[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 12, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 12CFR261.11]

[Page 701-702]
 
                       TITLE 12--BANKS AND BANKING
 
                   CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
 
PART 261--RULES REGARDING AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart B--Published Information and Records Available to Public; 
                         Procedures for Requests
 
Sec. 261.11  Records available for public inspection and copying.

    (a) Types of records made available. Unless they were published 
promptly and made available for sale or without charge, the following 
records shall be made available for inspection and copying at the 
Freedom of Information Office:
    (1) Final opinions, including concurring and dissenting opinions, as 
well as final orders and written agreements, made in the adjudication of 
cases;
    (2) Statements of policy and interpretations adopted by the Board 
that are not published in the Federal Register;
    (3) Administrative staff manuals and instructions to staff that 
affect the public;
    (4) Copies of all records released to any person under Sec. 261.12 
that, because of the nature of their subject matter, the Board has 
determined are likely to be requested again;

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    (5) A general index of the records referred to in paragraph (a)(4) 
of this section; and
    (6) The public section of Community Reinvestment Act examination 
reports.
    (b) Reading room procedures. (1) Information available under this 
section is available for inspection and copying, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 
p.m. weekdays, at the Freedom of Information Office of the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and Constitution 
Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551 (the pedestrian entrance is on C 
Street, N.W.).
    (2) The Board may determine that certain classes of publicly 
available filings shall be made available for inspection and copying 
only at the Federal Reserve Bank where those records are filed.
    (c) Electronic records. (1) Except as set forth in paragraph (c)(2) 
of this section, information available under this section that was 
created by the Board on or after November 1, 1996, shall also be 
available on the Board's internet site (which can be found at http://
www.bog.frb.fed.us).
    (2) NTIS. The publicly available portions of Reports of Condition 
and Income of individual banks and certain other data files produced by 
the Board are distributed by the National Technical Information Service. 
Requests for these public reports should be addressed to: Sales Office, 
National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161, (703) 487-4650.
    (3) Privacy protection. The Board may delete identifying details 
from any record to prevent a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal 
privacy.