SEC Proposes Improvements to EDGAR Filer Access and Account Management

The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed rule and form amendments to improve filer access to and management of accounts on the SEC’s EDGAR system. The proposed amendments would require EDGAR filers to authorize identified individuals who would be responsible for managing filers’ EDGAR accounts. In addition, individuals acting on behalf of filers on EDGAR would need individual account credentials to access those EDGAR accounts and make filings. If the proposed amendments are later adopted, the SEC will make technical changes to EDGAR, including to make available to EDGAR filers certain Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for machine-to-machine submissions on EDGAR and retrieval of related filing information. The SEC today also announced that it will open to the public a beta software environment for filer testing and feedback, which will reflect the proposed rule and form amendments and the related technical changes, on Sept.