Federal Trade Commission

In today’s Federal Newscast, Senator Josh Hawley unveils a plan to give the Federal Trade Commission more authority to help regulate companies like Facebook and Google.

For a long time the Federal Trade Commission has issued data security orders to companies that fail to protect consumers’ private information.

Watchdog ponders overwhelming amount of fake online reviews.

Attorney Bruce Hoffman joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for an exit interview.

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Federal Trade Commission said complaints about scammers pretending to be from the government reached the highest levels on record this spring.

Bipartisan support is growing for a proposed bill to remove barriers to federal employment for people with a criminal record.

Government has the job of being an honest broker of information, if agencies can stay open to issue it.

Raghav Vajjhala, the chief information officer of the FTC, said a new blanket purchase agreement with four vendors will help the agency take a low risk approach to IT modernization.

The FTC’s Rosario Mendez discusses the actions taken by the agency to inform and protect small businesses from scams.

The Federal Trade Commission’s Nat Wood discusses actions taken by the agency to combat robo calls, grandparent scams, identity theft and a host of other frauds targeting consumers.