3rd Quarter - Report

DATA COALITION for DATA COALITION

Period 3rd Quarter 2015 Filed Oct 20, 2015 Signed by Hudson T. Hollister

Official filing
Firm
DATA COALITION
Client
DATA COALITION
Income
—
Expenses
$20,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

3 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

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.

Foreign entity interest: Each of the foreign entities that are corporate members of the Data Transparency 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). Additionally, Anne-Leslie Bini, an individual member of the Coalition, is employed by Invoke, a French company that operates a similar business.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
HUDSON HOLLISTER Counsel, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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

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

Foreign entity interest: Each of the foreign entities that are corporate members of the Data Transparency 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). Additionally, Anne-Leslie Bini, an individual member of the Coalition, is employed by Invoke, a French company that operates a similar business.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
HUDSON HOLLISTER Counsel, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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

Bills named: 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.

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.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
HUDSON HOLLISTER Counsel, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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

Bills named: H.R. 2477 (114th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.