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Chief among these in the corporate area in the United States has been Securities Offering Reform , which became effective just last week and provides the promise of liberalized communications and a capital formation process with fewer unnecessary regulatory obstacles . From recent conversations with participants in the reporting process , the dialogue has begun again and we expect it to continue . I believe XBRL has the potential to create benefits and cost savings through easier access to and analysis of information , an obvious benefit for users , but which can also aid companies with both their internal and external financial reporting . The number of foreign companies with Exchange Act reporting obligations increased from approximately 300 in 1985 to over 1,200 in 2004 . This offers a unique opportunity to our students , many of whom participate actively as interns or as employees with these firms during the course of their study , thereby , getting a balanced blend of course work and practical experience . I recently read a report about the CIA wherein they act as a venture capitalist to fund start-up companies with technologies of interest to that Agency . I have no doubt also been influenced in the longer term by the writings of many others , and conversations with several of them , including Maggie Boden , Dave Chalmers , Dan Dennett , Doug Hofstadter , Terry Horgan , John McCarthy , Marvin Minsky . This offers a unique opportunity to our students , many of whom participate actively as interns or as employees with these firms during the course of their study , thereby getting a balanced blend of course work and practical experience . At the XPLOR PDF University , we will have a special class dedicated to the print production features of Acrobat with Lonn Lorenz , who is the product manager for these features at Adobe Systems . If such issues cannot be resolved within the department by the employee and supervisor ( working with their HRM consultant or an HRM Relations representative ) , then eligible employees with qualifying complaints will have access to an impartial review by the Problem Resolution Committee .