The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it has reopened the public comment periods for 11 rulemaking releases and one request for comment due to a technological error resulting in numerous public comments submitted through the agency’s online comment form not being received.
The SEC advised that all those who submitted comments online between June 2021 and August 2022 to check the relevant comment file on SEC.gov to determine whether their comment was received and posted, and to resubmit if it was not.
The following rule proposals were affected, and comment periods have been reopened for:
- Reporting of securities loans
- Prohibition against fraud, manipulation, or deception in connection with security-based swaps; prohibition against undue influence over chief compliance officers; position reporting of large security-based swap positions
- Money market fund reforms
- Share repurchase disclosure modernization
- Short position and short activity reporting by institutional investment managers
- Cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident disclosure
- Private fund advisers; documentation of registered investment adviser compliance reviews
- Enhancement and standardization of climate-related disclosures for investors
- Special purpose acquisition companies, shell companies, and projections
- Investment company names
- Enhanced disclosures by certain investment advisers and investment companies about environmental, social, and governance investment practices
Additionally, the SEC has reopened its request for comment on certain information providers acting as investment advisers.
“The technological error also may have affected certain comments with respect to self-regulatory organization matters listed in the reopening release,” the SEC said. “The Commission will evaluate any comments resubmitted with respect to these matters and consider whether further action is warranted.”
The SEC said it is reopening the comment periods for the affected releases “until 14 days following publication of the reopening release in the Federal Register.” 
Jaclyn Jaeger is a contributing editor at Compliance Chief 360° and a freelance business writer based in Manchester, New Hampshire.