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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

AICPA and XBRL US Announce Development of XBRL US GAAP Certificate Program

Program to launch first quarter 2013 AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The American Institute of CPAs, the world’s largest member association representing the accounting profession, and XBRL US, the nonprofit consortium for XBRL, today announced plans to develop a Certificate Program focused on US GAAP reporting in XBRL format. The Certificate will require […more]

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

MEDIA ALERT: Calling All Developers to Webinar on the 2nd Annual XBRL Challenge and a Chance to Win $20,000

Attend to learn rules, criteria and tools for contestants What: The XBRL Challenge is a contest to build the best open source analytical application that consumes XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) data from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) EDGAR system.Over 8,800 public companies now report their financial statements in XBRL format and the Challenge […more]

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

2nd Annual XBRL Challenge Announced: Contest to Develop Best Open Source App to Analyze Corporate Financial Data

XBRL US makes technical expertise, XBRL database and high-level normalization available to contestants XBRL US announced today the kickoff of the 2nd annual XBRL Challenge, a contest to discover the top open source analytical tools that can mine XBRL-formatted corporate financial data from the SEC’s EDGAR database.The contest will award a $20,000 Grand Prize to […more]

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Monday, July 16, 2012

XBRL Data Forum Announced, Conference for Developers and Technologists to be Held 9/11/12, Austin, Texas

Wealth of XBRL data now available means significant opportunity for developers WASHINGTON, July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — XBRL US today announced the introduction of a new one-day conference, the XBRL Data Forum, which will take place September 11, 2012 in Austin, Texas, and will be held in conjunction with the XBRL US national conference, Current […more]

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Thursday, May 17, 2012

XBRL US Publishes 2012 Corporate Actions Taxonomy Release for Public Review

New release updated for ADR pilot and active ISO 20022 corporate actions message standard New York, NY May 17, 2012 – XBRL US announced today that it had published the second release of the Corporate Actions Taxonomy for public review and comment. The new release has been updated to accommodate the active ISO 20022 standard […more]

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

XBRL US Testifies to Human Resources Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee

April 19, 2012, Washington, DC, XBRL US President and CEO Campbell Pryde testified today before the Human Resources Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee at a hearing on the use of technology to better target benefits and eliminate waste, fraud and abuse. The hearing, conducted by Congressman Geoff Davis (R-KY), Chairman of the subcommittee, […more]

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Current Developments in XBRL Financial Reporting, Training Conference for Public Companies and Auditors Announced

Now featuring XBRL Data Forum on technical aspects of XBRL New York, April 9 – XBRL US today announced plans for its annual conference, September 10-12, 2012 in Austin, TX, which will feature a keynote address by Mike Starr, Deputy Chief Accountant for Policy Support and Market Monitoring, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as well […more]

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Thursday, March 1, 2012

Webcast Archive Now Available for XBRL and Financial Analysis Technology Conference

Features SEC keynote, financial technology panels plus XBRL Challenge contest award NEW YORK, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Listen to the webcast replay of the “XBRL and Financial Analysis Technology Conference” which was held yesterday, February 29, 2012 at Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business in New York City. This webcast is courtesy of PR […more]

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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

XBRL US Announces Grand Prize Winner of XBRL Challenge Developer Contest

Developer team behind Calcbench takes top prize with open source app NEW YORK, Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Calcbench, an open source application that consumes corporate XBRL data and performs comparative analytics, was named the $20,000 Grand Prize winner of the XBRL Challenge, a contest for developers to build the most inventive and useful application […more]

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Monday, January 9, 2012

XBRL US’ Detailed Tagging Workshop Announced to Meet Increasing Demand for XBRL Expertise

Interactive program for SEC filers taught by top U.S. XBRL professionals XBRL US, the national consortium for XBRL business information reporting, announced today that it will conduct a one-day workshop focusing on detailed footnote tagging which all public companies must provide in their XBRL submission this year per the XBRL mandate set by the U.S. […more]


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