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F ederal R eserve Bank OF DALLAS ROBERT D. M C T E E R , J R . PRESIDENT A N D CH IE F E X ECU TIV E O F F I C E R AllQUSt 20, 1991 D ALLAS, TEX A S Notice 91-70 TO: The Chief Executive Officer of each financial institution in the Eleventh Federal Reserve District SUBJECT Amendments to Rules Regarding Ava il a bi li t y of Information DETAILS The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System has published amendments in slip-sheet form to the Rules Regarding Availability of Information, effec tive June 1991. The new slip sheet should be inserted in your Regulations binder. ATTACHMENT The new slip sheet is printed on the reverse of this notice. MORE INFORMATION For more Pankonien at (214) this Ba n k ’s notice the Public Affairs information, please contact Dean 651-6228. For additional copies of and the slip sheet, please contact Department at (214) 651-6289. Sincerely yours, For additional copies, bankers and others are encouraged to use one of the following toll-free numbers in contacting the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas: Dallas Office (800) 333-4460; El Paso Branch Intrastate (800) 592-1631, Interstate (800) 351-1012; Houston Branch Intrastate (800) 392-4162, Interstate (800) 221-0363; San Antonio Branch Intrastate (800) 292-5810. This publication was digitized and made available by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Historical Library (FedHistory@dal.frb.org) Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Amendments to Rules Regarding Availability of Information June 1991* 1. Section 261.9(a)(1) is corrected by changing “reasonably effort" to “reasonable effort". 2. Section 261.10(h)(3) is corrected by adding "or reduction" after “request fo r a waiver". 3. Effective June 27, 1991, appendix A is de leted and appendix A to section 261.10 is added to read as follows: Appendix A to Section 261.10— Freedom of Information Fee Schedule Duplication Photocopy, per standard page Paper copies of microfiche, per frame Duplicate microfiche, per microfiche $ 0.10 $ 0.10 $ 0.30 Search and Review Clerical/Technical, hourly rate Professional/Supervisory, hourly rate Manager/Senior Professional, hourly rate $17.00 $32.00 $53.00 Computer Search and Production Operator search time, hourly rate Cassette tapes PC computer output, per minute Mainframe computer output $25.00 $ 5.00 $ 0.10 Actual Cost * T h e co m p lete rules, as am en d ed effective Ju n e 27, 1991, consist o f— • the p am p hlet d ated A u gust 1988 (see inside co ver) and • th is slip sheet. Special Services The secretary of the Board may agree to provide, and set fees to recover the costs of, special services not covered by the Free dom of Information Act, such as certifying records or information and sending records by special methods such as express mail. The secretary may provide self-service pho tocopy machines and microfiche printers as a convenience to requesters. Fee Waivers For qualifying educational and noncom mercial scientific-institution requesters and representatives of the news media, the Board will not assess fees for review time, for the first 100 pages of reproduction, or, when the records sought are reasonably de scribed, for search time. For other noncommercial-use requests, no fees will be as sessed for review time, for the first 100 pages of reproduction, or for the first two hours of search time. For requesters quali fying for 100 free pages of reproduction, the fees for duplicate microfiche will be prorated to elimate the charge for 100 frames. The Board will waive in full fees that to tal less than $5. The secretary of the Board or his or her designee will also waive or reduce fees, upon proper request, if disclosure of the in formation is in the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities of the government and is not pri marily in the commercial interest of the re quester. A fee reduction is available to em ployees, and applicants for employment who request records for use in prosecuting a grievance or complaint against the Board.
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