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 and as incorporated into the Financial CHOICE Act, H.R. 5983. Lobbied for agencies' adoption of standardized formats and fields in financial regulatory reporting.

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

Bills named: H.R. 1675 (114th), H.R. 5983 (114th), H.R. 1965 (114th), H.R. 2477 (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, H.R. 5760.

Foreign entity interest: One of the Coalition's foreign members, DataTracks, may pursue business opportunities related to the implementation of the DATA Act. Another of the Coalition's foreign members, OpenDataSoft, may pursue business opportunities related to open data in general.

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

Bills named: H.R. 2477 (114th), H.R. 5493 (114th), H.R. 5051 (114th), H.R. 4006 (114th), H.R. 5760 (114th), S. 2852 (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, and as incorporated into the Financial CHOICE Act, H.R. 5983. Lobbied for agencies' adoption of standardized formats and fields in financial regulatory reporting.

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

Bills named: H.R. 2477 (114th), H.R. 1675 (114th), H.R. 5983 (114th), H.R. 1965 (114th)