Reforming the Securities and Exchange Commission
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission” or the “SEC”) is the most important regulator of U.S. capital markets. Its budget has increased by 82 percent over 10 years. But these resources have flowed into unnecessary management, “support,” and ancillary functions, while core functions have been neglected. Its organizational structure is unwieldy. It is management-heavy and highly bureaucratized. The number of direct reports to the Chairman needs to be reduced. Its information technology (IT) programs appear to be poorly managed and are unnecessarily costly.
Source: heritage.org
