Usually referred to as the SEC. The U.S. government agency which has regulatory power over the U.S. stock exchanges and the reporting requirements of the corporations whose stock is traded on those stock exchanges. The SEC relies on the Financial Accounting Standards Board, a non-government organization, to develop many of the accounting rules.
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