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An Update for Eighth District Federal Reserve Bank Electronic Customers

December 1997

1998 Fedline Training Schedule
Our Fedline training sessions are conducted over three days-a half-day for Local Security
Administration (LSA) training and two-and-a-half days for Fedline training. The ACH Origination
sessions are one-day sessions and are for current Fedline customers only. Each financial
institution may send two individuals to a training session. Check Adjustment, Book Entry
Securities and Automated Auction are half-day training sessions, and we schedule these on an asneeded basis. When we have two training sessions scheduled in St. Louis during the same month,
we will fill the week with ACH Origination training scheduled on Friday before we begin
scheduling the second week of training. We reserve the right to cancel, add or reschedule training
sessions based on demand.

Date

Class

Location

February 3-5
February 6
February 10-12
February 13

Fedline Training
Fedline ACH Origination Training
Fedline Training
Fedline ACH Origination Training

St. Louis
St. Louis
Memphis
Memphis

March 10-12
March 13
March 17-19

Fedline Training
Fedline ACH Origination Training
Fedline Training

St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis

April 7-9
April 10
April 14-16
April 17

Fedline Training
Fedline ACH Origination Training
Fedline Training
Fedline ACH Origination Training

Memphis
Memphis
St. Louis
St. Louis

May 12-14
May 19-21
May22

Fedline Training
Fedline Training
Fedline ACH Origination Training

St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis

June
June
June
June

Fedline Training
Fedline ACH Origination Training
Fedline Training
Fedline ACH Origination Training

Memphis
Memphis
St. Louis
St. Louis

9-11
12
16-18
19

For pricing or registration information, please call (314) 444-8711 or 1-800-333-0861, and press
1 for an Electronic Access Support representative.


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Fedline Training Price Clarification
The Federal Reserve System is currently standardizing pricing for all electronic access products,
such as Fedline. Due to this standardization, the Eighth District's Fedline training price will
change, effective March 1, 1998. We will bill Fedline training at $150 per day, not per session,
or $4-50 for the entire three-day training session. This fee still includes all training materials and
allows each financial institution to send two people per day. Lunch and all refreshments are also
still included in the training fees. If you are a current Fedline customer and interested in retraining
on selected applications, please call for information at (314) 444-8711 or 1-800-333-0861, and
press 1 for an Electronic Access Support representative.

New FedLine Software Will Operate on Windows NT Only
We distributed the new FedLine Update newsletter in October. This first issue announced the
Federal Reserve' s selection of Microsoft Windows NT® as the exclusive operating system for the
new FedLine® software that will run on a Windows platform. Previously, we had anticipated
supporting both Windows 95® and Windows NT for the new FedLine software. However, after
continued investigation, the Federal Reserve has committed to developing and supporting only the
Windows NT operating system.
We expect the release of FedLine for Windows NT to be about a year away. In the meantime, we
suggest you wait to purchase a new computer until shortly before FedLine for
Windows is available. If possible, you should maintain your DOS-based hardware to run the
current version of Fedline until then. If you have any questions, or if you would like a copy of the
October 1997 issue of FedLine Update, please call (314) 444-8711 or 1-800-333-0861, and press
1 for an Electronic Access Support representative.

Changes for St. Louis' Fedline Support Staff
St. Louis' Fedline support staff has made several changes. We have a few new voices, and we
have gone back to our old name. As of Nov. 1, 1997, Fedline, FLASH-Light, Computer Interface
and EDITH support is again named the Electronic Access Support (EAS) Unit at the Federal
Reserve Bank of St. Louis. We also have a new leader. Todd Purdy assumed the role of EAS
Manager on Nov. 1 as well.
Todd joins EAS after serving as Assistant Manager in Support Services for two years. Todd has
been with the Fed for nearly five years and brings welcomed enthusiasm to EAS. Todd is
committed to providing the customer service you expect from EAS, and encourages you to call him
at (314) 444-8894 if you have any specific issues to discuss.

Steven (Brent) Pilcher is also a new name you will soon begin hearing on the Fedline help
desk. Brent has spent all of his 20-plus years at the Fed in our Check Department and brings a
vast knowledge of Check and Check Adjustments with him to our department. Listen for Brent's
voice early in 1998.
Yolanda Mullins has also recently joined the EAS unit. Yolanda will serve as the EAS
Administrative Clerk, and you may hear her voice from time to time as our call volume gets heavy.
Yolanda has been at the Fed for seven years, working in several different positions in the Support
Services Department.


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Hear Ye, Hear Ye:
Software Vendor Names Needed
The Federal Reserve' s FedLine for Windows NT® Implementation Work Group needs to gather
information about vendors that supply back-end and/or front-end software to our Fedline
customers. It is essential we inform these vendors about the future direction of our FedLine
product, and our intention to move to a Windows NT® Operating System. The work group is
currently developing a vendor forum, which they will hold sometime in 1998. We need your
assistance in compiling a comprehensive list of vendors to ensure we have a complete invitation list
for this forum.

If your institution uses a commercial software program for front-end or back-end processing of
Fedline transactions, please supply us with your vendor's name, contact person and telephone
number by Jan. 10, 1998. You may call (314) 444-8711 or 1-800-333-0861, and press 1 to give
this information directly to an Electronic Access Support representative, or you may clip out the
form below and mail it or fax it in.

Financial Institution Name_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

Routing Transit Number_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

Contact Name _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

Telephone Number_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

Vendor Name_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

Street Address _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

City, State & Zip_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

Contact Person_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

Telephone Number_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

Please mail this form to:


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Electronic Access Support
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
P. 0. Box 442
St. Louis, MO. 63166
or fax it to (314) 444-8610.