Obama to Nominate Richard Cordray as Head of Consumer Agency
President Barack Obama will announce today his intent to nominate Richard Cordray to serve as the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Cordray is a former Ohio attorney general...
View ArticleConsumer Financial Protection Bureau Launches, Chief Nominated
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau commenced operations yesterday and President Barack Obama has nominated former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to lead the new agency, the AP reports....
View ArticleOffice of Thrift Supervision Closing Down
The Office of Thrift Supervision’s functions, including the regulation of federal savings associations, have moved to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the OCC announced Wednesday. Section...
View ArticleConsumer Watchdog Nominee Facing Senate Committee
Richard Cordray, the nominee to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, will be considered by the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday. Congress returns from its August vacation this week and...
View ArticleSenate Banking Panel Approves Cordray, White Nominations
The Senate Banking Committee has approved the nominations of Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Mary Jo White to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission, Politico...
View ArticleRichard Cordray Confirmed to Head Consumer Watchdog Agency
The Senate confirmed Richard Cordray in a 66-34 vote Tuesday as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ending a two-year hold on his nomination, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. Carter...
View Article18F: Structure, Skills, Culture Key to Build Govt Design Teams
The formation of a government design team presents additional challenges due to the nature of the government organization with a distributed workforce, regulations and other factors that could limit...
View ArticleAdewale Adeyem Appointed Deputy National Security Adviser on Int’l Economic...
Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo, deputy director of the National Economic Council, will succeed Caroline Atkinson as the president’s deputy national security adviser for international economic affairs, the...
View ArticleConsumer Financial Protection Bureau Names New CIO, CFO in Series of Exec Moves
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has appointed Jerry Horton, former chief information officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development, as the bureau’s CIO and promoted deputy chief...
View ArticleOMB Director Mick Mulvaney Named Acting Director of Consumer Financial...
President Donald Trump has assigned Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The White House said Friday Mulvaney...
View ArticleReport: Trump Taps Kathy Kraninger to Lead Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Kathy Kraninger, an associate director at the Office of Management and Budget, has been picked by President Donald Trump to serve as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Bloomberg...
View ArticleOMB Director Mick Mulvaney Named Interim White House Chief of Staff
Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, has been selected by President Donald Trump to serve as White House chief of staff on an acting basis, The Washington Post reported...
View ArticleGAO Assesses Public Commenter Identity Management
The Government Accountability Office has assessed federal agencies' efforts to manage identities of those who comment on public policy. GAO discovered that seven of 10 sample agencies observe internal...
View ArticleDonna Roy to Leave DHS for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Donna Roy, executive director at the Department of Homeland Security's Information Sharing and Services Office, will leave DHS to join the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Fedscoop reported...
View ArticleWally Adeyemo Confirmed as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; Janet Yellen Quoted
Wally Adeyemo, formerly president of the Obama Foundation, has received Senate confirmation to serve as the Department of the Treasury's deputy secretary. His professional record includes work that has...
View ArticleCensus Bureau Helps Other Agencies Run Their Own Data Programs; Drew Zachary...
The U.S. Census Bureau is assigning technology teams to help other agencies establish their own data sprint programs. Drew Zachary, director of the Census Bureau's Opportunity Project, said she is...
View ArticleReport: President Biden Considers Richard Cordray for Federal Reserve’s Top...
President Biden is considering nominating Richard Cordray, former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, to serve as vice-chairman of banking supervision at the Federal Reserve, The Wall...
View ArticleClare Martorana: Federal Agencies to Welcome Inaugural Class of 40 Digital...
The Biden administration will announce later in June the inaugural cohort of more than 40 U.S. Digital Corps fellows who will work on projects at 13 agencies to improve government services and advance...
View ArticleConsumer Watchdog Agency Needs More Skilled Technologists
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is looking for specialists who can help the agency develop technology-based strategies and platforms for agency-wide investigative and policymaking efforts....
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