§ 200.27a - The District Administrators.

Each District Administrator is responsible for executing the Commission's programs as set forth below, subject to review by the appropriate Regional Director and policy direction and review by the relevant Division Directors, the General Counsel, and the Chief Accountant in Washington, DC. The District Administrators’ responsibilities include particularly the investigation of transactions in securities on national securities exchanges, in the over-the-counter market, and in distribution to the public; the examination of members of national securities exchanges and registered brokers and dealers, transfer agents, investment advisers and investment companies including the examination of reports filed under § 240.17a-5 of this chapter; the prosecution of injunctive actions in U.S. District Courts and administrative proceedings before Administrative Law Judges; the rendering of assistance to U.S. Attorneys in criminal cases; and the making of the Commission's facilities more readily available to the public in that district.