The SEC will be closed Thursday, November 26 in observance of Thanksgiving Day. The EDGAR System will not receive, process or accept filings on this day. Filings with a due date of November 26 will be due the following business day.
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On November 18, 2020, the SEC published a draft of the EDGAR Filer Manual Volume II “EDGAR Filing,” (Version 56). Though there may be elements of the draft the SEC has not approved, may approve or disapprove, and may modify, the agency is making the draft available to the filing community to: 1) solicit responses; and 2) support filers in preparing for the potential amendments to the EDGAR system that are detailed in the draft. The release of the draft EDGAR Filer Manual is not meant to imply SEC support of any proposed changes relating to the EDGAR system expressed in the draft. Continue reading "SEC Releases Draft EDGAR Filer Manual (Volume..." »

Version 5.5c of all applications in the GoFiler Suite has been released. This release contains support for the CSS 3 page break properties, as well as a number of corrections and improvements to Page View to create and validate xHTML code. Improvements and corrections were also made to XDX processing.

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On November 17, 2020, the SEC voted to approve new rules and rule amendments that will: (1) provide greater flexibility regarding documents filed with the SEC by authorizing the use of electronic signatures in authentication documents and; (2) facilitate electronic service and filing in the SEC’s administrative proceedings. The new rules and amendments are part of a series of measures taken by the SEC that are designed to strengthen and modernize the agency’s operations. The changes to signature requirements are specifically the result of difficulties encountered by filers with obtaining signatures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Electronic signature technology has advanced such that confidence in an electronic signature is equatable to a manual signature. Continue reading "SEC Approves Rules to Facilitate Electronic..." »

The SEC will be closed Wednesday, November 11 in observance of Veterans Day. The EDGAR System will not receive, process, or accept filings on this day. Filings with a due date of November 11 will be due the following business day.
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