Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

• Plain language report card aims to free agencies ‘bogged down by bureaucratic gibberish’

  The State and Defense departments showed the most improvement when it comes to providing publication information in understandable language.

  Management

  January 10, 2017
• Navy, NSA, NASA IT executives lead the 2017 retiree migration

  The new year brings a host of people on the move, including a new deputy CIO at the Defense Department and a familiar face leading the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s IT office.

  Reporter's Notebook

  January 09, 2017
• Ups and downs continue for GSA 18F’s identity management effort

  Multiple industry sources confirmed that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will not to take part in the pilot test that was expected to begin in 2017. That decision comes as GSA’s 18F awards Equifax a contract for identity proofing and fraud detection.

  Reporter's Notebook

  January 09, 2017
• Gaping holes in financial protections leave service members at high risk

  Agencies whose missions include protecting military members from fraud say federal laws against exploiting service members are easily circumvented. But soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines also need more education about avoiding bad financial decisions.

  Defense

  November 22, 2013
• Fannie and Freddie, March Madness lobbying, & BRAC

  On this week's Capital Impact show, Bloomberg Government analysts discuss Fannie and Freddie underwriting practices, how much colleges and universities spend on lobbying, and how BRAC is changing the area around Fort Meade. March 28, 2013

  Defense

  March 28, 2013
• Federal Drive Interviews — Jan. 31, 2013

  Mort Rosenberg of the Constitution Project details the implications of a recent court ruling on recess appointments by the Obama administration. Cameron Leuthy of Bloomberg Government talks about nine civilian agency programs that look particularly ripe for a little carving. OFPP Administrator Joe Jordan discusses data collection. Al Banghart of Deloitte Consulting LLP discusses why federal agencies and Congress are concerned about the supply chain.

  Federal Drive

  January 31, 2013
• DoD, CFPB to educate service members against rising debt

  Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the financial health of service members is important for troop readiness. A new report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau details potential problems service members are facing.

  Federal Drive

  October 19, 2012
• Two agencies team up to protect service members, families

  Officials from the Defense Department and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau signed a joint statement of shared principles.

  Federal Drive

  May 08, 2012