Diane Mueller

Written by Bob Schneider     Posted on March 12, 2009 I recently reviewed this blog’s content for the past few months and was not surprised that more than half was devoted to the SEC’s XBRL mandate. The final rule for interactive data has certainly been the big story, a major milestone in XBRL implementation.  But there have been other developments that, while not as historic as the final rule, are notable and significant. These include:    The IBM Data Governance Council — which comprises more than 50 companies that have pioneered best practices around risk assessment and data governance — announced in December that it was exploring the use of XBRL for risk reporting. Steve Adler, Chairman of the Council, reported on the follow-up meeting in late February. The Open Compliance and Ethics Group established a provisional XBRL jurisdiction in September. In October, th... (more)

Google News - XBRL: Founding President of XBRL International Joins Clarity Systems - FOXBusiness

Founding President of XBRL International Joins Clarity Systems FOXBusiness TORONTO, March 26, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----Clarity Systems, a leader in corporate performance management (CPM) and external reporting solutions, today announced that J. Louis Matherne has been appointed as Director, XBRL Services for the ... ... (more)

Hitachi Data Interactive: An Interview with Gerald Trites of XBRL Canada (Part 1)

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 — Building XBRL Into Accounting Information Systems, a book we strongly recommend and the focus of this first installment of our two-part interview.   (1) Your book contains this comment about XBRL and... (more)

JustSystems Feed: XBRL and Document Management: The Perfect Storm

By Diane Mueller How can you turn the U.S. SEC eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) mandate’s requirements into an opportunity when making process improvements to comply? Implement an XBRL-enhanced document management strategy as part of your internal corporate filing workflow which will both boost compliance and save money. Strategies for Success Document management is based on applying the principles of structured content — documents that have been chunked into meaningful component parts and tagged in a systematic fashion. In the case of the corporate financial repor... (more)

XBRL Blog Magazine: UK Mutual Financial Services Group LV= Uses Clarity FSR(TM) To Prepare 2008 Annual Accounts

LONDON, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ — Clarity Systems, a leader in corporate performance management (CPM) today announced that its expanding Clarity FSR customer base now includes LV=, one of the United Kingdom’s oldest and most prestigious mutual financial services groups. The firm’s group finance department is now using Clarity FSR to prepare all of its 2008 annual accounts for March 2009 filing. “At LV= we are always looking for operational and technical advantages to improve our cost-efficiency for the benefit of our policyholders,” says Andy Young, Group Financial Controller. “So ... (more)