In the event of a federal government shutdown, the SEC will proceed in accordance with its posted plan for operating during a shutdown. Should the shutdown continue beyond Wednesday, December 26, starting Thursday, December 27, the SEC will have a limited number of staff members available. The SEC will be able to respond to emergency situations involving market integrity and investor protection, including law enforcement. Certain SEC systems, including EDGAR, will be operating.

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The SEC will be closed Tuesday, December 25 in observance of Christmas Day. The EDGAR System will not receive, process or accept filings on this day. Filings with a due date of December 25 will be due the following business day. Additionally, President Trump has ordered that the federal government be closed on Monday, December 24. Because of this, the EDGAR system will not be available on December 24. December 24 will be treated as a federal holiday for filing purposes. The filing website will not be operational, and filings will not be accepted. Continue reading "Christmas Hours" »

Version 4.25a of all applications in the GoFiler Suite has been released. This release corresponds to EDGAR Release 18.4 - Phase 1. It contains support for new Form ATS-N as well as a number of corrections and improvements to Form N-CEN View. Additionally, simple HTML proofing is now available for the N-PORT forms. Continue reading "New Release (4.25a) for the GoFiler Family of..." »

On December 17, 2018, EDGAR Release 18.4 - Phase 1 was released by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This release contains new Form ATS-N and changes were made to a number of other EDGAR forms to remove fields that ask for personally identifying information. Additional updates were also made to some Regulation A forms and to the EDGAR filer manuals.

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The EDGAR system will be closed Wednesday, December 5 in observance of a national day of mourning for former President George H.W. Bush. The EDGAR System will not receive, process or accept filings on this day. The EDGAR Filing Website will not be operational and Filer Support will not be open.

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The SEC will be closed Thursday, November 22 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 22 will be due the following business day.

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Version 4.24b of all applications in the GoFiler Suite has been released. This release contains a number of corrections and improvements to the XBRL View and to various EDGAR form views. Additionally, simple HTML proofing is now available as a beta feature for the N-PORT forms.

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On October 31st, the SEC voted to adopt amendments to modernize the property disclosure requirements and related guidance for mining registrants under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Under these final rules, a registrant with material mining operations must disclose specified information regarding its mineral resources and reserves in its SEC filings. These amendments will provide investors with a more comprehensive understanding of a registrant’s mining properties, as well as more closely align the SEC’s disclosure requirements and policies for mining properties with current industry and global regulatory practices and standards as embodied by the Committee for Reserves International Reporting Standards (CRIRSCO). The amendments also rescind Industry Guide 7 and consolidate the disclosure requirements for registrants with material mining operations in a new subpart of Regulation S-K.

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On October 30th, the SEC proposed rule changes concerning variable annuities and variable life insurance contracts that would improve disclosure for investors. The amendments are aimed at helping investors better understand these contracts’ features, fees, and risks. They are also designed to aid investors in finding the information needed to make informed investment decisions more easily. The Commission is seeking public comment on their proposed modifications.

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The IFRS Foundation has published a proposed update to the IFRS Taxonomy 2018, Common Practice (IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement). This Proposed Update is one of multiple updates released throughout the year to reflect amendments to International Financial Reporting Standards. The updates can represent changes to common practice elements, taxonomy architecture, or annual improvements that may include refinements to taxonomy data models in order to support consistent tagging or improvements that better reflect presentation and disclosure requirements.

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The third pilot phase for N-PORT filers began on October 1, 2018. From October 1 through March 31, 2019, filers will be able to submit test filings of the N-PORT forms to EDGAR. Live filings will not be permitted and will be rejected until April 1, 2019.

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On October 1, 2018, EDGAR Release 18.3 was released by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This release contains changes to the N-CEN and N-PORT EDGAR forms as well as improvements to EDGAR XBRL validation in addition to other changes.

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The Securities and Exchange Commission is planning to release EDGAR 18.3 in October 2018. The EDGAR Filer Manual (Volume II) will also be updated to Version 48 with this release. These changes will take effect on October 1 if approved (for non-rule based changes; see the SEC Final Rules posted here for rule-based changes and their implementation dates).

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On July 18th, the SEC announced it will adopt amendments to Regulation ATS to enhance operational transparency and regulatory oversight of alternative trading systems (ATSs). This pertains to such systems that trade stocks listed on a national securities exchange (NMS Stock ATSs).

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On July 9, 2018, EDGAR Release 18.2 was released by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This release contains a number of changes to various EDGAR forms as well as support for the IFRS 2018 XBRL taxonomy.

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