Notice2021-21697
Potential Technical Changes to EDGAR Filer Access and Filer Account Management Processes
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October 5, 2021
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Abstract
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is requesting comment on potential technical changes related to how entities and individuals access the Commission's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system ("EDGAR") to make submissions, and how these entities and individuals ("filers") manage the permissions of individuals who may file on EDGAR on their behalf. Individuals who seek to file on EDGAR on behalf of a filer would be directed to a third-party service provider to create individual user account credentials and to enable multifactor authentication. Each filer would designate a "filer administrator"--analogous to the current filer contact person who receives the filer's EDGAR access codes--to manage the permissions of the filer's individual users through a new filer management tool on EDGAR.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55029-55033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21697]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release Nos. 33-10993; 34-93204; 39-2541; IC-34392; File No. S7-12-21]
Potential Technical Changes to EDGAR Filer Access and Filer
Account Management Processes
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission.
ACTION: Request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') is
requesting comment on potential technical changes related to how
entities and individuals access the Commission's Electronic Data
Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system (``EDGAR'') to make
submissions, and how these entities and individuals (``filers'') manage
the permissions of individuals who may file on EDGAR on their behalf.
Individuals who seek to file on EDGAR on behalf of a filer would be
directed to a third-party service provider to create individual user
account credentials and to enable multifactor authentication. Each
filer would designate a ``filer administrator''--analogous to the
current filer contact person who receives the filer's EDGAR access
codes--to manage the permissions of the filer's individual users
through a new filer management tool on EDGAR.
DATES: Comments should be received on or before the later of: December
1, 2021, or November 4, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:
Electronic Comments
<bullet> Use the Commission's internet comment form (<a href="http://www.sec.gov/rules/submitcomments.htm">http://www.sec.gov/rules/submitcomments.htm</a>); or
<bullet> Send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4f3d3a232a622c2022222a213b3c0f3c2a2c61282039"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2d5f584148004e4240404843595e6d5e484e034a425b">[email protected]</span></a>. Please include
File Number S7-12-21 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
<bullet> Send paper comments to Vanessa A. Countryman, Secretary,
Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549.
All submissions should refer to File Number S7-12-21. This file number
should be included on the subject line if email is used. To help the
Commission process and review comments more efficiently, please use
only one method of submission. The Commission will post all submitted
comments on our website (<a href="http://www.sec.gov">http://www.sec.gov</a>). Typically, comments are
also available for website viewing and printing in the Commission's
Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, on
official business days between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Operating conditions may limit access to the Commission's Public
Reference Room. All comments received will be posted without change.
Persons submitting comments are cautioned that the Commission does not
redact or edit personal identifying information from comment
submissions. Please submit only information that you wish to make
available publicly.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rosemary Filou, Deputy Director and
Chief Counsel; Daniel Chang, Senior Special Counsel; EDGAR Business
Office, at 202-551-3900, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F
Street NE, Washington, DC 20549.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission is seeking public comment on
potential technical changes to the EDGAR access process that include
the addition of individual user account credentials as well as a tool
on EDGAR through which filers would manage their EDGAR accounts. During
the comment period, the Commission will open an EDGAR ``Beta''
environment where pre-enrolled EDGAR filers may preview and test many
of the potential access changes. The Commission plans to provide more
information regarding
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the Beta environment for the potential technical changes and what
functions can be tested in the Beta environment through an information
page on <a href="http://SEC.gov">SEC.gov</a>.
I. Introduction and Background
Individuals and entities seek to access EDGAR to make electronic
submissions with the Commission to comply with various provisions of
the federal securities laws. Prospective EDGAR filers currently apply
for access in accord with 17 CFR 232.10 (Rule 10 of Regulation S-T) by
completing the online uniform application for EDGAR access codes
(``Form ID'') \1\ on the EDGAR Filer Management website \2\ and
submitting a notarized copy of that application signed by an authorized
individual of the filer.\3\
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\1\ See Form ID, uniform application for access codes to file on
EDGAR, 17 CFR 239.63, 249.446, 269.7, and 274.402.
\2\ See EDGAR Filer Management website at <a href="https://www.filermanagement.edgarfiling.sec.gov">https://www.filermanagement.edgarfiling.sec.gov</a>.
\3\ See EDGAR Filer Manual, Volume I, at Section 3. The EDGAR
Filer Manual specifies the instructions filers must follow when
making electronic filings on EDGAR and is incorporated by reference
in the Code of Federal Regulations by 17 CFR 232.301 (Rule 301 of
Regulation S-T). Rule 10 of Regulation S-T and the EDGAR Filer
Manual permit manual, electronic, and remote online notarizations,
authorized by the law of any state or territory of the United States
or the District of Columbia. See 17 CFR 232.10 and EDGAR Filer
Manual, Volume I, at Section 3. An ``authorized individual'' for
purposes of the Form ID notarization process includes, for example,
the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, partner,
corporate secretary, officer, director, or treasurer of a company
filer; or for individual filers, the individual filer or a person
with a power of attorney from the individual filer. See EDGAR Filer
Manual, Volume I, at Section 3.
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If the Form ID application is approved, the contact person listed
on the Form ID receives an EDGAR account number unique to the filer
known as a central index key (``CIK''), if needed,\4\ and information
regarding EDGAR access codes. EDGAR access codes include the EDGAR
password, central index key confirmation code (``CCC''), password
modification authorization code (``PMAC''), and passphrase.\5\ Filings
on EDGAR are not currently linked to a specific authorized individual,
but rather associated with the CIK generally. Additionally, multifactor
authentication is not presently available to validate individuals
accessing EDGAR and simplify password retrieval.
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\4\ Currently, most applicants completing the Form ID for EDGAR
access have not previously been assigned a CIK. However, a small
number of other applicants have already been assigned a CIK, but
have not filed electronically on EDGAR. These applicants continue to
use the same CIK when they receive access to EDGAR and are not
assigned a new CIK.
\5\ See EDGAR Filer Manual, Volume I, at Section 4. For a
discussion of the functions of these access codes, please see the
``Understand and utilize EDGAR CIKs, passphrases and access codes''
section of EDGAR--How Do I, at <a href="https://www.sec.gov/edgar/filer-information/how-do-i">https://www.sec.gov/edgar/filer-information/how-do-i</a>.
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The Commission is considering potential technical changes to the
EDGAR filer access and filer account management processes (``potential
access changes'') to enhance the security of EDGAR, improve the ability
of filers to securely maintain access to their EDGAR accounts,
facilitate the responsible management of EDGAR filer credentials, and
simplify procedures for accessing EDGAR.
Individuals who seek to file on EDGAR would be directed to a third-
party service provider to create individual user account credentials,
including a unique username and password (``account credentials''), and
to enable multifactor authentication. The filer would designate a
``filer administrator'' analogous to the current filer contact person
who receives access codes. The filer administrator would manage the
permissions of the filer's EDGAR ``users''--individuals with account
credentials authorized by the filer to make submissions on its
behalf.\6\ A new EDGAR filer management tool would allow the filer
administrator to add and remove users and filer administrators, elevate
a user to filer administrator, and change a filer administrator to a
user. This tool would assist filers in complying with their existing
obligation to securely maintain access to their EDGAR account.\7\
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\6\ For purposes of this request for comment, the term ``users''
includes filer administrators unless otherwise indicated.
\7\ See EDGAR Filer Manual, Volume I, at Section 4.
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The filer management tool would be accessed through the EDGAR Filer
Management website, which would be redesigned with a new layout and
features. The new account credentials would be used to access the other
two EDGAR websites--EDGAR Filing and EDGAR Online Forms; however, those
websites would remain largely unchanged.\8\
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\8\ EDGAR Gateway Filing website at <a href="https://www.edgarfiling.sec.gov/Welcome/EDGARLogin.htm">https://www.edgarfiling.sec.gov/Welcome/EDGARLogin.htm</a>; and EDGAR Online
Forms Management website at <a href="https://www.edgarfiling.sec.gov/Welcome/EDGAROnlineFormsLogin.htm">https://www.edgarfiling.sec.gov/Welcome/EDGAROnlineFormsLogin.htm</a>. The three EDGAR filing websites would
also remind filers of their obligations to comply with the rules and
regulations governing access to EDGAR.
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The potential access changes would eliminate the EDGAR password,\9\
PMAC, and passphrase. Users would make submissions by using the filer's
CIK and CCC after logging in with their new account credentials. The
potential access changes would enable the Commission to identify the
unique user making each filing on EDGAR while allowing a filer
administrator to manage the permissions of users authorized to make
submissions on the filer's behalf.
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\9\ The EDGAR password would be replaced by the password in the
account credentials obtained from the third-party service provider.
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In conjunction with this request for comment, the Commission will
allow pre-enrolled filers to access an EDGAR Beta environment, where
filers will be able to preview and test many of the potential access
changes. As with any change to EDGAR code, the potential access changes
to EDGAR may affect custom code that filers have created in their
systems to interact with EDGAR. The Beta environment generally should
allow filers to determine what changes would be needed to their custom
code to accommodate the potential access changes and to provide
targeted technical feedback to the Commission about the potential
access changes. The Commission currently anticipates that the Beta
environment will be available in October 2021. All filers will be
eligible to enroll to participate in the EDGAR Beta environment, which
may be made available for future EDGAR changes. The Commission will
provide more information regarding the Beta environment for the
potential access changes and what functions can be tested in the Beta
environment through an information page on <a href="http://SEC.gov">SEC.gov</a>.
We have established an information page explaining the potential
access changes on the EDGAR--Information for Filers web page on
<a href="http://SEC.gov">SEC.gov</a>,\10\ leveraging the recently introduced EDGAR--How Do I guide
\11\ for filers, and providing additional filer assistance such as in-
context help, live webinars, and on-demand how-to videos. Our goal is
to make the transition as easy as possible for filers. We will also
provide a help desk devoted to assisting filers with the potential
access changes.
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\10\ See EDGAR--Information for Filers web page at <a href="https://www.sec.gov/edgar/filer-information">https://www.sec.gov/edgar/filer-information</a>.
\11\ See EDGAR--How Do I at <a href="https://www.sec.gov/edgar/filer-information/how-do-i">https://www.sec.gov/edgar/filer-information/how-do-i</a>.
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If the potential access changes are implemented, the Commission
anticipates that it would adopt amendments to certain Commission rules
and forms to reflect the potential access changes. The corresponding
amendments would include changes to Rule 10 of Regulation S-T, Form ID
and associated rules,\12\ and the EDGAR Filer Manual, which is
incorporated by reference in the Code of Federal
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Regulations by Rule 301 of Regulation S-T.
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\12\ See Form ID, uniform application for access codes to file
on EDGAR, 17 CFR 239.63, 249.446, 269.7, and 274.402.
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We would expect to implement a phased transition of existing filers
to the potential access changes, as discussed below, to make the
transition a user-friendly experience for filers.
II. Discussion
We are considering potential technical changes to the method by
which filers access EDGAR to make submissions and manage their EDGAR
accounts.
A. Individual Account Credentials
Under the potential access changes, each individual seeking to make
submissions on EDGAR on behalf of a filer would be required to obtain
individual account credentials from a third-party service provider. The
Commission is considering using as the third-party service provider
<a href="http://Login.gov">Login.gov</a>, an official website of the U.S. Government that provides a
sign-in service for use by the public and Federal agencies.\13\ When an
individual creates account credentials with the third-party service
provider, the individual would be prompted to provide an email address
and select an authentication option.\14\ After the individual confirms
the email address and completes the authentication, the third-party
service provider would assign the individual unique account
credentials.
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\13\ See <a href="https://www.login.gov/">https://www.login.gov/</a>.
\14\ <a href="http://Login.gov">Login.gov</a> authentication options include: (1) A security
key; (2) government employee or military PIV or CAC cards; (3)
authentication application; (4) text message/SMS or telephone call;
and (5) backup codes, with (1), (2), and (3) being the most secure
method, and (5) being the least secure authentication option
according to <a href="http://Login.gov">Login.gov</a>. See generally <a href="http://Login.gov">Login.gov</a>, Authentication
Options at <a href="https://www.login.gov/help/get-started/authentication-options/">https://www.login.gov/help/get-started/authentication-options/</a>. See also generally <a href="http://Login.gov">Login.gov</a>, Privacy and security: Our
security practices at <a href="https://login.gov/policy/our-security-practices/">https://login.gov/policy/our-security-practices/</a> for information on <a href="http://Login.gov">Login.gov</a>'s security practices.
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Multifactor authentication adds a layer of validation each time an
individual signs in to EDGAR. For example, if the telephone
authentication option is selected, the individual would enter a one-
time passcode received by text message/SMS or from a telephone call to
the provided telephone number each time the individual logs in to a
filer's EDGAR account. Multifactor authentication would be used only
for purposes of validation, and individuals would be reminded on EDGAR
to provide only a business email account and relevant business
information when creating account credentials. EDGAR would no longer
employ the EDGAR password, PMAC, and passphrase codes.
If the individual enters their account credentials and successfully
completes the multifactor authentication process, the individual would
be able to access the EDGAR Filer Management website. To make
submissions on behalf of a certain filer on the three EDGAR filing
websites,\15\ however, individuals would also need to be authorized as
a user by the relevant filer administrator.
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B. Filer Administrators
As part of the changes we are considering, a filer would designate
which of its users would act as filer administrator(s) to manage the
filer's EDGAR account, analogous to the contact person who currently
receives access codes. A filing entity would be required to designate
at least two filer administrators. Employees at filing entities often
change; therefore, designating two filer administrators would increase
the chances that management of the filer's EDGAR account would be
uninterrupted. For individual filers, one filer administrator would be
required. Both filing entities and individual filers would be permitted
to have additional filer administrators.
Under the potential access changes, prospective filers would
designate their filer administrator during the initial Form ID
application process while existing filers would enroll their filer
administrators during a transition period. EDGAR would contain a link
to the third-party service provider's website, where the prospective
filer administrator could obtain account credentials. After the
prospective filer administrator obtains account credentials, the
prospective filer administrator would be automatically redirected to
the EDGAR Filer Management website to access the Form ID application.
We would permit a third party to be a filer administrator if the third
party submits a Form ID listing the third party as filer administrator
and includes a notarized power of attorney from an authorized
individual of the filer that grants authority to the third party.\16\
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\16\ Currently, we permit a person with a power of attorney from
an individual filer to sign the Form ID application for the
individual filer; in that case, the power of attorney document must
accompany the notarized Form ID application. See EDGAR Filer Manual,
Volume I, at Section 3. Existing Commission practice also permits
the Form ID to be signed by an individual with a power of attorney
from a filing entity, such as a corporation.
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The filer administrator would replace the current filer contact
person to manage the filer's access to EDGAR. As described in more
detail below, the filer administrator would manage and confirm the
permissions of users through the new filer management tool. All filer
administrators would be able to manage and confirm permissions of users
regardless of whether they are listed on the Form ID or added as filer
administrators through the filer management tool.
On the Form ID, prospective filers would include the names and
business contact information of two filer administrators for filing
entities or one filer administrator for individual filers. The
prospective filer would then electronically submit the Form ID and
upload a notarized copy of the Form ID signed by an authorized
individual of the prospective filer, as currently required.
If the Form ID application is approved, EDGAR would provide the
filer administrator with a CCC code and a link to the EDGAR Filer
Management website, similar to the current process. The filer
administrator could then access the filer's account and the filer
management tool by logging onto the EDGAR Filer Management website with
the filer administrator's account credentials.
The Commission would require existing filers to transition to the
potential access process. Each existing filer would designate an
individual to function as filer administrator. The filer administrator
for the existing filer would obtain account credentials through the
third-party service provider; log in to a transition page in EDGAR; and
enter the filer's CIK, CCC, EDGAR password, and passphrase. Once
existing filers transition to the potential access changes, they will
no longer be able to use the current login method. Existing filers that
do not have active EDGAR access codes would be required to complete a
new Form ID to reapply for access.
C. Filer Management Tool and Annual Confirmation of Permissions
The potential access changes would include a new filer management
tool on the EDGAR Filer Management website where a filer administrator,
acting on behalf of the filer, could view, add, remove, and confirm
users. The filer administrator could also change the permissions of a
user to filer administrator and vice versa. Further, on the filer
management tool, filer administrators could delegate filing authority
to third parties--such as filing agents--and remove such delegations.
Thus, the filer management tool would allow filer administrators to
view and manage the permissions of all of the filer's users.
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Once the filer administrator adds a user on the filer management
tool, that user would have access to the EDGAR filing websites when the
user obtains account credentials and logs in to the websites. Unlike
the filer administrator, a user could only view the user's permissions
on the filer management tool, not those of the filer administrator or
other users; and the only action the user could take on the tool would
be to remove their own ability to file on behalf of the filer.
Filer administrators and users included on the filer management
tool would be able to make submissions, submit correspondence, and
manage certain filer information.
Filers are currently required to change their EDGAR password
annually (a filer's EDGAR password expires 12 months after it was
created or last changed), or have their access deactivated. Because the
potential access changes would eliminate the EDGAR password, an annual
confirmation of permissions on the filer management tool would replace
the present requirement to change the EDGAR password annually.
EDGAR would notify filer administrators to access the EDGAR Filer
Management website to review the list of the filer's users, including
other filer administrators, and annually confirm on the filer
management tool the accuracy of the permissions of those authorized to
file on behalf of the filer. EDGAR would also notify each user to
confirm annually the user's permissions. The annual confirmation of
permissions would help the filer remain aware of who makes submissions
on EDGAR on its behalf and provide an opportunity to update information
about users no longer associated with the filer or no longer authorized
to file on its behalf.
Filers are currently deactivated if they do not timely change their
EDGAR password on an annual basis, and, under the potential access
changes, if no filer administrator timely confirms permissions for a
filer, that filer would be deactivated. The deactivated filer would
have to resubmit a Form ID application; if approved, staff would
reactivate the permissions of the filer administrator(s) listed on the
Form ID application. The filer administrator could then reactivate
other filer administrators and users using the filer management tool.
Where filer administrators or users become deactivated because they
have not confirmed their own permissions, other filer administrators
could reactivate those users and filer administrators using the filer
management tool.
D. Transition Period
There are approximately 180,000 EDGAR filer accounts in which a
filing has been made in the last two years, approximately 115,000 of
which represent filing entities and approximately 65,000 of which
represent individual filers.\17\ If the potential access changes are
implemented, the Commission would require filers to transition these
accounts to the potential access process on a gradual basis over a six
month period, likely beginning in spring 2022. During the transition
period, existing accounts could access EDGAR through the current
process until they transition to the potential access changes.
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\17\ In total, regardless of account activity, there are
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After all active accounts have transitioned, the Commission would
address the transition of an additional approximately 600,000 inactive
EDGAR filer accounts to the potential access changes. The Commission
would inform filers of its plans regarding inactive accounts before it
proceeds with those plans.
III. Questions
The Commission is providing an opportunity for the EDGAR filing
community and other interested parties to provide feedback on the
potential technical changes to the EDGAR filer access and account
management processes. The Commission welcomes input on the following:
1. Does the filing community have experience with obtaining account
credentials from third-party service providers including or similar to
<a href="http://Login.gov">Login.gov</a> that the Commission should consider? If so, which third-party
service party service providers, and what experience? Would the use of
third-party service providers give rise to any security concerns for
individual or entity filers?
2. Under the potential access changes, there would need to be at
least two filer administrators for filing entities and one filer
administrator for individual filers; filers could designate as many
filer administrators as they would like. Is this appropriate? If not,
why? Should filing entities be required to have more than two filer
administrators? For filing entities, would one filer administrator be
adequate? Should individual filers be required to have more than one
filer administrator? If so, why? Should there be a limit on the number
of filer administrators?
3. With the filer management tool, the filer administrator could
view, add, remove, and confirm users and other filer administrators as
well as change the permissions of a user to administrator and vice-
versa. Users could similarly use the tool to view and remove their own
permissions. In addition, both filer administrators and users would use
the filer management tool to confirm current permissions on an annual
basis. Are there other functions that should be incorporated into the
filer management tool or any other information that administrators or
users should be able to view? Should any of these functions not be
included on the filer management tool?
4. With the filer management tool, the filer administrator could
delegate filing authority to third parties such as filing agents and
remove such delegations. Should filer administrators be able to
delegate filing authority to third parties and remove such delegations?
Do commenters have any concerns with this function or any suggested
modifications? Should ``filing agents'' be limited to entities listed
in EDGAR as ``filing agents'' based on their Form ID filing or should
it also include entities that function as filing agents but who
identified themselves on their Form ID filing as ``filer?''
5. Are there alternatives to the filer management tool that the
Commission should consider? For example, are there alternative methods
that would enable filers to take the same actions as they would using
the filer management tool that would be easier to implement or more
user-friendly? Do commenters have experience with alternatives to the
filer management tool, whether positive or negative, that the
Commission should consider?
6. Filer administrators and users would confirm their access
permissions annually. The annual confirmation of permissions would help
the filer remain aware of who makes submissions on EDGAR on its behalf.
Should the confirmation be annual or at more or less frequent
intervals? Are there concerns that the Commission should be aware of
for filers that only make submissions annually or less frequently?
Should both filer administrators and users confirm permissions
annually, or only filer administrators? Should the requirement to apply
for access again occur automatically upon failure by a filer to confirm
the access permissions or should there be a grace period if the filer
administrator fails to confirm the access permissions within a
specified time period? If there should be a grace period, how long
should it be? Would the annual confirmation create any additional
burden on filers or filing agents compared to the current annual EDGAR
password update requirement?
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If so, are there any improvements to the annual confirmation as
currently described that would reduce the burden for filers or filing
agents?
7. Would the potential access changes facilitate the responsible
management of EDGAR filer credentials? Are there additional changes to
the access process that we should make to encourage such responsible
management? For example, should administrators be required to update
their account permissions within a reasonable period of time following
the separation of employment of a user from the filer or a change in
the user's filing responsibilities? Would the potential access changes
create any undue burdens for filers or filing agents? If so, how could
the potential access changes be modified to ease such burdens? Are
there any other concerns that the Commission should be aware of with
the transition to the potential access changes?
8. Are there any issues specific to certain types of filers that
should be considered with regard to the potential access changes? For
example, asset-backed securities (ABS) issuers often create one or more
serial companies each year, each of which is a separate legal entity
with its own CIK, even though it generally has the same contact
information as the ABS issuer. If the potential technical changes are
implemented, should new serial companies have their user and filer
administrator information automatically copied from the ABS issuer's
user and filer administrator information? If so, in order to ensure
that the ABS issuer has user and filer administrator information that
could be copied to the new serial company, would there be any issues
associated with requiring ABS issuers to have transitioned to <a href="http://Login.gov">Login.gov</a>
before the ABS issuer can create new serial companies? Separately,
should we allow the annual confirmations of users and filer
administrators for an ABS issuer to also apply to the serial companies
associated with that ABS issuer, if the same users and filer
administrators were associated with each serial company?
9. How long would it take existing filers to adjust to the
potential access changes? Should we transition existing active accounts
to the potential access changes on a gradual basis over a several month
period, possibly beginning in spring 2022? If so, how? For example,
should the transition period be tiered based on the volume of filings
made by a filer or a filing agent on an annual basis? Should another
method be used? What is an appropriate length of time for the
transition period?
10. What other changes to the EDGAR filer access and account
management processes should the Commission consider in the future?
IV. General Request for Public Comment
We request and encourage any interested person to submit comments
on any aspect of the potential technical changes to the EDGAR filer
access and filer account management processes, and suggestions for
additional changes. In particular, we request comment on obtaining and
using third-party service provider account credentials to access EDGAR,
the filer administrator managing the permissions of users associated
with the filer's EDGAR account, and the filer management tool. Comments
are of particular assistance if accompanied by analysis of the issues
addressed in those comments and any data that may support the analysis.
We urge commenters to be as specific as possible.
By the Commission.
Dated: September 30, 2021.
Vanessa A. Countryman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-21697 Filed 10-4-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8011-01-P
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