Information Access: Improving Securities and Exchange Commission's Public Reference Room OperationsU.S. G.A.O., 1989 - 19 pages |
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... demand for microfiche files without a commensurate increase in SEC staff soon led the agency to open the files to the public again . According to SEC staff , the microfiche files became disorderly . On June 20 , 1988 , SEC closed direct ...
... demand for microfiche files without a commensurate increase in SEC staff soon led the agency to open the files to the public again . According to SEC staff , the microfiche files became disorderly . On June 20 , 1988 , SEC closed direct ...
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... demand for many of these filings , particularly when they are initially received in the reference room . In order to facilitate initial access , paper copies are systematically circulated among regular users who wish to use or copy them ...
... demand for many of these filings , particularly when they are initially received in the reference room . In order to facilitate initial access , paper copies are systematically circulated among regular users who wish to use or copy them ...
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... demand for microfiche without a commensurate staff increase . The current closed Appendix III SEC Actions and Remaining Concerns of Regular Users Page 13 GAO / GGD - 89-85 SEC's Public Reference Room Remaining Concerns Remaining ...
... demand for microfiche without a commensurate staff increase . The current closed Appendix III SEC Actions and Remaining Concerns of Regular Users Page 13 GAO / GGD - 89-85 SEC's Public Reference Room Remaining Concerns Remaining ...
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... demand for information . We analyzed summary records provided by SEC of the time required to fill microfiche requests for 1 week in December 1988. Each record may have included one to six pieces of microfiche . Our analysis of these ...
... demand for information . We analyzed summary records provided by SEC of the time required to fill microfiche requests for 1 week in December 1988. Each record may have included one to six pieces of microfiche . Our analysis of these ...
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... demand - all without significant change in the applicable regulation.2 This change is a matter of SEC's internal operation of its public reference facility . Did the manner in which SEC changed microfiche access provisions in its public ...
... demand - all without significant change in the applicable regulation.2 This change is a matter of SEC's internal operation of its public reference facility . Did the manner in which SEC changed microfiche access provisions in its public ...
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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.