[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 113 (Monday, June 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 31886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14954]



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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-41483)


Y2K EDGAR Testing for Filers

June 7, 1999.
    The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced it will 
provide filers the opportunity to voluntarily test their systems' Y2K 
compliance by submitting test filings to the EDGAR test system.

When

    We will make the EDGAR test system available for voluntary Y2K 
testing from July 12 through July 30, 1999. Starting at 8:00 a.m. 
Monday, July 12, we will set the EDGAR test system clock to February 
21, 2000. The test will continue until the EDGAR test system clock 
reaches 10:00 p.m. March 10, 2000 on July 30, 1999.
    During the test period, you may submit Y2K test filings from 8:00 
a.m. until 10:00 p.m. on weekdays, although only limited filer support 
will be available after 7:00 p.m. The EDGAR test system will also be 
available from 9:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.

What To Test

    We encourage filers who wish to perform Y2K testing to send any 
submission. We encourage filing agents and other large volume filers to 
choose a representative sampling of companies and submission types for 
Y2K testing. Since this test system has less capacity than the 
production system, we ask filers to consider limiting multiple tests, 
particularly on or about test-day February 29, 2000 (Tuesday, July 20, 
1999).

Where To Submit

    Submit Y2K test filings to the EDGAR test system. We will publish 
the telephone number for the test system on our web site (<http://
www.sec.gov>, under Current News) no later than June 15, 1999, but 
please remember this telephone number will only be active during the 
test filing period. You must change both the primary number and the 
secondary number in your EDGARLink software package to this telephone 
number to successfully connect to the EDGAR test system. If you do not 
change both numbers, you may connect to the live production system and 
not the Y2K test environment. The live production system will not be 
prepared to accept Y2K test files or to limit dissemination of filings 
submitted.

Include a Test Tag

    You must include in the submission header of each Y2K test 
submission a  tag OR specify that the submission is a TEST from 
the EDGARLink main menu or the dial up interface. Including the  
tag will ensure that your Y2K test submission is not disseminated in 
the event that you incorrectly submit it to the operational EDGAR 
system.
    We will deem all live submissions sent to the test site as test 
submissions, and we will discard them. Filings sent to EDGAR test 
system will not be disseminated.

Messages

    Once the EDGAR test system receives your Y2K test submission, EDGAR 
will send you an acceptance or suspension message through CompuServe or 
the Internet. All messages from the EDGAR test system will state that 
the filing was a Y2K test filing.

Modules/Segments

    If you want to reference a module or segment in your Y2K test 
filing, you must submit the module or segment to the EDGAR test system 
as a LIVE submission. However, you will not be able to refer to modules 
and segments sent to the EDGAR test system later in live filings on the 
production system.

Fee Payments

    No fees are required for EDGAR Y2K Test Filings, nor will the 
testing include fee payment, processing, and posting. All test filings 
or form types ordinarily requiring fees will assume the fee has been 
paid. Filers and their banks are responsible for assuring that they 
have a Y2K compliant means of transferring money for payment of SEC 
filing fees.

For Help

    EDGAR filer support staff will be available to assist you with 
EDGAR Y2K issues. Contact EDGAR Filer Support at (202) 942-8900 and 
select Y2K assistance from the telephone menu.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-14954 Filed 6-11-99; 8:45 am]
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