Question #4: The current Director of the BEP is Larry R. Felix who has been in the office since 2006. What is the name (not title) of the BEP Director's immediate supervisor. Answer #4: Rosie Rios, the Treasurer of the United States is the immediate supervisor of BEP Director Larry R. Felix. Only half of those who answered got this one right. c10ck3r 2 gsalexan 3 clayirving 3 wiggam007 4 TheNoost 3 Krispy 4 Duke Kavanaugh 1 Kasia 3 RonTerry 2 Conder101 1 Question #5: During World War II, the BEP and Forbes Lithograph Company printed Allied Military Currency Series 1943 for use in Italy. How are the notes printed by Forbes distinguishable from those printed by the BEP? Deadline for answering is Friday February 10, 2012 at 8:00pm Central. The Rules: 1. The contest will consist of a series of 20 questions about the BEP and its history. 2. One question will be posted at a time and run for five days. The closing date and time will be listed with the question. 3. Answers must be private messaged to me prior to the deadline. Answers received after the deadline will not be counted. Please do not answer on the board. 4. The correct answer will be posted when the time for answering has expired. 5. The person who answers the most questions correctly will win the first prize consisting of (1) the Durst reprint of the BEP Centennial book, (2) a CD-Rom of the Pick Catalog of World Paper Money Modern Issues and (3) a $2.00 note from the BEP 2008 series. Second prize will be the same without the Durst reprint book. Third prize will only be a $2.00 note from the BEP 2008 series. 6. If there is a tie at the end, the prize will go to the person who answered the first question correctly in the least amount of time. 7. I am the sole judge as to interpretation of the rules and whether an answer is correct. Read more: http://www.cointalk.com/t199727/#ixzz1lcXQZK4s
Let me guess, you put Geithner like I did? DOH! I looked high and low for a chain of command chart? Hey learning something new with every one of these questions! Thumbs up 'lettow'! BTW: I'm assuming the U.S. Mint Directors (Denver, Philadelphia, San Francisco, & West Point) also reports to Rios? or does Denver, San Francisco, and West Point report to Philadelphia and that (chief?) director reports to Rios?
Currently there is NOT a U.S. Mint Director. There hasn't been one appointed to the position since Ed Moy left his position in January 2011. There is only ONE U.S. Mint Director position not one for each mint branch... that is, when there actually is an appointee. Richard A. Peterson was named Deputy Director of the United States Mint on January 25, 2011. He is currently in the highest position after Director at the Mint. The Treasury.gov web site organizational structure chart. There hasn't been one that I've found there, with names on it, posted publicly for quite some time. Still, that source wouldn't have necessarily answered the round four answer.
Lettow, I would like you to reconsider not taking Timothy Geithner as the proper answer. Reasoning is this: According to http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/31C3.txt 31 USC Sec. 303 01/07/2011-EXPCITE- TITLE 31 - MONEY AND FINANCE SUBTITLE I - GENERAL CHAPTER 3 - DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY SUBCHAPTER I - ORGANIZATION-HEAD- Sec. 303. Bureau of Engraving and Printing-STATUTE- (a) The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is a bureau in the Department of the Treasury. (b) The head of the Bureau is the Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury. The Director - (1) shall carry out duties and powers prescribed by the Secretary; and (2) reports directly to the Secretary.-SOURCE- (Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 879.) I take this to mean that "reporting directly to the Secretary" (of the Treasury) means his direct boss is the Secretary of the Treasury and not any one else. Rosie Rios, although having oversight of various Bureaus, etc. is not The BEP Director's boss. And a good organizational chart showing the direct connection from the BEP to the Secretary of the Treasury/Deputy Secretary is here: http://www.netage.com/economics/gov/USTreasury-chart-top.html
