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Federal R eserve B ank
OF DALLAS
ROBERT

D. M C T E E R , J R .

DALLAS, TEXAS

p re s id e n t
A N D C H IE F E X E C U T IV E O F F IC E R

April 22, 1996

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Notice 96-40

TO:

The Chief Executive Officer of each
m em ber bank and others concerned in
the Eleventh Federal Reserve District
SUBJECT
World Wide Web Availability
DETAILS

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System has announced that
it has established a home page on the World Wide Web to provide a variety of informa­
tion to the general public. The location of the Board site is
http://www.bog.frb.fed.us
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has also established a home page.
Currently, this Bank’s home page provides up-to-date information about the economy
and various Federal Reserve activities. This Bank’s site is located at
http://www.dallasfed.org
ATTACHMENT
A copy of the Board’s notice containing additional information about its
home page is attached.
MORE INFORMATION
For m ore information regarding this Bank’s Web site, please contact Rhonda
H arris at (214) 922-5263. For additional copies of this Bank’s notice, please contact the
Public Affairs D epartm ent at (214) 922-5254.
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)

FEDERAL RESERVE press release

For immediate release

March 25, 1996

The Federal Reserve Board announced today that it has
established a home page on the World Wide Web to provide a wide
variety of information to the general public.

The Board site is

located at http://www.bog.frb.fed.us
Initially, the home page provides the following:
An introductory statement of the role of the
Federal Reserve
The text of "Purposes and Functions," a book that
explains the mission and operations of the Federal
Reserve System
A listing of Board publications and how to order
them
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An explanation of Board and System material
available through the U.S. Commerce Department
economic bulletin board
A brief definition of each Federal Reserve
regulation

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Links to other Federal Reserve web sites operated
by the Federal Reserve Banks of New York,
Philadelphia, Cleveland, Atlanta, Chicago,
Minneapolis, St. Louis and Dallas.

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Other features will be added in the future.

These will

include speeches and testimony of Board members, minutes and
schedule of meetings of the Federal Open Market Committee, the
Beige Book, statistics gathered by the System including
historical data, press releases, banking matters including a
listing of all applications received and actions taken, contents
of the Federal Bulletin, and the Board's Annual Reports.
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