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Thought some of you might be interested in this exerpt from the latest
Edupage

Jim
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Jim Cassell                                        jwcassell@UNC.EDU
Institute for Research in Social Science           Phone:  919-962-0782
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill           Fax:    919-962-4777
Chapel Hill, NC  27599-3355   USA

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Date: Sun, 13 Aug 1995 17:42:11 -0400
From: Edupage <info@ivory.educom.edu>
To: Edupage <edupage@ivory.educom.edu>
Subject: Edupage, 13 Aug 95


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NO MORE FREE ACCESS TO SEC RECORDS
The Securities and Exchange Commission's Edgar system (short for Electronic
Data Gathering and Retrieval), will no longer be carried on the Internet
come October 1 when the government grant that sponsors the system expires.
For the past two years, Edgar has made more than 3 million documents, from
corporate proxy statements to mutual fund reports, available free through an
arrangement with the Internet Multicasting Service, which sponsors the site.
"The whole process of data dissemination costs money.  Do you want taxpayers
to pay for corporations -- including the press -- to get free filings?" says
the senior SEC official on the Edgar project.  A hearing will be held Monday
to discuss alternative funding possibilities.  (St. Petersburg Times 12 Aug
95 E8)


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