NCUA News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New Tempe Office to Open Doors Nov. 1

New Contact Information for NCUA’s Region VI Office

October 27, 2003, Alexandria, Va. – The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) will move its Concord, Calif. office to Tempe, Ariz. on Nov. 1 as part of NCUA’s cost-cutting realignment efforts.

After Nov. 1, mail and telephone calls for Region VI should be directed to the Tempe office:

The actual realignment of states and closure of the Chicago office will not occur until the beginning of 2004. For more information on NCUA’s realignment efforts, please visit http://www.ncua.gov/news/ReAlignment/index.htm or contact NCUA’s Office of Public and Congressional Affairs at 703-518-6330.

The National Credit Union Administration, governed by a three-member board appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, is the independent federal agency that regulates, charters and supervises federal credit unions. NCUA, with the backing of the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, operates and manages the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, insuring the deposits of more than 80 million account holders in all federal credit unions and the overwhelming majority of state-chartered credit unions.