The Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (the "Act") directs the Bureau to facilitate the coordinated collection, monitoring, and response to consumer complaints regarding certain financial products and services. The Act further provides for consumer complaint information sharing between the Bureau and State and Federal agencies ("Agencies") and for consumer complaint sharing and reporting to Congress. To fulfill these mandates, the Bureau has developed separate portals for Agencies and Congressional users as part of its secure web portal offerings (the "Government Portal" and the "Congressional Portal," respectively).
Through the portals, Agencies and Congressional offices can view consumer submitted complaint data in a user-friendly format that allows easy identification of complaints currently active in the Bureau's process, complaints referred to a prudential federal regulator and other closed/archived complaints. The portals include features for Agencies and Congressional offices to export selected complaint data and search by company, consumer name, consumer financial product and more. They also allow Agencies and Congressional offices to identify whether a named company has responded to a complaint and view the company closure response category.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.