Beales resigns from FTC consumer protection post.(Field Reports)(J. Howard Beales III resigns from Federal Trade Commission)(Brief Article)

Response, September, 2004

WASHINGTON -- In mid-July, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that J. Howard Beales III, director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, would be leaving his position at the Bureau to return to academic life as associate professor of strategic management and public policy at George Washington University. Beales stepped down on August 6.

Lydia B. Parnes, deputy director of the Bureau, has been named acting director.

"Howard has been an invaluable member of my senior management team and a trusted colleague," Muris says. "Under Howard's leadership, the Bureau of Consumer Protection aggressively attacked fraud and deception; strengthened consumer protections in critical areas such as privacy, telemarketing and identity theft; and implemented...

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