The Financial Literacy and Education Commission (the Commission)
was established under Title V, the Financial Literacy and
Education Improvement Act, which was part of the Fair and
Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003, to improve financial
literacy and education of persons in the United States.
The principal duties of the Commission include: (1) encouraging
government and private sector efforts to promote financial
literacy; (2) coordinating financial education efforts of
the federal government, including the identification and
promotion of best practices; (3) the development of a national
strategy to promote financial literacy and education among
all American consumers; (4) the establishment of a website
to serve as a clearinghouse and provide a coordinated point
of entry for information about federal financial literacy
and education programs, grants, and other information; and
(5) the establishment of a toll-free hotline available to
members of the public seeking information about issues pertaining
to financial literacy and education.
Date/Time: September 22, 2004 at 10:30 am
Location: U.S. Department of the Treasury - Cash Room
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.
Washington, DC 20220
RSVP: To be admitted to the Treasury building, an attendee must
RSVP by providing
his or her name, organization, phone number, date of birth,
Social
Security number and country of citizenship to the Department of the
Treasury by e-mail at: FLECrsvp@do.treas.gov,
or by telephone at: (202) 622-1783 (not a toll-free number) not later than 5
p.m. on Wednesday,
September 15, 2004.
For additional information, please visit the Federal
Register Notice.
Previous Meetings
May 20, 2004
January 29, 2004
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