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Trade (FTC)
- FTC Warns: Ineffective Bed Bug Treatments Can Take a Bite Out of Consumers' WalletsWith the resurgence of bed bugs in the United States, the Federal Trade Commission urges consumers to be cautious when shopping for products that are touted as remedies or ways of preventing bed bug infestations. […]
- FTC Warns: Ineffective Bed Bug Treatments Can Take a Bite Out of Consumers' Wallets
Commerce News
- Press Release: NTIA Releases IPv6 "Readiness Tool"NTIA urged businesses to prepare for the transition to Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), an updated Internet addressing system, with the release of a new "IPv6 Readiness Tool." […]
- Press Release: NTIA Releases IPv6 "Readiness Tool"
Small Business News
- Letter dated 4/7/11 - Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Corps of EngineersLetter Date: Thursday, April 7, 2011 Landing page summary: Proposal To Reissue and Modify Nationwide Permits; Notice April 7, 2011 Printer Friendly Version read more […]
- Letter dated 4/7/11 - Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
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- S. 627, Faster FOIA Act of 2011Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 7, 2011 […]
- H.R. 1217, a bill to repeal the Prevention and Public Health FundCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 5, 2011 […]
- H.R. 1216, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from a direct appropriation to an authorization of appropriationsCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 5, 2011 […]
- S. 627, Faster FOIA Act of 2011
Banking
- OCC Appoints Receiver for Western Springs National Bank and TrustThe Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver for Western Springs National Bank and Trust, Western Springs, Illinois. […]
- OCC Appoints Receiver for Western Springs National Bank and Trust
Matz Named FFIEC Chair
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) has taken the helm at the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)1 for the first time in more than 20 years. Debbie Matz, Chairman of the NCUA Board, is now the Chairman of FFIEC for a two-year term. Matz succeeds Sheila C. Bair, Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). FFIEC also named acting Comptroller of the Currency John Walsh as its new Vice Chairman.
“First, I want to thank Sheila Bair for her outstanding leadership of FFIEC during the last two years,” said Chairman Matz. “FFIEC’s leadership transition from the FDIC to NCUA comes at an extraordinarily important time for the regulation of all insured financial institutions. I look forward to working with my distinguished colleagues in continuing the FFIEC mandate of promoting uniformity in the supervision of these institutions. I am confident that, working together, we will address many of the challenges now facing consumers and the financial services industry.”
The FFIEC was created by the Federal Financial Institutions Regulatory and Interest Rate Control Act of 1978, which consists of the heads of the National Credit Union Administration, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of Thrift Supervision, to make recommendations to promote uniformity in the supervision of financial institutions. In 2006 the State Liaison Committee (SLC) Chairman was made a voting member of the FFIEC. The SLC consists of five representatives of state banking agencies that supervise financial institutions and members are designated from the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, the American Council of State Savings Supervisors, the National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors, and the FFIEC for two-year terms.
Mrs. Matz became the eighth NCUA Board Chairman on August 24, 2009. Mrs. Matz previously served as an NCUA Board Member from January 2002 to October 2005. She has held numerous positions in the legislative and executive branches of government in addition to holding the position of EVP/COO of a large federal credit union from 2006 to 2008