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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release Nos. 33-8786, 34-55456; File No. 4-515]

 
Roundtable on Interactive Data: Creating Interactive Data To 
Serve Investors

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission.

ACTION: Notice of roundtable meeting.

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SUMMARY: On Monday, March 19, 2007, the Securities and Exchange 
Commission will hold a roundtable discussion on creating interactive 
data to serve investors. The event begins with remarks from SEC 
Chairman Cox and an address by Vanguard Group Chairman and CEO John J. 
Brennan on the use of interactive data by public companies and mutual 
funds to improve disclosure for individual investors. Following Mr. 
Brennan's remarks, John W. White, Director of the Commission's Division 
of Corporation Finance, will discuss the use of interactive data to 
create better disclosure documents. The roundtable will also feature a 
panel discussion on the benefits, including potential cost savings, of 
preparing financial reports using interactive data written in a 
computer language called XBRL. Panelists will include executives at 
public companies currently providing investors with interactive data on 
a test basis as part of the SEC's voluntary filing program. The panel 
will be moderated by Chicago Sun-Times personal finance columnist Terry 
Savage. Richard Bennett, Chief Executive Officer of The Corporate 
Library, will provide closing remarks and discuss the significance of 
interactive data for corporate governance.
    The roundtable will take place at the Commission's headquarters at 
100 F Street, NE., Auditorium, Room L-002, Washington, DC at 10 a.m. 
The public is invited to observe the roundtable discussions. Seating is 
available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brigitte Lippmann at (202) 551-3713.

    Dated: March 13, 2007.

    By the Commission.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-4892 Filed 3-15-07; 8:45 am]

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