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 DOOMSDAY BOOK—Internal FR

DOOMSDAY BOOK

Version: 5.0 INTERNAL FR Date: May 3, 2012 Compiler: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX       Extension: XXXXX Editor: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX     Extension: XXXXX

The “Doomsday Book” is a collection of emergency documentation compiled by the Legal Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. It has two purposes in mind. First, it is a ready reference source, containing background material likely to be useful in responding to an emergency, and educational in planning for emergencies. Second, because all of its documents are on DVD-ROMs, it is an operational mitigant against the risk of lost power or connectivity. The Doomsday Book, however, assumes working computers and printers.

It is maintained in two forms: a mostly paper version (copies kept in the Law Library, General Counsel’s Office, Legal Records, and EROC), and a mostly digital disk version (distributed widely through the Legal Department.) Both the paper and disk version refer to the purely electronic files on the Legal server. Both the paper and the digital disk versions are multimedia. Most of the 2008-09 agreements are extremely voluminous, and have always been stored as digital disks. The paper version will continue to store these agreements in digital disk format. The disk version will have this introductory section in paper, with the digital disks attached to this paper document containing the rest of the documentation.

The complete paper version should always be current, and the complete paper version will contain a current digital risk. To ascertain whether a DVD-ROM is current, ask the editor or compiler, or check its version number against that of the complete paper versions. Feel free to copy the current digital disk.

From time to time, the Compiler will update the Doomsday Book, as the Editor adds additional documentation. The Doomsday Book is not, and can never be a finished product. The Editor is the gatekeeper for all additions and changes to the Doomsday Book.

Please contact the Editor for any suggested additions or revisions. The other Discount Window attorneys -- XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXXX, and XXXXXXXXXXXXXX remain available to answer any questions concerning the Doomsday Book.

Cover Sheet v5.0 PC Docs # 280627

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL - ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY FRBNY-STARR(CFC)-0487551

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