Information Access: Improving Securities and Exchange Commission's Public Reference Room OperationsU.S. G.A.O., 1989 - 19 pages |
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... observations and recommendations we had on areas of concern , and ( 4 ) identify and give opinions on relevant legal issues . We interviewed regular users of the reference room , employees of SEC's contractor for producing microfiche ...
... observations and recommendations we had on areas of concern , and ( 4 ) identify and give opinions on relevant legal issues . We interviewed regular users of the reference room , employees of SEC's contractor for producing microfiche ...
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... observations are contained in appendix III . Appendix IV identifies legal issues raised by the former Chairman's July 14 , 1988 , letter and gives our opinions . As agreed , we did not obtain written agency comments . However , we ...
... observations are contained in appendix III . Appendix IV identifies legal issues raised by the former Chairman's July 14 , 1988 , letter and gives our opinions . As agreed , we did not obtain written agency comments . However , we ...
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... observations and recommendations we had on areas of concern , and ( 4 ) identify and give opinions on relevant legal issues . In August 1988 , we interviewed nine regular users of the reference room who contacted us or were referred to ...
... observations and recommendations we had on areas of concern , and ( 4 ) identify and give opinions on relevant legal issues . In August 1988 , we interviewed nine regular users of the reference room who contacted us or were referred to ...
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... Observations The SEC actions described may be the main reason for the decline in the number of areas of concern by regular users and the favorable com- ments about SEC reference room management . The two remaining areas of concern were ...
... Observations The SEC actions described may be the main reason for the decline in the number of areas of concern by regular users and the favorable com- ments about SEC reference room management . The two remaining areas of concern were ...
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... Observations access system can be satisfactorily maintained only if SEC sufficiently staffs the reference room to meet the demand for information . We analyzed summary records provided by SEC of the time required to fill microfiche ...
... Observations access system can be satisfactorily maintained only if SEC sufficiently staffs the reference room to meet the demand for information . We analyzed summary records provided by SEC of the time required to fill microfiche ...
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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.