Information Access: Improving Securities and Exchange Commission's Public Reference Room OperationsU.S. G.A.O., 1989 - 19 pages |
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... employees of companies ( called regular users ) who research and sell copies of and information from corporate filings and other documents . In June 1988 , SEC eliminated public access to the microfiche files main- tained in its ...
... employees of companies ( called regular users ) who research and sell copies of and information from corporate filings and other documents . In June 1988 , SEC eliminated public access to the microfiche files main- tained in its ...
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... employees , adopted new operating rules , reallocated carrels ( the space assigned to regular users in the reference room ) , and exten- sively remodeled the room . Thus , our subsequent work identified only two remaining areas of ...
... employees , adopted new operating rules , reallocated carrels ( the space assigned to regular users in the reference room ) , and exten- sively remodeled the room . Thus , our subsequent work identified only two remaining areas of ...
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... employees of companies ( called regular users ) who research and sell to clients cop- ies of and information from corporate filings and other documents . The number of filings made with the SEC has increased significantly in recent ...
... employees of companies ( called regular users ) who research and sell to clients cop- ies of and information from corporate filings and other documents . The number of filings made with the SEC has increased significantly in recent ...
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... employees per firm using the reference room , and the number of times those employees were actually in the reference room . Carrel allocations are temporary . Depending upon the number of applicants and other considerations at the time ...
... employees per firm using the reference room , and the number of times those employees were actually in the reference room . Carrel allocations are temporary . Depending upon the number of applicants and other considerations at the time ...
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... employees from whom , and methods by which the public may obtain information , make submittals or requests for information , or obtain decisions . Furthermore , an agency must publish in the Federal Register any amendment , revi- sion ...
... employees from whom , and methods by which the public may obtain information , make submittals or requests for information , or obtain decisions . Furthermore , an agency must publish in the Federal Register any amendment , revi- sion ...
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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.