The CFPB has issued a request for information that seeks comment on its public and non-public external engagements, including field hearings, town halls, roundtables, and meetings of the CFPB’s advisory groups.  Comments on the RFI must be received by May 29, 2018.

In the RFI, the CFPB seeks feedback on all aspects of conducting future external engagements, including the following specific areas of interest:

• Strategies for seeking public and private feedback from diverse external stakeholders
• Structures for convening diverse external stakeholders and the public in ways that maximize public participation and constructive input
• Processes for transparency in determining topics, locations, timing, frequency, participants and other elements of public and private events
• Vehicles for soliciting public and private perspectives from outside D.C.