The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, with the concurrence of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), is amending the Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in order to allow employees' spouses and minor children to acquire otherwise prohibited securities when they are acquired as part of compensation packages in connection with their employment. The amendment is being made retroactively effective as of the effective date of the FDIC's supplemental standards.