Authority and responsibilities of the Chief FOIA Officer.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 12

(a) (1) Have CFPB-wide responsibility for efficient and appropriate compliance with the FOIA; (2) Monitor implementation of the FOIA throughout the CFPB and keep the Director, the General Counsel, and the Attorney General appropriately informed of the CFPB's performance in implementing the FOIA; (3) Recommend to the Director such adjustments to agency practices, policies, personnel and funding as may be necessary to improve the Chief FOIA Officer's implementation of the FOIA; (4) Review and report to the Attorney General, through the Director, at such times and in such formats as the Attorney General may direct, on the CFPB's performance in implementing the FOIA; (5) Facilitate public understanding of the purposes of the statutory exemptions of the FOIA by including concise descriptions of the exemptions in both the CFPB's handbook and the CFPB's annual report on the FOIA, and by providing an overview, where appropriate, of certain general categories of CFPB records to which those exemptions apply; (6) Designate one or more FOIA Public Liaisons; (7) Offer Training to Bureau staff regarding their responsibilities under the FOIA; (8) Serve as the primary Bureau liaison with the Office of Government Information Services and the Office of Information Policy; and (9) Maintain and update, as necessary and in accordance with the requirements of this subpart, the CFPB's FOIA website, including its e-FOIA Library. (b)

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 12:§ 1070.23