The lengthy pledge states in part that the CFPB's "goal is to work collaboratively with the entities to review entities' processesfor compliance and/or remedy existing problems," and the agency "is doing so by encouraging self-reporting and resolving issues in Supervision, where feasible, instead of via Enforcement." CFPB Union president Cat Farman inquired: "Is this fan fiction I'm reading? What's next, 'Russell Vought Tells CFPB Examiners to Serve Tea to Their Wall Street Masters in Tiny French Maid Aprons'?"
President Trump nominated Stuart Levenbach as the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, choosing a person who has no banking or financial services experience to run a bureau that has been effectively inoperable since Trump was sworn into office. Levenbach is currently an associate director inside the Office of Management and Budget, handling issues related to natural resources, energy, science and water issues.
The infosec program run by the US' Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) "is not effective," according to a fresh audit published by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG). A summary of the report, dated October 31 and published on Monday, stated that since the OIG's previous audit, the CFPB's overall cybersecurity posture has decreased from level-4 maturity, defined as "managed and measurable," to level-2 maturity - "defined."
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau saw nearly 1,500 employees terminated following a federal appeals court ruling, drastically reducing its staffing during ongoing legal disputes.