The CFTC is committed to transparency in the rulemaking process. Information on all meetings that Chairman Gensler and Commission staff have with outside organizations regarding the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act will be made public. The topics of the meetings, attendees, summaries of the meetings and any materials presented to the CFTC can be found here.
The CFTC implemented new transparency efforts on September 4, 2009, when it began disaggregating the data in its weekly Commitments of Traders (COT) reports and began releasing index investment data collected from an ongoing special call on swap dealers and index traders in the futures markets. For the first time, we broke out managed money and swaps in our COT reports and released information on index investment to give the public a better view of trading activity in the futures markets.
Transparency in reporting our data has always been a priority at the CFTC. Our Market Reports page lists all of our reports released on a weekly, monthly or annual basis to provide information to industry participants and the public about the futures and options markets. We are showcasing three of our high-value datasets on www.data.gov in participation with the Open Government Directive to promote informed participation by the public and create economic opportunity.
Semiannual Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions from Reginfo.gov
The Lobbying Disclosure Act, Public Law 104-65 imposes disclosure and registration requirements on lobbyists who contact covered legislative and executive branch officials. It also requires that a "covered executive branch official" who is contacted by a lobbyist disclose the fact that he or she is a covered executive branch official upon the request of the person making the lobbying contact. "Covered executive branch officials" are:
Generally, the Act applies to Presidential appointees requiring Senate confirmation (PAS) and Schedule C employees, but does not apply to members of the SES (unless they meet the criteria in C or D, above).
Presidential appointees requiring Senate confirmation (PAS) | |
Gary Gensler | Chairman |
Jill Sommers | Commissioner |
Bart Chilton | Commissioner |
Scott O’Malia | Commissioner |
Mark Wetjen | Commissioner |
Schedule C employees | |
John Riley | Director of Legislative Affairs |
Steven Adamske | Director of Public Affairs |
Stephanie Allen | Public Affairs Specialist (Speechwriter) |
Clay Pederson | Special Assistant to Commissioner Chilton |
Shonneice Jones | Administrative Assistant to Commissioner O’Malia |
Sharon Floyd | Administrative Assistant to Commissioner Sommers |
Danielle Barrett | Administrative Assistant to Commissioner Wetjen |
For questions or comments about the CFTC's Transparency initiatiave, please contact us.