FEDERATED INSITUTIONAL TRUST
Federated Investors Funds
5800 Corporate Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15237-7000
September 29, 1999
EDGAR Operations Branch
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
450 Fifth Street, Northwest
Washington, DC 20549
RE: FEDERATED INSTITUTIONAL TRUST (the "Registrant")
Federated Government Ultrashort Fund (the "Fund")
(formerly, Federated Institutional Short Duration Government Fund)
Institutional Shares
Institutional Service Shares
1933 Act File No. 33-54445
1940 ACT FILE NO. 811-7193
Dear Madam or Sir:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, the
above-named Registrant hereby certifies that the definitive form of prospectuses
and statement of additional information of the above-named Fund dated September
30, 1999, that would have been filed under Rule 497(c), does not differ from the
form of prospectuses and statement of additional information of the above-named
Fund contained in the most recent registration statement for the Registrant.
This registration statement was electronically filed Rule 485(b) as
Post-effective amendment No. 9 on September 28, 1999.
If you have any questions regarding this certification, please call
Heather Aland at (412) 288-1097.
Very truly yours,
/s/ C. Grant Anderson
C. Grant Anderson
Assistant Secretary
