[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 245 (Wednesday, December 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79904-79905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32325]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight


Solicitation of Public Comments on Systemic Risk

AGENCY: Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, HUD.

ACTION: Extension of the period for the submission of public comments.

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SUMMARY: On October 30, 2000, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise 
Oversight (OFHEO) published a notice entitled ``Solicitation of Public 
Comments on Systemic Risk'' in the Federal Register (65 FR 64718). 
OFHEO sought to examine the nature and magnitude of any risks the 
Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie

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Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) may 
pose to the financial system in general and to the U.S. housing finance 
markets in particular; whether and to what extent Fannie Mae and 
Freddie Mac contribute to or mitigate systemic risk; and actions that 
OFHEO and others could take to limit any systemic risk the Enterprises 
may pose. OFHEO has been requested to extend the comment period. To 
ensure that the public has ample opportunity to participate in the 
solicitation, today's notice extends the public comment period from 
December 29, 2000, through January 29, 2001.

DATES: The comment period is extended until January 29, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Robert S. Seiler, Jr., Manager of 
Policy Analysis, Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, 1700 
G. Street, NW., Fourth Floor, Washington, DC 20552. All comments will 
be posted on the OFHEO web site at http://www.ofheo.gov. OFHEO requests 
that written comments submitted in hard copy also be accompanied by an 
electronic version in MS Word or in portable document format 
(PDF) on 3.5" disk. Alternatively, comments may also be sent by 
electronic mail to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert S. Seiler, Jr., Manager of 
Policy Analysis, Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, 1700 G 
Street, NW., Fourth Floor, Washington, DC 20552, telephone (202) 414-
3785 (not a toll free number). The telephone number for the 
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf is: (800) 877-8339.

    Dated: December 14, 2000.
Armando Falcon, Jr.,
Director, Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight.
[FR Doc. 00-32325 Filed 12-19-00; 8:45 am]
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