38280 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 119 / Tuesday, June 20, 2000 / Notices

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information or to register for the

meeting contact the Authority’s Office

of Case Control, at the address listed

above or by telephone at (202) 482–

6540. If you prefer to participate in a

discussion with representatives from

local unions and agency field offices

during the meeting, please indicate your

preference when you register.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the Government Performance and

Results Act of 1993, Pub. L. 103–62, 107

Stat. 285, the Federal Labor Relations

Authority has identified as a

performance goal that it shall

‘‘consistently comply with established

quality standards (with) ongoing

evaluation of the effectiveness of quality

performance measures.’’ The Chairman

and Members of the Authority have

established an internal Task Force to

evaluate the quality of the Authority’s

written decisions and the measures for

assessing that quality. To that end, the

Authority will hold a meeting with

interested persons to receive comments

in response to the following questions:

• With what frequency and for what

purposes do you read Authority

decisions?

• Are you able to use easily Authority

decisions as guidance regarding labormanagement relations?

• What is your overall impression of

the quality of the decisions?

• What specific comments do you

have about the decisions’ clarity,

precision, length, format, timeliness,

usefulness, and responsiveness to the

issues raised?

• How would you define a high

quality Authority decision?

• What, if any, changes would you

make to the style, timing and/or content

of the Authority’s decisions?

• What are the measures of quality

that you would recommend applying to

Authority decisions?

• Do you have any other comments

regarding the quality of Authority

decisions?

You may also submit written

comments in response to these

questions. Written comments must be

received on or before July 31, 2000, by

the Office of Case Control, Federal Labor

Relations Authority, at the address

listed above.

Dated: June 15, 2000.

For the Authority.

Peter J. Constantine,

Director of Case Control.

[FR Doc. 00–15512 Filed 6–19–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6727–01–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices;

Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or

Bank Holding Companies

The notificants listed below have

applied under the Change in Bank

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and

§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12

CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank

holding company. The factors that are

considered in acting on the notices are

set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12

U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).

The notices are available for

immediate inspection at the Federal

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices

also will be available for inspection at

the offices of the Board of Governors.

Interested persons may express their

views in writing to the Reserve Bank

indicated for that notice or to the offices

of the Board of Governors. Comments

must be received not later than July 5,

2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Phillip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690–1414:

1. Tamara S. Jacobson, Rake, Iowa; to

retain voting shares of Rake

Bancorporation, Rake, Iowa, and thereby

indirectly retain voting shares of State

Savings Bank, Rake, Iowa.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri

63166–2034:

1. Whipple Family Banking Limited

Partnership, Arkadelphia, Arkansas; to

acquire additional voting shares of

Summit Bancorp, Inc., Arkadelphia,

Arkansas, and thereby indirectly acquire

additional voting shares of Summit

Bank, Arkadelphia, Arkansas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 15, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–15527 Filed 6–19–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice

have applied to the Board for approval,

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part

225), and all other applicable statutes

and regulations to become a bank

holding company and/or to acquire the

assets or the ownership of, control of, or

the power to vote shares of a bank or

bank holding company and all of the

banks and nonbanking companies

owned by the bank holding company,

including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well

as other related filings required by the

Board, are available for immediate

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank

indicated. The application also will be

available for inspection at the offices of

the Board of Governors. Interested

persons may express their views in

writing on the standards enumerated in

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the

proposal also involves the acquisition of

a nonbanking company, the review also

includes whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company complies with the

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise

noted, nonbanking activities will be

conducted throughout the United States.

Additional information on all bank

holding companies may be obtained

from the National Information Center

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding each of these applications

must be received at the Reserve Bank

indicated or the offices of the Board of

Governors not later than July 14, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W.

Arthur Tribble, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201–

2272:

1. First Graham Bancorp, Inc.,

Graham, Texas; to acquire 100 percent

of the voting shares of First Bryson

Bancorporation, Inc., Flower Mound,

Texas; and thereby indirectly acquire

First Security Bancshares of Delaware,

Inc., Dover, Delaware; and First Security

Bank, Flower Mound, Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 14, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–15449 Filed 6–16–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Notice of Proposals To Engage in

Permissible Nonbanking Activities or

To Acquire Companies That Are

Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking

Activities

The companies listed in this notice

have given notice under section 4 of the

Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C.

1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y, (12

CFR Part 225) to engage de novo, or to

acquire or control voting securities or

assets of a company, including the

companies listed below, that engages

either directly or through a subsidiary or

other company, in a nonbanking activity