The Securities and Exchange Commission has made XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) filing mandatory for publicly traded companies. Beginning June 2009, XBRL filings were mandated for companies worth $5 billion or more. XBRL filings for other public companies will be phased in over the next two years.
So, how’s it going so far?
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Amy R. Pawlicki is Director – Business Reporting, Assurance & Advisory Services and XBRL for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). She is responsible for building awareness and understanding among the AICPA membership of XBRL. This is the second installment of a two-part interview; the first part covered questions 1 through 6.
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Explore the history of “our language” from the beginning of the journey. Meet the famous persons, read about key decisions, important dates…
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The A6 API is a security stack designed to provide Audit, Assertion, Assessment, and Assurance capabilities. There’s one problem, providing assurance can’t be done by machines alone – you need a human element, one that stands up and says “these results are true and good”. Outside of wild notions about black box mechanisms and trusted computing, I’m hard pressed to find a technology solution to achieve this. What we really need is human participation in the stack, but the difficult part about humans is that we all have our own unique perspective on what is or isn’t accurate, what’s correct and ultimately how one defines security.
What we need is a standardized way of reporting on complex concepts dealt with in security assessments and audits. If we had a standard security reporting language, we could reduce variation in security reporting and improve interpretability. We can look to financial reporting for an approach.
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Green-House introduces GH-HSW301, a 3-port HDMI switch that allows you to connect multiple device to your LCD display that offers just one HDMI port. Instead of plugging and unplugging your HDMI devices, you can now connect up to three devices to your LCD and switch among them using the bundled remote control.
Green-House GH-HSW301 switch supports 480i/p, 720p, 1080i/p signals and offers a 2.5Gbps/250MHz bandwidth. It will be available in mid-August.