Release Date: July 6, 2016

For immediate release

A technical error occurred Wednesday during the media lock-up for the release of the minutes of the June meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee. As a result of the error in the use of the Federal Reserve equipment that cuts off and enables electronic access from the media lock-up room, one media organization informed us it prematurely transmitted some embargoed information. Our technical error also resulted in some media organizations experiencing a delay in their ability to transmit information. We are reviewing our protocols and have reported the technical error to the Federal Reserve's Office of Inspector General.