Then Hoffman, along with Wayne Harding, chairman of the AICPA
High Tech Task Force, briefed the task force on the scope and opportunity of XBRL.
In what has been reported as the biggest counterfeit and piracy software arrest operation, the Southern California
High Tech Task Force, an enforcement unit including US Customs, Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, Los Angeles Police Department and US Secret Service, seized fake Microsoft software worth an estimated $60M.
Smith's role on the Commerce Committee and as the Chairman of a Senate
High Tech Task Force helped foster his interest in new media and new technology issues.
Hoffman sought help from Wayne Harding, chairman of the AICPA
high tech task force and one of the authors of this article; in short order the Institute, along with Hoffman's firm, agreed to fund the creation of a proto-type set of financial statements in XML.