Board Actions

Office of Board Members  -- appointment of Laricke Blanchard as Assistant to the Board with responsibility for the Congressional Liaison Office, and Winthrop Hambley as Senior Advisor to the Board.
-Approved, April 2, 2007 

First Interstate Bank, Bozeman, Montana  -- issuance of an order of prohibition against Tracy Schroeder, a former branch manager and institution-affiliated party.
-Announced, April 3, 2007 

Forms  -- final Board review to extend with revision the Money Market Mutual Funds Assets Reports (FR 2051a and FR 2051b), and to extend without revision the Uniform Application for Municipal Securities Principal or Municipal Securities Representative Associated with a Bank Municipal Securities Dealer (FR MSD-4), Uniform Termination Notice for Municipal Securities Principal or Municipal Securities Representative Associated with a Bank Municipal Securities Dealer (FR MSD-5), Notice by Financial Institutions of Government Securities Broker or Government Securities Dealer Activities (FR G-FIN), and Notice by Financial Institutions of Termination of Activities as a Government Securities Broker or Government Securities Dealer (FR G-FINW).
-Approved, April 4, 2007 

"Bankers' Bank" Exemption  -- revised interpretation of Regulation D regarding criteria for the "bankers' bank" exemption from reserve requirements (Docket No. R-1262).
-Approved, April 2, 2007 

Regulations H (Membership of State Banking Institutions in the Federal Reserve System) and K (International Banking Operations)  -- publication for comment of interagency interim rules to allow an expanded examination cycle for qualifying state member banks and U.S. offices of foreign banks (Docket No. R-1279).
-Approved, March 16, 2007  (AC)