FTC departure
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
J. Howard Beales, III, director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, will leave his post on Aug. 6 to return to academia, agency announces July 16. Beales has been director since mid-2001. Under his leadership, the agency filed 258 federal district court cases and obtained orders for about $1.3 bil. in consumer redress, FTC notes. He assisted in the creation and implementation of the National Do Not Call Registry launched late last year, and more recently urged retailers and manufacturers to consider consumer privacy concerns in implementing radio frequency identification technology (1"The Rose Sheet" June 28, 2004, p. 10). Deputy Director Lydia Parnes replaces Beales as acting director. Parnes has been with the FTC since 1981, and was appointed to her current role in 1992...