According to a speech last week by Commissioner Goldschmid, the SEC appears to be headed towards proposing more uniform - and stringent - regulations governing the conduct of analysts. These would supercede the ones adopted by the NYSE and the NASD earlier this year.
The speech is not on the SEC's web site - but discussed in this Washington Post article - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59218-2002Sep9.html.