DATA COALITION for DATA COALITION

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Government management reform, open data policy support, implementation of the DATA Act, Pub. L. No. 113-101., and related issues: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act FY2019

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

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; General Services Administration (GSA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE

Accounting ACC

Lobbied for the introduction and passage of the Financial Transparency Act, H.R. 1530. 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 include, Fujitsu (Japan), DataTracks (India), and OpenCorporates (United Kingdom).

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); General Services Administration (GSA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1530 (115th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Lobbied for the introduction and passage of the Financial Transparency Act, H.R. 1530. 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 include, Fujitsu (Japan), DataTracks (India), and OpenCorporates (United Kingdom).

Contacted: General Services Administration (GSA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 1530 (115th)

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. 1530. Lobbied for the passage of the OPEN Government Data Act, H.R. 1770 / S. 760. Lobbied in support of Foundations for Evidence-based Policymaking Act, H.R. 4174/S 2046. Advocated for reforms on grant reporting, including the Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency Act, H.R. 4887. Advocated in support of Executive Branch adoption of open data policies, including non-proprietary entity identifiers and applications for Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Foreign entity interest: The Coalition's foreign members, DataTracks, Fujitsu, OpenCorporates, may pursue business opportunities related to open data in general.

Contacted: General Services Administration (GSA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 760 (115th), H.R. 4174 (115th), H.R. 1530 (115th), H.R. 1770 (115th), H.R. 4887 (115th)