Washington: Indian American law expert Nitin Shah has been appointed by President Joe Biden to the Council of the Administrative Conference of the US (ACUS). Shah, who currently serves as general counsel of the US General Services Administration (GSA), was appointed member of the ACUS along with two others: Leslie B Kiernan and Funmi Olorunnipa Badejo.
He oversees all legal matters arising before the agency, is GSA’s designated agency ethics official and manages a nationwide office of approximately 170 attorneys and staff, the White House said. During his career, Shah has focused on administrative law issues from various perspectives. He previously served in the department of justice.
In the second development, Indian-American financial expert Rohit Chopra was confirmed by the Senate to be the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Chopra, 39, would serve a five-year term at the helm of the federal consumer watchdog, Washington Post reported. The Senate voted 50 to 48 to confirm Chopra to be the head of the federal agency tasked with protecting the interests of consumers financials. The bureau regulates the offering and provision of consumer financial products or services under the federal consumer financial laws and educates and empowers consumers to make better informed financial decisions. Progressives see him as an experienced and headstrong rule maker who is not afraid to take a hard line against big banks.
