The SEC earlier this month adopted revisions to the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System (EDGAR) Filer Manual, in part to support the electronic filing of submission forms for large trader registration, and to add 4 new applicant types to the Form ID, among other things.  The scheduled date for the EDGAR system upgrade was 8/1/11.  The filer manual is also being revised to address changes previously made in EDGAR.  The revisions to the Filer Manual reflect changes within:

• Volume I entitled EDGAR Filer Manual, Volume I: “General Information,” Version 10 (August 2011).
• Volume II entitled EDGAR Filer Manual, Volume II: “EDGAR Filing,” Version 17 (August 2011); and
• Volume III entitled EDGAR Filer Manual Volume III: “N-SAR Supplement” Version 2 (August 2011).

The updated manual will be incorporated by reference into the Code of Federal Regulations.  The changes take effect on 8/5/11. 

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.  Filers may consult the Filer Manual in conjunction with our rules governing mandated electronic filing when preparing documents for electronic submission.

The EDGAR system was scheduled to be upgraded to Release 11.2 on 8/1/11, at which time it was to have retired the offline EDGARLink tool and the associated templates.  As communicated in a notice posted on 4/26/11, on the Information for EDGAR Filers web page, starting 8/1/11, filings created by the offline tool EDGARLink client or those constructed by filers according to the EDGAR XFDL Technical Specification will no longer be accepted by EDGAR.  The EDGARLink Online Application, available from the EDGAR Filing Website must be used to file all submissions previously supported by the offline EDGARLink tool.

Those filers that use the EDGAR XFDL Technical Specification to create filer-constructed submissions without the use of the EDGARLink tool, and wish to do the same outside of the EDGARLink Online Application, can do so by following the EDGARLink Online XML Technical Specification, available from the Information for EDGAR Filers web page.

For further details, go to:   [SEC Final Rule Release 33-9246, 34064996, et al]