On January 27, 2020, EDGAR Release 20.1 was released by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This release included changes to Form ATS-N, a new “accelerated filer status” field on a number of form types, and an upgrade to require Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 when connecting to the EDGAR System.

As part of security enhancements in the forthcoming EDGAR 20.1 release, the SEC will no longer accept connections to the EDGAR system that do not follow the TLS 1.2 standard. Since the GoFiler family of products uses Microsoft’s Security Support Provider Interface to connect to the EDGAR system, support for TLS 1.2 in the application is based on the current Windows operating system and Internet Explorer.

The SEC will be closed Wednesday, January 1st in observance of New Year’s Day. The EDGAR System will not receive, process or accept filings on this day. Filings with a due date of January 1 will be due the following business day.

The SEC will be closed Tuesday, December 24 and Wednesday, December 25 due to the closure of the federal government in these two days. The EDGAR System will not receive, process or accept filings on either of these days. Filings with a due date of December 24 or December 25 will be considered timely if filed on or before December 26.

To aid filers avoid missing deadlines and reduce congestion around busy important filing dates, the SEC provides an anticipated peak filing schedule. Peak EDGAR filing times are estimated using historical data. The 2020 schedule is now available from the SEC.

Version 5.1d of all applications in the GoFiler Suite has been released. This release contains corrections and improvements to Page View, XBRL View, and other EDGAR forms.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has published Proposed Improvements for Proposed Accounting Standards Update – Codification Improvements for public comment. The standard release notes are also included for review. The proposed improvement includes adding references for certain existing elements as well as adding elements for new accounting pronouncement disclosures.

The SEC will be closed Thursday, November 28 in observance of Thanksgiving Day. The EDGAR System will not receive, process or accept filings on this day. Filings with a due date of November 28 will be due the following business day.

Version 5.1c of all applications in the GoFiler Suite has been released. This release contains improvements to XDX editing, validation, and processing as well as improvements for Page View, XBRL View, and other EDGAR forms. Additionally, this version contains updates to the quick keys to allow user to program custom quick keys.

The SEC will be closed Monday, November 11 in observance of Veterans Day. The EDGAR System will not receive, process or accept filings on this day. Filings with a due date of November 11 will be due the following
business day.

Version 5.1b of all applications in the GoFiler Suite has been released. This release corresponds to EDGAR Release 19.3 and wraps up the EDGAR changes that were released on Friday with version 5.1a. In this release are a few improvements as well as some corrections, namely to the XBRL Previewer and the XDX Setup Wizard to incorporate additional inline XBRL changes that were introduced with EDGAR 19.3.

On September 30, 2019, EDGAR Release 19.3 was released by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This release included new EDGAR filing password tagging requirements and a new exhibit EX-96 (Mining Disclosure). Also new are some changes to Form N-CEN, Forms ATS-N/UA and ATS-N/CA, Form SBSE, and changes to EDGAR to accept various submission form types from deregistered investment companies.

Version 5.1a of all applications in the GoFiler Suite has been released. This release corresponds to EDGAR Release 19.3 and contains support for 12 character EDGAR filing passwords. This release also contains a number improvements to the SGML parser to allow users to more easily open and edit HTML and XML files with extremely large tags. Also new are DQC validation rules for XBRL and other improvements and corrections for ATS-N, N-CEN and Section 16.

The SEC has released draft changes to the EDGAR Filer Manual and the EDGAR System. These changes will be incorporated into the EDGAR 19.3 release and Version 52 of the EDGAR Filer Manual – Volume II, which is scheduled for release on September 30, 2019. The draft changes include important updates to the requirements for the passwords that are used when logging into both the EDGAR Filing Website and the EDGAR Online Forms Management Website.