August 9, 2021

SEC Request for Comment on S-1 Data Collection

On August 9, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published to the Federal Register, a request to continue the current process for data collection of the Form S-1. Per the original 2009 SEC rule mandating XBRL for public companies: Interactive data will be required as an exhibit to a Securities Act registration statement that contains […more]


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