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.