did you guys know that you can access the Fed meeting minutes

Just found this out myself.

 

http://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomc.htm

I was actually hoping to get comments on this.  Does anyone know when they started doing this?  I was under the impression that the FED was super secretive.  Are they feeling the presure to be more open?

They've been releasing these summaries for a while. But you'll notice that, for example, the "minutes" for the meeting on Jan. 30-31 2007 weren't released until Feb. 21. Additionally the minutes themselves don't actually tell you what happened and who said what minute-by-minute in the meeting, it's just a general summary. Ron Paul would require the meetings to be recorded and available in real time.