DATA COALITION for DATA COALITION

Accounting ACC

Lobbied for the introduction and passage of the Financial Transparency Act, H.R. 2477. Lobbied against the Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act, H.R. 1965, as incorporated into a broader package bill numbered H.R. 1675. Lobbied for agencies' adoption of standardized formats and fields in financial regulatory reporting.

Foreign entity interest: Each of the foreign entities that are corporate members of the Data Coalition support the use of the searchable XBRL format for corporate financial disclosures with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission because they operate businesses that automate the production of searchable financial disclosure information for regulated entities. These foreign entities are DataTracks (India), IRIS Business Services (India), and Fujitsu (Japan).

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); General Services Administration (GSA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills named: H.R. 1675 (114th), H.R. 2477 (114th), H.R. 1965 (114th)

Government Issues GOV

Lobbied for full implementation of the DATA Act, Pub. L. No. 113-101. Lobbied for the passage of the Financial Transparency Act, H.R. 2477. Lobbied for the passage of the OPEN Government Data Act, H.R. 5051 / S. 2852. Lobbied for the passage of the Statutes at Large Modernization Act, H.R. 4006. Lobbied for the passage of the Establishing Digital Interactive Transparency Act, H.R. 5493. Lobbied for the passage of the Searchable Legislation Act (not yet introduced during this period).

Foreign entity interest: One of the Coalition's foreign members, DataTracks, is interested in pursuing business opportunities related to the implementation of the DATA Act.

Contacted: SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); General Services Administration (GSA); Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Small Business Administration (SBA)

Bills named: H.R. 5051 (114th), S. 2852 (114th), H.R. 5493 (114th), H.R. 2477 (114th), H.R. 4006 (114th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Lobbied for the introduction and passage of the Financial Transparency Act, H.R. 2477. Lobbied against the Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act, H.R. 1965, as incorporated into a broader package bill numbered H.R. 1675. Lobbied for agencies' adoption of standardized formats and fields in financial regulatory reporting.

Foreign entity interest: Each of the foreign entities that are corporate members of the Data Coalition support the use of the searchable XBRL format for corporate financial disclosures with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission because they operate businesses that automate the production of searchable financial disclosure information for regulated entities. These foreign entities are DataTracks (India), IRIS Business Services (India), and Fujitsu (Japan).

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); General Services Administration (GSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 2477 (114th), H.R. 1965 (114th), H.R. 1675 (114th)