1. A BRIEF TOUR OF EDGAR & SEC.GOV How to Find: Company Filings Filing Forms Rules & Comments Abigail H. Tilden GSLIS 786 October 17, 2007

2. About the SEC and EDGAR Securities and Exchange Commission:  The mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. 1  Collects, records, and disseminates information on publicly traded companies in the United States EDGAR:  Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system  Allows free searching and retrieval of all SEC filings 1. http://www.sec.gov/about/whatwedo.shtml

3. Searching companies on EDGAR http://www.sec.gov/index.htm

4. Searching Companies on EDGAR

8. EDGAR results for Nextel

10. Finding Filing Forms

11. Also available in PDF form at: http://www.sec.gov/info/edgar/forms/edgform.pdf

12. Finding Filing Forms

13. Rules and Comments (And why we care)

14. Proposed Rules

15. Sample Proposed Rule http://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/2007/ia-2652.pdf

16. Proposed Rules

17. Proposed Rules - Comments

18. Final Rule Releases

19. Final Rules

20. Questions? SEC website: www.sec.gov Contact me at: ahtilden@gmail.com ahtilden@gmail.com