The agency disclosed the total as of Dec. 8 to The Wall Street Journal following a public-records request.

WSJ: Consumers Cry Foul Over Debt Collectors

Attendance records reviewed by the Journal don't indicate why a specific commissioner was absent.

WSJ: Tangle of Ties Binds SEC's Top Ranks

Case in point: Best Buy has disputed more than a dozen geek-themed trademarks in the past decade, The Wall Street Journal reported in June, citing federal records.

WSJ: Best Buy Jumps Into Small Business IT Services

The Journal News defended its publication of the public records but pulled the information from its site after it was inundated with complaints and even threats.

WSJ: Appeals court denies NY Times over gun information

As chronicled by the New England Journal of Medicine in 2006, pharmacies have been selling their prescription records to health care companies since the 1990s.

FORBES: Litigants Want a Prescription for Privacy at the Pharmacy

The Wall Street Journal reported that IBM is deploying technology to help thousands of scattered hospitals in China standardize medical records.

FORBES: Have Health Insurance, Will Save Less