Board Actions

Actions taken during the week ending November 5, 2005

Board Operations

Division of Information Technology -- appointment of Jill Coss Rosen as Assistant Director with oversight for a new branch, National Information Center Systems.
-Approved, October 25, 2005 (AC)

Equal Employment Opportunity -- publication for comment of an interim rule to amend the Board's Rules Regarding Equal Opportunity to clarify the limitations on the employment of noncitizens in positions having access to sensitive information (Docket No. OP-1239).
-Approved, October 19, 2005 (AC)

Office of Board Members -- appointment of Brian J. Gross as Special Assistant to the Board for Congressional Liaison.
-Approved, October 31, 2005

Discount Rates

Discount and Advance Rates -- increase in the primary credit rate from 4-3/4 percent to 5 percent by twelve Federal Reserve Banks.
-Approved, November 1, 2005

Reserve Bank Services

Federal Reserve Priced Services -- private sector adjustment factor for 2006.
-Approved, November 2, 2005

Federal Reserve Priced Services -- 2006 fee schedules for priced services and electronic access.
-Approved, November 2, 2005

Testimony And Statements

Economic Outlook -- statement by Chairman Greenspan before the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress.
-Published, November 3, 2005