Request for Copies of Documents

Other pertinent information - Provide a clear and complete description of document(s) requested. If you do not know the specific date, you must provide a date range, i.e. month and/or year.

Note: Only files with .txt, .doc, and .pdf extension are allowed.

To avoid delays in processing your request, please provide your willingness to pay at least $28. Check the box to indicate your agreement. Pre-authorization of fees to a specific dollar amount in your request letter will speed the processing of your FOIA request. However, do not send pre-payment for your request. If you incur billable charges, an itemized invoice will accompany our final response to your request. You will be provided the option of paying the invoice online or by mail. Note that if fees are likely to exceed $250, the SEC does have the discretion to require advance payment prior to commencing any work.

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Willing to Pay $28 Other Amount $ Enter other amount here.

If you are seeking a fee waiver, it is your responsibility to provide detailed information to support your request. You must submit this information with your FOIA request. Each fee waiver request is judged on its own merit. The SEC does not grant "blanket" fee waivers. The fact that you have received a fee waiver in the past does not mean you are automatically entitled to a fee waiver for other requests you submit, because an essential element of any fee waiver determination is whether the release of the particular documents sought will likely contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities of the Government.

An essential element of any fee waiver determination is whether the release of the particular records sought will likely contribute significantly to public understanding of the operation or activities of the Government. The SEC will release records responsive to a request without charge or at a reduced rate if the SEC determines, based on all available information, that you have demonstrated that disclosing the information is:

1. Is in the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities of the government, and
2. Is not primarily in your commercial interest.

In deciding whether you have met the criteria above, the SEC will consider the following factors:

1. The subject of the request must concern identifiable operations or activities of the Federal government, with a connection that is direct and clear, not remote or attenuated.
2. The disclosable portions of the requested records must be meaningfully informative about government operations or activities to be "likely to contribute" to an increased public understanding of those operations or activities. Information that already is in the public domain, in either the same or a substantially identical form, would not contribute to such understanding.
3. The disclosure must contribute to the understanding of a reasonably broad audience of persons interested in the subject, as opposed to your individual understanding. The SEC will consider your expertise in the subject area as well as your ability and intention to effectively convey information to the public.
4. The public's understanding of the subject must be enhanced to a significant extent by the disclosure.

If you meet the criteria, please explain below.

Fee Waiver Requested

If you would like expedited treatment you must show "compelling need" in one of two ways: by establishing that your failure to obtain the records quickly "could reasonably be expected to pose an imminent threat to the life or physical safety of an individual"; or, if you are a "person primarily engaged in disseminating information," by demonstrating that an "urgency to inform the public concerning actual or alleged Federal Government activity" exists.

If you meet the criteria, please explain below.

Expedite Requested