| Reminders from the Department of the Treasury's Office of Consumer Policy 1) Treasury Financial Empowerment Innovation Fund
The Treasury Department's Office of Consumer Policy (OCP) is accepting proposals under the Financial Empowerment Innovation Fund to spur the development and testing of innovative strategies to increase access to financial services and improve financial decision making skills. OCP is eager to support pilots and tests of new products and approaches, including those under development, and to fund evaluations of existing interventions, strategies and products. Go to http://www.treasury.gov/InnovationFund for the official request for proposals. OCP will award approximately $6 million via contracts for research, pilots and evaluations in three broad areas: payments (particularly government payments); higher education decision-making, and financial capability. Applicants will submit brief "white papers" by June 27. Those with the most promising ideas will be requested to submit full proposals by August 13. The competition is open to for-profit as well as non-profit organizations. 2) Public Briefing on the Treasury Innovation Fund
Treasury will host a public briefing on the Innovation Fund and procedures for submitting proposals on Thursday, May 29 from 12:45 – 2:00 p.m. at the Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20220. Interested individuals are invited to participate in person or via webcast. Registration information is available at http://www.treasury.gov/InnovationFund and below. Register to Participate in Person
Registration will close at COB Tuesday, May 27, 2014, or earlier if capacity is reached. Space is limited, so please register early. Send an email note to InnovationFund@Treasury.gov with the following building clearance information: - Full Name as it appears on the government issued identification you plan to carry with you on May 29.
- Contact information (email address and phone number)
- Date of birth
- Social Security Number
- County of citizenship, if other than the U.S.
Note: If you prefer to provide the above information via telephone, please send an email note to that effect to InnovationFund@Treasury.gov. Provide your name and telephone number and someone will be in touch to confirm you clearance information. Register to Participate via Interactive Webinar
Send an email note to InnovationFund@Treasury.gov providing your name and contact information. To sign-up for updates about the Innovation Fund, send your name and contact information to .InnovationFund@Treasury.gov Public Accommodations
To be compliant with section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, if you require any of the following: visual, audio, mobile, please contact Marcia Wilson at (202) 622-8177 or by email at Marcia.Wilson@treasury.gov. Questions?
Contact Christian Maynard at Christian.Maynard@Treasury.gov or Jim Gatz at jim.gatz@treasury.gov and (202) 622-3946. 3) Last Chance to Register for the Public Meeting of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission
The next public meeting of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission will be held on Thursday, May 29, 2014, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time at the Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C. The meeting will include updates on recent financial capability research by member federal agencies and a discussion on retirement savings and the young. Registration & Deadline
Registration will close on Thursday, May 22, 2014 or once registration reaches a capacity of 170 attendees. To register, attendees will need to provide a full name, date of birth and Social Security Number. For entry into the building on the date of the meeting, attendees must present a government-issued ID, such as a driver's license or passport, which includes a photo. Please use the following link to register: http://www.cvent.com/events/financial-literacy-and-education-commission/event-summary-ecb5b4eda5af487aa595deab584f7030.aspx. The public meeting will also be webcast live at: http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/Video-Audio-Webcasts/Pages/Webcasts.aspx. You do not need to register to view the webcast. Public Accommodations
To be compliant with section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, if you require any of the following: visual, audio, mobile, please contact Marcia Wilson at (202) 622-8177 or by email at Marcia.Wilson@treasury.gov. Questions?
If you have questions regarding this meeting, please email ofe@treasury.gov.
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