- June 27, 2006 Conference in Arlington, VA to address the public sector
                       and government institutions -
   - June 29-30, 2006 Conference in New York, NY to target the investment
                    community and financial executives -

NEW YORK, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- XBRL-US, the U.S. based arm of XBRL
International, today announced that it will host two free conferences that
will focus on the development of XBRL and how interactive data can reduce
costs, increase productivity and improve data quality.

The first conference, "More Data or Smarter Data? Increasing the Value
and Timeliness of Business Information Using XBRL," is scheduled for June
27, 2006 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., EDT at the FDIC Seidman Center in
Arlington, VA. Intended for government CFOs, CIOs, and financial management
professionals, the event will focus on the public sector and will highlight
specific applications of XBRL designed for government agencies.

Keynote speakers for the Arlington, VA event will include Congressman
Richard Baker, Chairman, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and
Government Sponsored Enterprises (invited); Sam Mok, CFO of the Department
of Labor; and Mary Mitchell, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of
Technology Strategy, General Services Administration. The program will be
hosted by the FDIC and sponsored by EDGAR Online, Grant Thornton, Rivet
Software, UBmatrix, and Unisys. To register or to obtain more information,
please click on http://xbrl.org/us/us/XBRL-US_WashDC.pdf

The June 29-30, 2006 New York event, "Transforming Financial Reporting
and Analysis with XBRL," will be held at the Microsoft Briefing Center in
Manhattan, located at 1290 Avenue of the Americas. The two-day symposium
will consist of a conference on June 29 and an XBRL training session on
June 30.

Catering to analysts, investors and financial executives at public
companies, the conference on June 29 will cover analytical applications,
external and internal business information reporting, and training on the
Securities & Exchange Commission's Voluntary Filing Program. Keynote
speakers will include Ric Marshall, Chief Analyst and co-Founder, The
Corporate Library; Colleen Cunningham, President and CEO, Financial
Executives International; and Trevor Harris, Vice Chairman of Client
Services at Morgan Stanley. The program will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00
p.m., EDT, and will be followed by a reception from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m., EDT

On June 30, XBRL-US will present a one-day XBRL preparer's class for
those interested in learning how to prepare an XBRL filing. The events of
June 29 and 30 will be hosted by Microsoft and sponsored by EDGAR Online,
Grant Thornton, Hitachi, Rivet Software, and UBmatrix. To register for
either or both days, or to obtain more information, please click on
http://xbrl.org/us/us/XBRL-US_NYC.pdf

"The potential for XBRL is clear among both publicly traded companies
for their internal and external reporting needs, and for government
agencies," noted Dan Roberts of Grant Thornton, Chair, XBRL-US Steering
Committee. "Numerous applications for XBRL are being implemented today,
helping companies and government institutions benefit from the improved
data quality, cost reduction and increased productivity that XBRL can
bring. These two targeted conferences are designed to help organizations
gain a closer perspective on specific applications of XBRL in the public
and private sectors."

About XBRL
XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) is a royalty-free, open
specification for software that uses XML data tags to describe financial
information for public and private companies and other organizations. XBRL
benefits all members of the financial information supply chain by utilizing
a standards-based method with which users can prepare, publish in a variety
of formats, exchange and analyze financial statements and the information
they contain. Some of the world's leading accounting, financial, government
and software organizations are involved in the adoption and use of XBRL in
the U.S. XBRL-US is hosted and supported by the American Institute of CPAs,
one of the founding members of XBRL International. For more information on
XBRL, please go to the XBRL US Web site (http://www.xbrl.org/US).

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