[United States Government Manual]
[September 15, 2009]
[Pages 393-395]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY

1700 G Street NW., Washington, DC 20552
Phone, 866-796-5595. Internet, www.fhfa.gov.
DIRECTOR                                          Edward J. DeMarco, 
                                                          Acting
Senior Deputy Director and Chief Operating        Stephen M. Cross, 
        Office                                            Acting
Deputy Director for Enterprise Regulation         Chris Dickerson
Deputy Director for Federal Home Loan Bank        Stephen M. Cross
        Regulation
Inspector General                                 (vacancy)
General Counsel                                   Alfred M. Pollard
Senior Associate Director and Chief Accountant    Wanda DeLeo
Senior Associate Director for Conservatorship     Jeffrey Spohn
Associate Director, Office of External Relations  Peter Brereton

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Associate Director and Chief Economist, Office    Patrick J. Lawler
        of Policy Analysis and Research
Associate Director, Office of Management          Myrtle S. Habersham
        Planning
Chief Administrative Officer                      David A. Lee
Chief Financial Officer                           Mark Kinsey
Chief Human Capital Officer                       Janet Murphy
Chief Information Officer                         Kevin Winkler
Chief Strategic Planning                          (vacancy)

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The Federal Housing and Finance Agency works to promote a stable and 
liquid mortgage market, affordable housing, and community investment 
through safety and soundness oversight of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and 
the Federal Home Loan Banks.
The Federal Housing and Finance Agency (FHFA) was established by the 
Federal Housing Finance Regulatory Reform Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 4501 et 
seq.) as an independent agency in the executive branch. The FHFA is the 
result from the merger of the Federal Housing Finance Board and the 
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, as well as the transfer 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's government-
sponsored enterprise mission team into the agency.
    FHFA is managed by a Director who is appointed by the President and 
confirmed by the Senate. The FHFA Director also serves as the Chairman 
of the Federal Housing Oversight Board, a newly created advisory board 
that testifies before Congress on the status of the Federal housing 
market enterprises. The Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, and the Securities and Exchange 
Commission Chairman are also members of the Board.
    FHFA was created to ensure the security and supervision of Fannie 
Mae, Freddie Mac, the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks, and the Office of 
Finance. The agency's increased regulatory powers and affordable housing 
goals were designed to restore confidence in the 14 government-sponsored 
loan enterprises, enabling these entities to provide more effective 
assistance to troubled mortgage markets.

Activities

In futherance of affordable housing and community investment goals, FHFA 
practices prudential oversight to strengthen vital components of the 
Nation's secondary mortgage markets, ensuring:
    --maintenance of adequate capital and internal controls;
    --operations that foster efficient, competitive, and resilient 
national housing finance markets, including activities relating to 
mortgages on housing for low- and moderate-income families;
    --compliance with the rules, regulations, guidelines, and orders 
issued by FHFA and the authorizing statutes; and
    --lending practices consistent with the public interest.

Sources of Information

Employment   Inquiries and application for employment should be directed 
to the Office of Human Resources Management, FHFA, 1625 I Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20006 or through the agency Web site www.fhfa.gov.
Publications   Written requests for copies of publications may be 
directed to the Office of External Relations, FHFA, 1700 G Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20552 or emailed to [email protected].
Public Records   Many FHFA records are available on the FHFA Web site, 
www.fhfa.gov. Inquiries about other records available to the public, 
including those available under the Freedom of Information Act, should 
be directed by email to the Chief FOIA Officer at [email protected].

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For further information, contact the Office of External Relations, 
Federal Housing Finance Agency, 1625 I Street NW., Washington, DC 20006. 
Phone, 866-796-5595. Internet, www.fhfa.gov. Email, [email protected].

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EDITORIAL NOTE: The Federal Labor Relations Authority did not meet the 
publication deadline for submitting updated information of its 
activities, functions, and sources of information as required by the 
automatic disclosure provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (5 
U.S.C. 552(a)(1)(A)).

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