Archive of EDGAR News Stories

The following stories are still available on site:

1999 Stories 1998 Stories 1997 Stories

1999 Stories

• New Year's Holiday 2000   (December 30, 1999)

• Letter re EDGAR and Year 2000 Compliance.  Revised!   (November 18, 1999)   Parties inquiring as to the status of the Year 2000 compliance of the SEC's EDGAR system are referred to the following: File name: y2kedltr.htm

• Veterans Day Holiday 1999   (November 8, 1999)

• Important Changes to EDGAR and EDGARLink for Release 6.6   (October 7, 1999)

• Important Notice to EDGAR CompuServe Filers.   (August 31, 1999)   CompuServe is discontinuing its EDGAR-specific services; see notice for details.

• Instructions to SEC Filers for EDGAR Year 2000 Testing (July 8, 1999)

• Y2K EDGAR Testing for Filers (May 25, 1999. )

• Procedures for Requesting a Date Adjustment for Corporation Finance Filers (April 1, 1999)

• New EDGAR Dissemination System: Update (March 18, 1999)

• EDGAR Modernization Rules Proposed (March 10, 1999)

• EDGARLink and N-SAR Releases 6.1 To Be Available (January 26, 1999)

1998 Stories

• Form 10-Q and Form 10-QSB Date Adjustments (November 23, 1998)

• EDGAR Conference Scheduled for November 1998 (October 20, 1998)

• Termination of Postal Notices and Postal Return Copies (July 22, 1998)

• EDGAR Modernization Contract Awarded (June 30, 1998)

• EDGAR Filer Manual 5.50 Now Available on Site (June 23, 1998)

• Notice: EDGARLink Release 5.50.a (June 4, 1998)

• Notice: EDGAR Release 5.50 (May 20, 1998)

• Final Rule Released: Adoption of Updated EDGAR Filer Manual. Effective Date: June 1, 1998. [Release No. 33-7539] (File name: 33-7539.htm) (May 19, 1998)

• Notice: EDGAR Release 5.40 (January 23, 1998)   (Text revised 01-30-98)

• Details of Restructuring Changes to the SEC Internet EDGAR Databases Available (January 15, 1998)

• Electronic Submission of Form N-SAR by Unit Investment Trusts (January 6, 1998)

1997 and Earlier Stories

• SEC To Refuse Paper Documents in Place of Required Electronic Filings: January 1, 1998 – News story outlining the new rule (below). (December 1, 1997)

• SEC Adds Rule re Electronic Filing: As of January 1, 1998, the Commission will not accept any paper filing that is required to be filed electronically, unless it satisfies the requirements for a temporary or continuing hardship exemption. (October 24, 1997)

• EDGAR Filer Manual 5.30 to be adopted August 25, 1997; see Final Rule Release for details. (July 30, 1997)

• Instructions for Wire Transfer (FEDWIRE) of SEC Filing Fees Revised (July 8, 1997)

• 14400 BPS Transmission Support Available June 16, 1997 (June 3, 1997)

• Office of Filings and Information Services page now available on site. This material provides information on making filings with the Commission, both electronically via EDGAR^® and in paper, and on paying fees associated with those filings. (NOTE: Updated 7-03-97)

• EDGARLink^® Upgrade: Configuration Adjustment Needed After Version Verify (April 14, 1997)

• Fee Tags Handling in EDGARLink^® 5.20 (April 14, 1997)

• Notice: EDGAR Release 5.20 (April 10, 1997)

• Updated Filer Manual Adopted (February 21, 1997)

• Interpretive Letter (summary: EDGAR registrants need not restate financial data schedules for prior periods in the case of a stock split or a reverse stock split; April 10, 1996)

• EDGAR Phase-in Complete on May 6, 1996

• Electronic Filing of Forms 3, 4, 5, and 144

• Documentation For EDGAR Data Disseminated Before 09/28/1995 (EDGAR 4.1)

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