Chairman Pitt lashed out at critics - including former Chairman Levitt - in his first public statements since his resignation - see http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30296-2002Nov8.html.
In addition, SEC Chief Accountant Bob Herdman resigned - see http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30556-2002Nov8.html.
The SEC has begun posting no-action and interpretive letters on its web site! They go back as far as early 2002 - and are divided by subject matter, alphabetically, and chronologically. They are at http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/cf-noaction.htm.
The SEC has posted its proposed rules on pension blackout periods and Regulation BTR at http://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/34-46778.htm.