Document ID: SEC-2010-1409-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Rule
Title: Adoption of Updated EDGAR Filer Manual
Posted Date: 2010-09-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register: September 15, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 178)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 55965-55966]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

17 CFR Part 232

[Release Nos. 33-9140; 34-62873; 39-2471; IC-29413]

 
Adoption of Updated EDGAR Filer Manual

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) is 
adopting revisions to the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and 
Retrieval System (EDGAR) Filer Manual to reflect updates to the EDGAR 
system. The revisions are being made primarily to support the 
electronic filing of Form N-MFP (Monthly Schedule of Portfolio Holdings 
of Money Market Funds) and any amendments to the form. The EDGAR system 
is scheduled to be upgraded to support this functionality on August 30, 
2010.
    The revisions to the Filer Manual reflect changes within Volume II 
entitled EDGAR Filer Manual, Volume II: ``EDGAR Filing,'' Version 15 
(August 2010). The updated manual will be incorporated by reference 
into the Code of Federal Regulations.

DATES: Effective Date: September 15, 2010. The incorporation by 
reference of the EDGAR Filer Manual is approved by the Director of the 
Federal Register as of September 15, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: In the Division of Investment 
Management, for questions concerning Form N-MFP (Monthly Schedule of 
Portfolio Holdings of Money Market Funds) contact Adam Glazer, Senior 
Counsel, or C. Hunter Jones, Assistant Director of the Office of 
Regulatory Policy, at (202) 551-6792, for questions concerning Series 
and Class status, contact Ruth Armfield Sanders, Senior Special 
Counsel, Office of Legal and Disclosure, at (202) 551-6989; in the 
Office of Information Technology, contact Rick Heroux, at (202) 551-
8800.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are adopting an updated EDGAR Filer 
Manual, Volume II. The Filer Manual describes the technical formatting 
requirements for the preparation and submission of electronic filings 
through the EDGAR system.\1\ It also describes the requirements for 
filing using EDGARLink \2\ and the Online Forms/XML Web site.
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    \1\ We originally adopted the Filer Manual on April 1, 1993, 
with an effective date of April 26, 1993. Release No. 33-6986 (April 
1, 1993) [58 FR 18638]. We implemented the most recent update to the 
Filer Manual on April 08, 2010. See Release No. 33-9115 (April 1, 
2010) [75 FR 17853].
    \2\ This is the filer assistance software we provide filers 
filing on the EDGAR system.
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    The Filer Manual contains all the technical specifications for 
filers to submit filings using the EDGAR system. Filers must comply 
with the applicable provisions of the Filer Manual in order to assure 
the timely acceptance and processing of filings made in electronic 
format.\3\ Filers may consult the Filer Manual in conjunction with our 
rules governing mandated electronic filing when preparing documents for 
electronic submission.\4\
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    \3\ See Rule 301 of Regulation S-T (17 CFR 232.301).
    \4\ See Release No. 33-9115 (April 1, 2010) [75 FR 17853] in 
which we implemented EDGAR Release 10.1. For a complete history of 
Filer Manual rules, please see the cites therein.
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    In support of the adoption of new rule 30b1-7 under the Investment 
Company Act of 1940 and new Form N-MFP, which were included in the

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Commission's recent money market fund reform package,\5\ the EDGAR 
system will be upgraded to Release 10.3 on August 30, 2010. EDGAR 
Release 10.3 will deploy new submission types N-MFP and N-MFP/A to 
facilitate the electronic filing of the new form. Filers must follow 
the Form N-MFP XML Technical Specification, available at the 
``Information for EDGAR Filers'' web page on the Commission's public 
Web site (http://www.sec.gov/info/edgar.shtml), to construct their Form 
N-MFP and Form N-MFP/A submissions via the EDGAR Filing Web site 
(https://edgarfiling.sec.gov) or by clicking the ``Are you an EDGARLink 
filer or would you like to create a new Asset-Backed Securities Issuing 
Entity?'' link from the EDGAR Portal Web site (http://
www.portal.edgarfiling.sec.gov).
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    \5\ See Release No. IC-29132 [75 FR 10060].
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    Also being implemented in EDGAR Release 10.3, EDGAR will begin to 
automatically change the status of a Series or Class to ``Inactive'' if 
it has not been updated by filers or referenced in a filing in the past 
375 calendar days.
    In addition, the EDGAR Filing Web site, EDGAR Filer Management Web 
site and EDGAR OnlineForms Web site Login pages now will display a 
message warning the filers that they are about to enter a federal 
computer Web site.
    The filer manual is also being revised to address a change made 
previously in EDGAR to disseminate the co-registrant information for 
all investment company notices and orders issued in connection with 
1940 Act applications. Prior to this change, only the primary 
registrant information was disseminated.
    Along with adoption of the Filer Manual, we are amending Rule 301 
of Regulation S-T to provide for the incorporation by reference into 
the Code of Federal Regulations of today's revisions. This 
incorporation by reference was approved by the Director of the Federal 
Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR Part 51.
    You may obtain paper copies of the updated Filer Manual at the 
following address: Public Reference Room, U.S. Securities and Exchange 
Commission, 100 F Street, NE., Room 1543, Washington, DC 20549, on 
official business days between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. We will 
post electronic format copies on the Commission's Web site; the address 
for the Filer Manual is http://www.sec.gov/info/edgar.shtml.
    Since the Filer Manual relates solely to agency procedures or 
practice, publication for notice and comment is not required under the 
Administrative Procedure Act (APA).\6\ It follows that the requirements 
of the Regulatory Flexibility Act \7\ do not apply.
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    \6\ 5 U.S.C. 553(b).
    \7\ 5 U.S.C. 601-612.
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    The effective date for the updated Filer Manual and the rule 
amendments is September 15, 2010. In accordance with the APA,\8\ we 
find that there is good cause to establish an effective date less than 
30 days after publication of these rules. The EDGAR system upgrade to 
Release 10.3 is scheduled to become available on August 30, 2010. The 
Commission believes that establishing an effective date less than 30 
days after publication of these rules is necessary to coordinate the 
effectiveness of the updated Filer Manual with the system upgrade.
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    \8\ 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3).
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Statutory Basis

    We are adopting the amendments to Regulation S-T under Sections 6, 
7, 8, 10, and 19(a) of the Securities Act of 1933,\9\ Sections 3, 12, 
13, 14, 15, 23, and 35A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,\10\ 
Section 319 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,\11\ and Sections 8, 30, 
31, and 38 of the Investment Company Act of 1940.\12\
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    \9\ 15 U.S.C. 77f, 77g, 77h, 77j, and 77s(a).
    \10\ 15 U.S.C. 78c, 78l, 78m, 78n, 78o, 78w, and 78ll.
    \11\ 15 U.S.C. 77sss.
    \12\ 15 U.S.C. 80a-8, 80a-29, 80a-30, and 80a-37.
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List of Subjects in 17 CFR Part 232

    Incorporation by reference, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Securities.

Text of the Amendment

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In accordance with the foregoing, Title 17, Chapter II of the Code of 
Federal Regulations is amended as follows:

PART 232--REGULATION S-T--GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR 
ELECTRONIC FILINGS

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1. The authority citation for Part 232 continues to read in part as 
follows:

    Authority:  15 U.S.C. 77f, 77g, 77h, 77j, 77s(a), 77z-3, 
77sss(a), 78c(b), 78l, 78m, 78n, 78o(d), 78w(a), 78ll, 80a-6(c), 
80a-8, 80a-29, 80a-30, 80a-37, and 7201 et seq.; and 18 U.S.C. 1350.
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2. Section 232.301 is revised to read as follows:

Sec.  232.301  EDGAR Filer Manual.

    Filers must prepare electronic filings in the manner prescribed by 
the EDGAR Filer Manual, promulgated by the Commission, which sets out 
the technical formatting requirements for electronic submissions. The 
requirements for becoming an EDGAR Filer and updating company data are 
set forth in the updated EDGAR Filer Manual, Volume I: ``General 
Information,'' Version 8 (October 2009). The requirements for filing on 
EDGAR are set forth in the updated EDGAR Filer Manual, Volume II: 
``EDGAR Filing,'' Version 15 (August 2010). Additional provisions 
applicable to Form N-SAR filers are set forth in the EDGAR Filer 
Manual, Volume III: ``N-SAR Supplement,'' Version 1 (September 2005). 
All of these provisions have been incorporated by reference into the 
Code of Federal Regulations, which action was approved by the Director 
of the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR 
Part 51. You must comply with these requirements in order for documents 
to be timely received and accepted. You can obtain paper copies of the 
EDGAR Filer Manual from the following address: Public Reference Room, 
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., Room 1543, 
Washington, DC 20549, on official business days between the hours of 10 
a.m. and 3 p.m. Electronic copies are available on the Commission's Web 
site. The address for the Filer Manual is http://www.sec.gov/info/
edgar.shtml. You can also inspect the document at the National Archives 
and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability 
of this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to: http://
www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_
locations.html.

    Dated: September 9, 2010.

    By the Commission.
Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-22983 Filed 9-14-10; 8:45 am]
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