[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 43 (Friday, March 6, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 9871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4814]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision

[Docket ID: OTS-2009-0001]


Open Meeting of the OTS Minority Depository Institutions Advisory 
Committee

AGENCY: Department of the Treasury, Office of Thrift Supervision.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The OTS Minority Depository Institutions Advisory Committee 
(MDIAC) will convene its first meeting on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, in 
Conference Room 6A of the Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, 
NW., Washington, DC, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The meeting 
will be open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, at 9:30 
a.m. Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES:  The meeting will be held at the Office of Thrift 
Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC in Conference Room A. 
The public is invited to submit written statements to the MDIAC by any 
one of the following methods:
     E-mail address: [email protected]; or
     Mail: To Cassandra McConnell, Designated Federal Official, 
Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552 
in triplicate.
    The agency must receive statements no later than March 18, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cassandra McConnell, Designated 
Federal Official, (202) 906-5750, Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By this notice, the Office of Thrift 
Supervision is announcing that the OTS Minority Depository Institutions 
Advisory Committee will convene its first meeting on Wednesday, March 
25, 2009, in Conference Room 6A at the Office of Thrift Supervision, 
1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Eastern 
Time. The meeting will be open to the public. Because the meeting will 
be held in a secured facility with limited space, members of the public 
who plan to attend the meeting, and members of the public who require 
auxiliary aid, must contact the Office of Community Affairs at 202-906-
7891 by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 18, 2009, to inform OTS 
of their desire to attend the meeting and to provide the information 
that will be required to facilitate entry into the OTS building. To 
enter the building, attendees should provide their full name, e-mail 
address, date of birth, social security number, organization, and 
country of citizenship. The purpose of the meeting is to advise OTS on 
ways to meet the goals established by section 308 of the Financial 
Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA), 
Public Law 101-73, Title III, 103 Stat. 353, 12 U.S.C.A. 1463 note. The 
goals of section 308 are to preserve the present number of minority 
institutions, preserve the minority character of minority-owned 
institutions in cases involving mergers or acquisitions, provide 
technical assistance, and encourage the creation of new minority 
institutions. The MDIAC will help OTS meet those goals by providing 
informed advice and recommendations regarding a range of issues 
involving minority depository institutions.

    Dated: March 3, 2009.

    By the Office of Thrift Supervision.
Montrice Godard Yakimov,
Managing Director, Compliance and Consumer Protection.
 [FR Doc. E9-4814 Filed 3-3-09; 4:15 pm]
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