Posted on 09/11/2013 11:52:55 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
White has been wanting more funds to hire additional staff but apparently is less interested in moving to XBRL. Issa pointed out that interactive data in financial reporting offers the opportunity for increased speed, accuracy and usability through automation. While the SEC's is aware of interactive data's potential, it is surprising that it has not yet integrated interactive data into its internal review processes to improve efficiency or reduce costs, Issa wrote. Instead the regulator was relying on "printouts, pencils and calculators".
In 2008, the SEC adopted a rule mandating companies and mutual funds submit XBRL versions of their financial statements in addition to routine text format. The open-standard software labels financial statements with computer-readable tags that can be read like barcodes to help investors more easily find and compare information about companies.
But a Republican committee aide said former SEC staffers told the panel that the commission fails to utilize the information it gets and instead resorts to pencils and calculators.
Yikes.
XBRL?
An extension of W.A.S.S. technology
I’m still waiting for the GOP to realize all their emails are being sent to spam buckets.
Check your yahoo spam...all the “great minds” in the GOP are there.
Garbage In, Garbage In
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