When President Obama appointed his new federal CIO, Vivek Kundra, last week,
Kundra announced ambitious plans to "democratize" federal government data by
making it accessible in open formats and in data feeds. His plan calls for
the creation of a single point of access to all public federal information.
The idea is to enable the data to be accessed by developers whose
applications will open up federal data to the sunlight of millions of
citizens by encouraging them to scrutinize how the Recovery Act's dollars
will be spent.
As chief technology officer for the District of Columbia, Kundra raised the
bar by making government data more readily accessible to its residents,
leveraging pre-existing Web 2.0 technologies like Facebook and YouTube.
Federal agencies are now bandi... (more)
When President Obama appointed his new federal CIO, Vivek Kundra, last week,
Kundra announced ambitious plans to "democratize" federal government data by
making it accessible in open formats and in data feeds. His plan calls for
the creation of a single point of access to all public federal information.
The idea is to enable the data to be accessed by developers whose
applications will o... (more)
Gerald Trites is Project Director of XBRL Canada and writes the XBRL Canada
Blog. He is an information systems researcher and consultant who is a
Research Fellow with the Center for Information Systems Assurance at the
University of Waterloo. Previously, he was a Professor at St Francis Xavier
University and a partner of KPMG.
Mr. Trites is also principal author of Interactive Data — Bui... (more)
Rethinking Financial Regulation: Simple Transparency, Open Source ...
Next Big Future, CA
Today, nearly 50 companies report their information in XBRL to the SEC. XBRL
stands for eXtensible Business Reporting Language. It is a version of XML. A
few years ago, when banking regulators started requiring filings in XBRL from
its member banks, ...
... (more)
XBRL to Help Track TARP Funds, Talent in Demand
A.E. Feldman, NY
XBRL, or extensible Business Reporting Language, could assist government
auditors in monitoring spending under the more than $700 billion financial
bailout plan. That’s the message Mark Bolgiano, President and CEO of XBRL
US, delivered to Capitol Hill ...
... (more)
Diane Mueller has been actively involved in the development efforts of the XBRL standard for the past nine years. She is the Canadian representative to the XBRL International Steering Committee, serves as Vice Chair of that body, and chairs the XBRL Working Groups on Rendering and Software Interoperability. She currently serves as vice president of XBRL development at JustSystems, the largest independent software vendor in Japan and a worldwide leader in XML and information management technologies. Learn more about JustSystems at http://www.justsystems.com, and contact Diane at diane@justsystems.com. 
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