Information Access: Improving Securities and Exchange Commission's Public Reference Room OperationsU.S. G.A.O., 1989 - 19 pages |
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... regular users of the Securities and Exchange Commission's ( SEC ) public reference room in Washington , D.C. , stemming from SEC changes in public access rules . We have also examined related legal issues . We found that SEC has ...
... regular users of the Securities and Exchange Commission's ( SEC ) public reference room in Washington , D.C. , stemming from SEC changes in public access rules . We have also examined related legal issues . We found that SEC has ...
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... regular users in the reference room ) , and exten- sively remodeled the room . Thus , our subsequent work identified only two remaining areas of concern . Regular users said that : Closing the microfiche files to the public and allowing ...
... regular users in the reference room ) , and exten- sively remodeled the room . Thus , our subsequent work identified only two remaining areas of concern . Regular users said that : Closing the microfiche files to the public and allowing ...
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... Regular users decided among them- selves to give these filings the batch numbers SEC staff had been assigning to help the users later find and retrieve the information . A complete discussion of original concerns , remaining concerns ...
... Regular users decided among them- selves to give these filings the batch numbers SEC staff had been assigning to help the users later find and retrieve the information . A complete discussion of original concerns , remaining concerns ...
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... Concerns of Regular Users Appendix III SEC Actions and Remaining Concerns of Regular Users Appendix IV Legal Issues Background Objectives , Scope , and Methodology SEC Actions Remaining Concerns of Regular Users Issue 1 GAO Opinion ...
... Concerns of Regular Users Appendix III SEC Actions and Remaining Concerns of Regular Users Appendix IV Legal Issues Background Objectives , Scope , and Methodology SEC Actions Remaining Concerns of Regular Users Issue 1 GAO Opinion ...
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... concern over being denied direct access to the files and also expressed ... regular users ) who research and sell to clients cop- ies of and information ... regular users . Regular users may be assigned space in the Appendix I Background ...
... concern over being denied direct access to the files and also expressed ... regular users ) who research and sell to clients cop- ies of and information ... regular users . Regular users may be assigned space in the Appendix I Background ...
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Actions and Remaining agree with SEC's Appendix I Background Appendix III SEC Appendix IV Legal applicable statutes areas of concern assigned space Background and Objectives called regular users Carrel allocations certain time-sensitive Chairman's July 14 Closed microfiche files Concerns of Regular contractor for producing contractor's copies contractor's earlier access copies of corporate corporate filings received delivered copies demand for microfiche desks disclosing material financial disclosure disorderly economies to SEC Federal Register files might provide filing type filings received paper filling microfiche requests FOIA GAO Opinion Government interviewed regular users Methodology microfilm number of areas numbers SEC staff obtain materials Open access open and users open microfiche files orderly condition producing microfiche copies provide any observations public reference facilities public reference room reallocated carrels received paper copies reference room facilities regulations remaining areas Remaining Concerns room in Washington SEC reference room SEC staff processing SEC's closing SEC's contractor Subcommittee time-sensitive Williams Act filings
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Page 16 - Subject to the provisions of section 321? the information and documents contained in or filed with any application shall be made available to the public under such regulations as the Commission may prescribe, and copies thereof, photostatic or otherwise, shall be furnished to every applicant therefor at such reasonable charge as the Commission may prescribe.
Page 2 - SBC staff to fill users' microfiche requests led to delays in obtaining these materials and more difficulty in doing research. SBC'S microfiche contractor received copies of certain time-sensitive documents before regular users received them in the reference room. This gave the contractor an unfair advantage over regular users, who compete with the contractor in selling information from these documents.