Internet Access to SEC Filings

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

Submitted by John Murray Univ of Mich for IP from comp.society. 


    REPRESENTATIVE MARKEY ASKS SEC TO INVESTIGATE FREE
      ACCESS TO SEC EDGAR FILINGS VIA THE INTERNET
In a stunning development, at a thursday May 20 Hearing to
consider the SEC reauthorization by the House Subcommittee on
Telecommunications and Finance, Representative Edward Markey (D-
MA), asked the SEC to determine if it was feasible to provide
free public access to individual SEC filings received by the new
EDGAR system via the Internet.  The SEC is expected to report
back to Markey in two weeks.

The rest of the posting refers to the Taxpayers Assets Project,>and to the
opposition of LEXIS/NEXIS to freer public access.