Renewal of Academic Research Council, 15993 [2023-05178]
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Financial Protection Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2023–05184 Filed 3–14–23; 8:45 am]
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BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL
PROTECTION
Renewal of Academic Research
Council
Bureau of Consumer Financial
Protection.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau (Bureau), after
consultation with the Committee
Management Secretariat of the General
Services Administration, will renew the
Academic Research Council (the
committee or the ARC) effective on
March 15, 2023. The ARC will provide
the Bureau with advice about its
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strategic research planning process and
research agenda, including views on the
research that the Bureau should conduct
relating to consumer financial products
or services, consumer behavior, costbenefit analysis, or other topics to
enable the agency to further its statutory
purposes and objectives; provide the
Office of Research with technical advice
and feedback on research
methodologies, data collection
strategies, and methods of analysis,
including methodologies and strategies
for quantifying the costs and benefits of
regulatory actions; and serve as peer
reviewers of policy-determinative
research conducted by the Bureau.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kimberley Medrano, Acting Staff
Director, Advisory Board and Councils
Section, Office of Stakeholder
Management, Consumer Education and
External Affairs Division, at 202–590–
6736, or Kimberley.Medrano@cfpb.gov.
If you require this document in an
alternative electronic format, please
contact CFPB_Accessibility@cfpb.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA) (5 U.S.C. 10), the Bureau hereby
gives notice of renewal of the Academic
Research Council, effective
immediately. The ARC is a discretionary
committee being renewed for the
purposes of compliance with FACA.
This committee is being renewed
concurrently with the publication of
this notice by filing a charter with the
Director of the Bureau, the Committee
Management Secretariat of the General
Services Administration, the Library of
Congress, the Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
United States Senate, and the
Committee on Financial Services of the
United States House of Representatives.
The charter will also be posted on the
Bureau’s website at
www.consumerfinance.gov. This charter
will expire two years after the filing date
unless renewed by appropriate action.
The ARC will (1) provide the Bureau
with advice about its strategic research
planning process and research agenda,
including views on the research that the
Bureau should conduct relating to
consumer financial products or services,
consumer behavior, cost-benefit
analysis, or other topics to enable the
agency to further its statutory purposes
and objectives; (2) provide the Office of
Research with technical advice and
feedback on research methodologies,
data collection strategies, and methods
of analysis, including methodologies
and strategies for quantifying the costs
and benefits of regulatory actions; and,
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(3) serve as peer reviewers of policydeterminative research conducted by
the Bureau.
The duties of the ARC are solely
advisory and shall extend only to its
submission of advice and
recommendations to the Bureau.
Statements made by members of the
committee shall not constitute official
agency policy or guidance. No
determination of fact or policy will be
made by the committee, and the
committee will have no formal decisionmaking role.
In appointing members to the
committee, the Director shall seek to
assemble members who are economic
experts and academics with diverse
points of view such as experienced
economists with a strong research and
publishing or practitioner background,
and a record of involvement in research
and public policy, including public or
academic service. Additionally,
members should be prominent experts
who are recognized for their
professional achievements and rigorous
economic analysis including those
specializing in household finance,
finance, financial education, labor
economics, industrial organization,
public economics, and law and
economics; and experts from related
social sciences related to the Bureau’s
mission. In particular, the Director will
seek to identify academics with strong
methodological and technical expertise
in structural or reduced form
econometrics; modeling of consumer
decision-making; survey and random
controlled trial methods; cost-benefit
analysis; welfare economics and
program evaluation; or marketing.
The ARC shall consist of at least
seven members. All members appointed
by the Director shall serve at the
pleasure of the Director. Committee
members will be designated as Special
Government Employees. Equal
opportunity practices in accordance
with the Bureau’s policies shall be
followed in all appointments to the
committee.
Emily Ross,
Acting Deputy Chief of Staff, Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2023–05178 Filed 3–14–23; 8:45 am]
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ACTION: Notice.
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BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION
Renewal of Academic Research Council
AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau), after
consultation with the Committee Management Secretariat of the General
Services Administration, will renew the Academic Research Council (the
committee or the ARC) effective on March 15, 2023. The ARC will provide
the Bureau with advice about its strategic research planning process
and research agenda, including views on the research that the Bureau
should conduct relating to consumer financial products or services,
consumer behavior, cost-benefit analysis, or other topics to enable the
agency to further its statutory purposes and objectives; provide the
Office of Research with technical advice and feedback on research
methodologies, data collection strategies, and methods of analysis,
including methodologies and strategies for quantifying the costs and
benefits of regulatory actions; and serve as peer reviewers of policy-
determinative research conducted by the Bureau.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kimberley Medrano, Acting Staff
Director, Advisory Board and Councils Section, Office of Stakeholder
Management, Consumer Education and External Affairs Division, at 202-
590-6736, or [email protected]. If you require this document
in an alternative electronic format, please contact
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. 10), the Bureau hereby
gives notice of renewal of the Academic Research Council, effective
immediately. The ARC is a discretionary committee being renewed for the
purposes of compliance with FACA. This committee is being renewed
concurrently with the publication of this notice by filing a charter
with the Director of the Bureau, the Committee Management Secretariat
of the General Services Administration, the Library of Congress, the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the United States
Senate, and the Committee on Financial Services of the United States
House of Representatives. The charter will also be posted on the
Bureau's website at www.consumerfinance.gov. This charter will expire
two years after the filing date unless renewed by appropriate action.
The ARC will (1) provide the Bureau with advice about its strategic
research planning process and research agenda, including views on the
research that the Bureau should conduct relating to consumer financial
products or services, consumer behavior, cost-benefit analysis, or
other topics to enable the agency to further its statutory purposes and
objectives; (2) provide the Office of Research with technical advice
and feedback on research methodologies, data collection strategies, and
methods of analysis, including methodologies and strategies for
quantifying the costs and benefits of regulatory actions; and, (3)
serve as peer reviewers of policy-determinative research conducted by
the Bureau.
The duties of the ARC are solely advisory and shall extend only to
its submission of advice and recommendations to the Bureau. Statements
made by members of the committee shall not constitute official agency
policy or guidance. No determination of fact or policy will be made by
the committee, and the committee will have no formal decision-making
role.
In appointing members to the committee, the Director shall seek to
assemble members who are economic experts and academics with diverse
points of view such as experienced economists with a strong research
and publishing or practitioner background, and a record of involvement
in research and public policy, including public or academic service.
Additionally, members should be prominent experts who are recognized
for their professional achievements and rigorous economic analysis
including those specializing in household finance, finance, financial
education, labor economics, industrial organization, public economics,
and law and economics; and experts from related social sciences related
to the Bureau's mission. In particular, the Director will seek to
identify academics with strong methodological and technical expertise
in structural or reduced form econometrics; modeling of consumer
decision-making; survey and random controlled trial methods; cost-
benefit analysis; welfare economics and program evaluation; or
marketing.
The ARC shall consist of at least seven members. All members
appointed by the Director shall serve at the pleasure of the Director.
Committee members will be designated as Special Government Employees.
Equal opportunity practices in accordance with the Bureau's policies
shall be followed in all appointments to the committee.
Emily Ross,
Acting Deputy Chief of Staff, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2023-05178 Filed 3-14-23; 8:45 am]
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