In our interview with Bruno Simoesfrom the Brazil National Treasury, he gave an overview of the XBRL project there and details how using XBRL is improving ernment reporting though enhanced data transparency and auracy. The true strength of XBRL he says is that “XBRL empowers the business person. You are no longer a rider in a car being driven by an IT person. You are the driver . . . We shape the reports, we create the validation on the reports . . . you can see the results of your work”.

Bruno makes an important point. A suessful XBRL project is driven bybusiness requirements – in this case llecting enomic and budget data from Federal, State and Municipal levels of ernment to improve aountability and present a clear picture of the financial health of the untry and making that data available in real time.

Earlier this year the XII Best Practices Board published a detailed case study on Project SINFI. You can read the case study andwatch the interview.

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