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Domestic Finance

            Consumer Policy

The Office of Consumer Policy leads the Department’s work to ensure that every American has access to safe and affordable financial products and services, and clear information that enables individuals to make sound financial decisions. The office is engaged in policy development in the areas of consumer financial education and capability; emerging payments platforms; technology to improve consumers’ financial choices; systems to ensure privacy and data security; and related topics. In support of this work, the office provides leadership for the Federal interagency Task Force on Smart Disclosure, the Federal Financial Literacy and Education Commission, and coordinates the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability.
For financial capability resources, please visit the Financial Education and FInancial Access resource center.

External resources

MyMoney.Gov (the one stop shop for the federal government’s financial education resources)
FLECNationalNetwork.org (comprised of financial literacy materials submitted by state and local governments and associations of these governments)
Financial Literacy and Education Commission
FLEC is a statutorily- created commission representing over 20 agencies and bureaus of the federal government. It is chaired by the Secretary of the Treasury and made up of the heads of  the member agencies, which are: the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; the Office of Thrift Supervision; the Federal Reserve; the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; the National Credit Union Administration; the Securities and Exchange Commission; the Departments of Education, Agriculture, Defense, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Labor, and Veterans Affairs; the Federal Trade Commission; the General Services Administration; the Small Business Administration; the Social Security Administration; the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; the Office of Personnel Management and its newest member, the White House Office of Public Engagement.  The Commission is coordinated by the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Financial Education.  

President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability
The Council, which was established by an executive order from President Obama, will be made up of leading non-profit, private sector, and academics who will provide advice to the President through the Secretary of Treasury. It is the successor to President Bush’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy, which laid important groundwork in the field.

If you wish to contact the Office of Financial Education and Financial Access (OFEFA), please fill out the web form located here.
 
You can also reach the OFEFA Technical Assistance Center by telephone by calling (202) 622-9372.
 
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