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IRS Form 4506. Expect to wait several months.

This is good foundational guidance: E:\PUBLAW\PUBL229.106 (govinfo.gov)

link to form 4506 that EBE refers to. https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf

Best source I am aware of is the EFAST2 FAQ 33a: (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/EBSA/about-ebsa/our-activities/resource-center/faqs/efast2-form-5500-processing.pdf) I don't know if you are focusing solely on signatures required of the plan administrator but, the enrolled actuary's signature on the Schedule MB/SB must be manual, from the Form 5500 instructions: Now I have a question for you - let's say I load a PDF of a document onto my tablet, which has support for a digital pen, and I sign that document using the digital pen on the tablet. If the document requires a "manual" or "handwritten" signature, but states no requirement for ink-on-paper, does my pen-on-tablet signature satisfy that requirement?

MoJo, sorry if my observation was too subtle. Perhaps it’s only my imagination, but I’ve observed that some retirement-services providers find ways to streamline a process when doing so aids the provider’s efficiency, but seem slower to streamline a process when it’s about customers’ convenience. Likewise, some providers find ways to get a customer to bear some expense for an inefficiency the customer could help avoid, but are less swift in improving a process when a customer bears the costs of an inefficiency. My perceptions might be about some service providers less customer-friendly than the one you work for.

Nationwide RK must be run by tree-killing climate change deniers!

What was involved in checking? If you mean you looked them up on the DOL's website, you won't find them there, because it does not show 5500-EZs. If you believe that the Form 5500-EZ was not filed for one or more years for which it was required, then file the missing forms as soon as possible under the IRS relief program. https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/penalty-relief-program-for-form-5500-ez-late-filers