Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 201 / Thursday, October 16, 2008 / Notices 61421 

1Copies of the Minutes of the Federal Open 

Market Committee meeting on September 16, 2008, 

which includes the domestic policy directive issued 

at the meeting, are available upon request to the 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 

Washington, D.C. 20551. The minutes are published 

in the Federal Reserve Bulletin and in the Board’s 

annual report. 

of the Board of Governors. Comments 

must be received not later than October 

29, 2008. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of San 

Francisco (Kenneth Binning, Vice 

President, Applications and 

Enforcement) 101 Market Street, San 

Francisco, California 94105–1579: 

1. Fife Commerical Bank 401K ESOP, 

to acquire voting shares of Puget Sound 

Financial Services, Inc., and thereby 

indirectly acquire voting shares of Fife 

Commercial Bank, all of Fife, 

Washington. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 9, 2008. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E8–24528 Filed 10–15–08; 8:45 am] 

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Federal Open Market Committee; 

Domestic Policy Directive of 

September 16, 2008 

In accordance with § 271.25 of its 

rules regarding availability of 

information (12 CFR part 271), there is 

set forth below the domestic policy 

directive issued by the Federal Open 

Market Committee at its meeting held 

on September 16, 2008.1

The Federal Open Market Committee 

seeks monetary and financial conditions 

that will foster price stability and 

promote sustainable growth in output. 

To further its long–run objectives, the 

Committee in the immediate future 

seeks conditions in reserve markets 

consistent with maintaining the federal 

funds rate at an average of around 2 

percent. 

By order of the Federal Open Market 

Committee, October 7, 2008. 

Brian F. Madigan, 

Secretary, Federal Open Market Committee. 

[FR Doc. E8–24603 Filed 10–15–08; 8:45 am] 

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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 applications 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 November 10, 

2008. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas 

City (Todd Offenbacker, Assistant Vice 

President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas 

City, Missouri 64198–0001: 

1. Foundation First Corporation, 

Omaha, Nebraska, to become a bank 

holding company by acquiring 100 

percent of the voting shares of Western 

State Bancshares, Inc., and thereby 

indirectly acquire voting shares of 

Western State Bank, both of Waterloo, 

Nebraska. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 9, 2008. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E8–24527 Filed 10–15–08; 8:45 am] 

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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 applications 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 November 10, 

2008. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 

(Burl Thornton, Assistant Vice 

President) 230 South LaSalle Street, 

Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414: 

1. Hoosier Heartland State Bancorp, 

Crawfordsville, Indiana, to become a 

bank holding company by acquiring 100 

percent of the voting shares of Linden 

State Bancorp, and thereby indirectly 

acquire voting shares of Linden State 

Bank, both of Linden, Indiana, and New 

Ross Bancorp, and thereby indirectly 

acquire voting shares of Farmers State 

Bank, both of New Ross, Indiana. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 10, 2008. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E8–24575 Filed 10–15–08; 8:45 am] 

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Government in the Sunshine Meeting 

Notice 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System.