Information Access: Improving Securities and Exchange Commission's Public Reference Room OperationsU.S. G.A.O., 1989 - 19 pages |
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... inspect documents and obtain copies for a fee . The reference room in Washington , D.C. , is used primarily by employees of companies ( called regular users ) who research and sell copies of and information from corporate filings and ...
... inspect documents and obtain copies for a fee . The reference room in Washington , D.C. , is used primarily by employees of companies ( called regular users ) who research and sell copies of and information from corporate filings and ...
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... inspect documents and obtain copies for a fee . SEC receives corporate filings in multiple copies in paper form at its headquarters office in Washington , D.C. It transfers these filings to microfilm copies , called microfiche , which ...
... inspect documents and obtain copies for a fee . SEC receives corporate filings in multiple copies in paper form at its headquarters office in Washington , D.C. It transfers these filings to microfilm copies , called microfiche , which ...
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... inspection and copying . There is considerable 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 ...
... inspection and copying . There is considerable 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 ...
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... inspection of records " to " requests for access to records , " this change is not significant for purposes of this discussion . ( See 52 Fed . Reg . 24146 ( 1987 ) . ) Issue 3 Appendix IV Legal Issues Is SEC authorized to Page 17 GAO ...
... inspection of records " to " requests for access to records , " this change is not significant for purposes of this discussion . ( See 52 Fed . Reg . 24146 ( 1987 ) . ) Issue 3 Appendix IV Legal Issues Is SEC authorized to Page 17 GAO ...
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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.