Structured data and the services rendered could be some of those areas -- especially as the need for data tagging of documents contained with blockchain will increase in the marketplace
Great article on Blockchain technology, cloud shared public ledgers and how it can be used for state, local and federal government to provide new services to the public
Great tech news article in Federal Computer Week on June 17, 2016 about the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) moving forward with an XML data format for machine-reading of tax forms starting with the non-profit sector for better transparency and data analytics
Among the initiatives are: A proposal for an EU Regulation on investment-based and lending-based crowdfunding service providers (ECSP) for business
The Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking issued this report on the benefits of using smart data and technologies like XBRL to enhance government services. Our very own IMA member and former IMA Chair - The Honorable Kim Wallin served on this commission and came up with recommendations for the US Congress in crafting legislation to implement the Evidenced-Based Policy Act
Questions are being prompted based on non-financial disclosure requirements coming from the EU (ESMA) and other regulators regarding additional assurance services that could be provided to support this non-financial disclosure