Electronic Reading Room

Pending Bank Holding Company and Change in Bank Control Applications

Actions of the Board, Its Staff, and the Federal Reserve Banks; Applications and Reports Received

H.2 release
Actions of the Board, its staff, and the Federal Reserve Banks; applications and reports received.

Final Opinions and Orders

Public Information Documents
Press releases
      Orders on Banking Applications
      Banking and Consumer Regulatory Policy
      Enforcement actions
      Other

Policy Statements and Staff Manuals

Community Affairs letters
Supervision manuals
Supervision and regulation (S&R) letters
S&R letters address significant policy and procedural matters related to the Federal Reserve System's supervisory responsibilities.
Legal interpretations
These letters represent the opinions of the Board's staff.
Policy Action Summaries

Public records

News and events
Meetings of the Board of Governors
Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance evaluations
Economic research and data
Statistics, surveys and reports, staff studies, and working papers.
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data (HMDA)
Federal Reserve Bulletin articles
Reports and analysis of economic developments, regulatory issues, and new data.
Beneficial Ownership Reports
"Insider reports" that collect information on the beneficial ownership of equity securities pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
National Information Center (NIC) Web site
Comprehensive information on banks and other institutions for which the Federal Reserve has a supervisory, regulatory, or research interest, including domestic and foreign banking organizations operating in the United States.
Regulations
A brief description of each of the Board's regulations pertaining to a wide range of banking and financial activities, with a link to the full text of the regulation.
Statistics: Releases and Historical Data
Working papers
Reports to Congress

Frequently Requested records

List of financial holding companies
List of section 20 securities subsidiaries

Federal Reserve Budget records

2006-2007 Federal Reserve Board budget (2.0 MB PDF)
2006-2007 Federal Reserve Office of Inspector General budget (378 KB PDF)
Federal Reserve Bank budgets
New Currency Budgets

Federal Open Market Committee records

Information about the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)
Minutes of FOMC meetings
Transcripts of FOMC meetings and conference calls
Beige Book
Summary of information gathered by each Federal Reserve Bank on current economic conditions by District and sector.

Major Information Systems

Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income for a Bank (CALL Reports)
This report collects basic financial data of commercial banks in the form of a balance sheet, an income statement, and supporting schedules. The Report of Condition schedules provide details on assets, liabilities, and capital accounts. The Report of Income schedules provide details on income and expenses. This report is a primary source of financial data used for the supervision and regulation of banks, and is used as an editing benchmark for many other reports.

Electronic Records Management System
The Federal Reserve Integrated Records Management Architecture (FIRMA) maintains electronic versions of Federal Reserve Board records. Collections include those of general interest to Board staff, such as speeches and testimony, press releases, and the Internal Administrative Procedures Manual, as well as more specialized collections related to the Board's major functions, such as bank applications, inspection and examination reports, and Congressional correspondence.

Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA)
The HMDA reports provide information regarding home mortgage lending activity, and the PMIC reports provide mortgage insurance activity data from private mortgage insurance companies.

National Information Center Data (NIC)
The National Information Center (NIC) provides comprehensive information on banks and other institutions for which the Federal Reserve has a supervisory, regulatory, or research interest including both domestic and foreign banking organizations operating in the U.S. The NIC includes the organizational structure of financial institutions and financial information for some of those institutions. Historical information is available on the structure of all the institutions. Financial information is available for selected time periods.

Uniform Bank Performance Report
The Uniform Bank Performance Report (UBPR) is an analytical tool created for bank supervisory, examination, and management purposes. In a concise format, it shows the impact of management decisions and economic conditions on a bank's performance and balance-sheet composition. The performance and composition data contained in the report can be used as an aid in evaluating the adequacy of earnings, liquidity, capital, asset and liability management, and growth management. Bankers and examiners alike can use this report to further their understanding of a bank's financial condition, and through such understanding, perform their duties more effectively.

Federal Reserve Board publications
This system includes publications prepared by the 12 Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. These materials are designed to increase public understanding of the functions and operations of the Federal Reserve System, monetary policy, financial markets, and institutions, consumer finance, and the economy.

E-Gov Reporting

Federal Reserve Board Division of Information Technology Strategic Plan, 2007-2010
HTML | PDF (49 KB PDF)

E-Government Act Report FY 2006
HTML | PDF (47 KB PDF)

Agency Issuance of Personal Identity Verification Credentials

Quarterly Report on Personal Identity Verification Credentials

Federal Reserve Board Records Retention Schedules

• Executive Function
• Supervision & Regulation Function
• Research Function
• Reserve Bank Operations
• Computer Operations Records
• Inspector General Records
• Leave Records
• Employee Performance Records
• Home Mortgage Disclosure Act

General Records Schedules - NARA

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Room M-P-500, Martin Building
20th & C Streets, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Phone (202) 452-3684/3685
Fax (202) 872-7565

The office is open to the public from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Call (202) 452-3684 for access information.
FOIA administrative contact: Jeanne McLaughlin

Public documents are also available from the Public Affairs Information Room, located on the Ground Floor, C Street entrance of the Eccles Building, and from Publications Services

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