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          <Footer>[For the Federal Trade Commission statement of organization, see the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 16, Part 0]</Footer>
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            <NameColumnValue>Edith Ramirez</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Terrell McSweeny</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Maureen K. Ohlhausen</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Joshua D. Wright</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Heather Hippsley</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>David Robbins</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>D. Michael Chappell</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Deborah L. Feinstein</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Kevin Williams</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Jonathan E. Nuechterlein</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Scott Wilson</NameColumnValue>
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            <NameColumnValue>Donald S. Clark</NameColumnValue>
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        <Paragraph MissionStatmentId="111" SortOrder="1">The Federal Trade Commission protects America’s consumers and enforces laws that prohibit anticompetitive, deceptive, or unfair business practices.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41-58). The Commission comprises five members, whom the President appoints, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of 7 years. No more than three of the Commissioners may be members of the same political party. The President designates one of them as Chair of the Commission to oversee its administrative management.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>The FTC protects consumers and promotes competition in broad sectors of the economy. Its work centers on safeguarding and strengthening free and open markets and helping consumers make informed choices. The FTC performs its mission by using a variety of tools: law enforcement, rulemaking, research, studies of marketplace trends and legal developments, and consumer and business education. The FTC envisions a U.S. economy that is vigourously competive and offers accessible and accurate information to consumers, an econonmy that yields high-quality products at competitive prices and fosters efficiency, innovation, and consumer choice.</Paragraph>
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          <Heading>Competition</Heading>
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              <Paragraph>The FTC prevents anticompetitive mergers and assures that the marketplace is free from anticompetitive business practices. To achieve its goal of promoting competition, the FTC engages in six law enforcement-related activities: premerger notification, merger and joint venture enforcement, merger and joint venture compliance, nonmerger enforcement, nonmerger compliance, and antitrust policy. Policy initiatives, research, and business guidance and education also play a role in promoting competition.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>The FTC brings a variety of consumer protection cases and works with State attorneys general and other State and local consumer protection officials. To achieve its goal of protecting consumers, the FTC relies on five law enforcement functions: privacy and identity protection, financial practices, marketing practices, advertising practices, and enforcement. Policy initiatives, research, and business and consumer education also enhance protection.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>The FTC's law enforcement work covers actions to foster voluntary compliance with the law and formal administrative or Federal court litigation leading to mandatory orders against offenders.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>The FTC issues an administrative complaint or authorizes the filing of a Federal district court complaint charging a person, partnership, or corporation with violating one or more of the statutes enforced by the FTC. If the charges are not contested, settled by consent of the parties, or are found to be true after an administrative hearing or a Federal court trial, an administrative law judge or Federal court judge issues an order requiring discontinuance of the unlawful practices. Also, the FTC may request that a U.S. district court issue preliminary relief to halt allegedly unfair or deceptive practices, to prevent an anticompetitive merger or unfair methods of competition from taking place, or to prevent violations of any statute enforced by the FTC, pending the full adjudication of the matter. In Federal court, the FTC may obtain other relief, including monetary redress. An order issued after an administrative or Federal court proceeding that requires the respondent to cease and desist or take other corrective action may be appealed.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>The FTC works with other nations and international organizations to promote sound competition and consumer protection policies and provide technical assistance to enable developing competition and consumer protection agencies to perform their missions.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>A list of Federal Trade Commission regional offices is available online.</Paragraph>
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        <Header>Complaints</Header>
        <Paragraph>To file a complaint in English or Spanish, use the link below or call 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357). The FTC enters complaints into Consumer Sentinel, a secure, online database available to more than 2,000 civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad. To inform the Competition Bureau about particular business practices, call 202-326-3300, send an e-mail to antitrust@ftc.gov, or write to the Office of Policy and Coordination, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580.</Paragraph>
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        <Header>Contracts and Procurement</Header>
        <Paragraph>For information on contracts and procurement, contact the Assistant Chief Financial Officer for Acquisitions, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC 20580. Phone, 202-326-2339. Fax, 202-326-3529.</Paragraph>
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          <WebAddress>http://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/careers-ftc</WebAddress>
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        <Header>Employment</Header>
        <Paragraph>Job seekers must apply for most positions online, through the Office of Personnel Management’s application system, USAJOBS (https://my.usajobs.gov/). For employment-related information, contact the Human Capital Management Office. Phone, 202-326-2021. TTY, 202-326-3422.</Paragraph>
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        <Header>General Inquiries</Header>
        <Paragraph>To obtain general information or reach a variety of offices, contact the Federal Trade Commission at 202-326-2222.</Paragraph>
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        <Header>Publications</Header>
        <Paragraph>Free consumer and business education publications are available from the Consumer Response Center, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC 20580. Phone, 877-382-4357. TTY, 866-653-4261.</Paragraph>
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          <WebAddress>http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/events-calendar/all</WebAddress>
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        <Paragraph>Information on conferences and workshops that are open to the public is available online.</Paragraph>
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      <Footer>For further information, contact the Office of Public Affairs, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20580. Phone, 202-326-2180. Fax, 202-326-3366.</Footer>
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