Dirt Diggers Network: Digest No. 14
August 1, 2002
Editor: Philip Mattera
1. SEC website on CEO/CFO certifications
2. New scorecards on corporate scandals
3. Guidestar offering formatted data on non-profits
4. FreeEdgar usage to be limited
5. Full digital archives of WSJ now available
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1. SEC website on CEO certifications
The SEC now has a site http://www.sec.gov/rules/extra/ceocfo.htm
listing all the companies in the initial group of 947 whose chief executives
and CFOs are required to certify the accuracy and completeness of
new filings. The site also indicates which of the companies have made
those certifications and includes links to PDF files containing scanned
images of the certifications.
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2. New scorecards on corporate scandals
It's tough keeping up with the seeming endless list
of companies involved in accounting or other scandals.
Two new compilations have been released by news
organizations. Forbes has put up its Corporate Scandal Sheet at:
http://www.forbes.com/home/2002/07/25/accountingtracker.html
The Washington Post, which just completed an exhaustive five-part
series on Enron, ran a good list in its August 1 edition, but it does
not yet appear to be on the newspaper's website <www.washingtonpost.com>
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3. Guidestar offering formatted data on non-profits
Guidestar <www.guidestar.org>, one of the leading sources
for online Form 990s, has announced that it is now selling access
to formatted data from its database of information on some
850,000 non-profits. Guidestar has also released its second
annual report on compensation in public charities.
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4. FreeEdgar usage to be limited
Edgar Online Inc. has announced that its FreeEdgar
<www.freeedgar.com> service for SEC filings will now limit
the amount of material that users may access. Heavier
users will be expected to subscribe to one of Edgar
Online's pay services -- or you can always use the SEC's
free site at <www.sec.gov>.
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5. Full digital archives of WSJ now available
ProQuest Co., which digitized the entire back file of the
New York Times (see Dirt Diggers No. 13), has now completed
the same task for the Wall Street Journal -- every issue dating
back to the Robber Baron era (1889). Look for the expensive product
in research libraries before long. For more information on
ProQuest's Historical Newspapers program see:
http://www.umi.com/products/pd-product-HistNews.shtml
Philip Mattera
pmattera@goodjobsfirst.org