Recently, the Fed began considering doing away with paper checks.
I wanted to contact them about this.
But their public input page will not accept input.
All it does is pulse slowly, & will not permit me to input data.
I am using a VPN. Is this the cause?
Or, is the call for input a sham?
PLEASE NOTE : this IS NOT ABOUT whether you thinks checks are good or bad. This is about why info cannot be input into this comments page.
I found a webpage that said, “Starting September 30, 2025, the federal government will stop issuing paper checks for most federal payments.” Is that what you’re thinking of?
Sorry, in looking further, this press release seems to be what you’re thinking of. (“The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday requested public input on the impact of potential strategic changes to check services provided by the Fed, as well as check usage and preferences.”) I see comments provided by other people so there must be a working way to provide input.
The VPN may well be the issue.
The other likely issue is any sort of ad blocking add-in active in your browser.
Disable all that and you’ll probably succeed.
I don’t know anything about that page, but they will accept comments via email.
Other Means: publiccomments@frb.gov. You must include the docket number - OP-1874 - in the subject line of the message.
My ad blocker has begun blocking more pages that require any kind of input on my part, even to the point of blocking login pages.
No good.
Without the VPN, I am still unable to enter information. All it does is pulse slowly, & will not permit me to input data.
What does “pulse slowly” mean? What item(s) on the page is/are pulsing? What does the word pulsing mean to you? Very few UI items anywhere on the web “pulse”.
What do you mean by “unable to enter information”? That the form never appears on your screen? That you can’t type in one or both of the two input boxes? That after you enter your information the [submit comment] button isn’t enabled? That the webpage seems not to respond after you click [submit comment] ?
Different question:
Down at the bottom just above the [submit comment] button and below the [individual] [organization] [anonymous] buttons is a box. Inside of that box on the left you should see a white checkmark in a solid green circle and the words “Success!”. Over on the right in that same box should be the word “Cloudflare” in small type below their logo of an orange puffy cloud. Plus two itty bitty links labeled Privacy and Terms. Do you see all that? If not, what do you see in the space between the other button I mentioned?
What brand of computer / phone / etc. What OS? What browser? What adblocking if any? Do you have javascript or cookies blocked? etc.
The areas where I would type in a remark give off a pales pulsing.
And I cannot enter any info.
Desktop. Win 11, Firefox.
No current adblocking during my attempts.
I bet your problem is the Cloudflare validation I mentioned that you ignored in your response.
Until your machine passes that validation, the rest of the form is locked.
I see no such items.
BTW–I was busy with the handyman.