Federal Labor Relations Authority

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356 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL

The Federal Housing and Finance Agency

(FHFA) was established by the Housing

and Economic Recovery Act of 2008

(Public Law 110–289, 122 Stat. 2654) as

an independent agency in the executive

branch. The FHFA is the result of the

merger of the Federal Housing Finance

Board and the Off‌ice of Federal Housing

Enterprise Oversight, and the transfer of

the Department of Housing and Urban

Development’s Government-sponsored

enterprise mission team.

FHFA is managed by a Director

who is appointed by the President and

conf‌irmed by the Senate. FHFA’s Director

also serves as the Chairman of the

Federal Housing Oversight Board. The

Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary

of Housing and Urban Development,

and the Chairman of the Securities and

Exchange Commission are also members

of the Board. Since 2009, the Agency has

had an Acting Director in place.

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

and enable these entities to provide more

effective assistance to troubled mortgage

markets.

Activities

FHFA practices oversight to strengthen

vital components of the Nation’s

secondary mortgage markets. It oversees

maintenance of adequate capital and

internal controls; operations that foster

eff‌icient, competitive, and resilient

national housing f‌inance markets,

including activities related to home

mortgages 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 employment

applications should be directed to the

Off‌ice of Human Resources Management,

FHFA, Constitution Center, 400 7th Street

SW., Washington, DC 20024; or visit our

Web site at www.fhfa.gov. Job postings

may also be found at www.usajobs.com.

Publications FHFA posts its publications

for download on its Web site at www.

fhfa.gov. The Agency generally does not

mail hard copies, but all requests are

considered. Written requests for copies

of publications may be addressed to

the Off‌ice of Congressional Affairs and

Communications at FHFA, Constitution

Center, 400 7th Street SW., Washington,

DC 20024, or emailed to fhfainfo@fhfa.

gov.

Public Records Many FHFA records

are available on online at 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 foia@fhfa.gov.

For further information, contact the Off‌ice of Congressional Affairs and Communications, Federal Housing

Finance Agency, 400 7th Street SW.,Washington, DC 20024. Phone, 866–796–5595. Email, fhfainfo@fhfa.

gov. Internet, http://www.fhfa.gov.

FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

1400 K Street NW., Washington,DC 20005

Phone, 202–218–7770. Internet, http://www.f‌lra.gov.

Chair CAROL W. POPE

Members THOMAS M. BECK,ERNEST DUBESTER

Executive Director SONNA STAMPONE

Chief Counsel SUE MCCLUSKEY

Director, Case Intake Off‌ice/Legal Publications GINA GRIPPANDO