The Securities and Exchange Commission will consider (translation: approve) amendments to provide for (translation: require) companies and mutual funds to file in interactive data format (translation, in this case: XBRL) on the 17th (unless there's an unforeseen delay).
http://sec.gov/news/openmeetings/2008/ssamtg121708.htm
Sunshine Act Meeting.
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the Government in the Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94-409, that the Securities and Exchange Commission will hold an Open Meeting on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 10:00 a.m., in the Auditorium, Room L-002.
The subject matter of the Open Meeting will be:
Item 1: The Commission will consider whether to approve the 2009 budget of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and will consider the related annual accounting support fee for the Board under Section 109 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Item 2: The Commission will consider whether to adopt amendments to provide for companies' financial statement information to be filed with the Commission in interactive data format, according to a specified phase-in schedule.
Item 3: The Commission will consider whether to adopt amendments to provide for mutual fund risk/return summary information to be filed with the Commission in interactive data format. The Commission will also consider whether to adopt amendments to permit investment companies to submit portfolio holdings information under the Commission's interactive data voluntary program without being required to submit other financial information.
Item 4: The Commission will consider whether to adopt amendments that would define terms related to annuity contracts under the Securities Act of 1933, and whether to adopt amendments related to periodic reporting requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Bowne's XBRL team is headed up by Rob Blake, Senior Director of Interactive Services. 
