John C. Dugan

John C. Dugan is the current and 29th Comptroller of the Currency for the United States Department of the Treasury.

The Comptroller of the Currency is the administrator of national banks and chief officer of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The OCC supervises more than 1,600 federally chartered commercial banks and about 50 federal branches and agencies of foreign banks in the United States (as of September 30, 2008), comprising more than half the assets of the commercial banking system. The Comptroller also serves as a director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, and NeighborWorks America. In September 2007, Comptroller Dugan was appointed Chairman of the Joint Forum, which is a group of senior financial sector regulators from the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, and Australia that deals with issues common to the banking, securities, and insurance industries, including supervision of conglomerates.

Comptroller Dugan was the assistant secretary for domestic finance in 1992 and served in Department of the Treasury from 1989 to 1993. Before that he was minority counsel and minority general counsel for the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, from 1985 to 1989. He also served as director of Minbanc, a charitable organization, and was a member of the American Bar Association's committee on banking law.

He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, with a JD from Harvard Law School. Mr. Dugan is married with two children.

News and Information

* [http://www.occ.gov/ftp/release/2008-105.htm Agencies Release Joint Mortgage Metrics Report For the Second Quarter of 2008] - September 12, 2008
* [http://www.occ.gov/ftp/release/2008-66.htm OCC Survey Finds Bank Underwriting Standards Tighten] - June 12, 2008
* [http://www.occ.gov/ftp/release/2008-65.htm Comptroller Dugan Unveils New OCC Mortgage Metrics Report] - June 11, 2008
* [http://www.occ.gov/ftp/release/2008-44.htm Comptroller Says Lessons Learned from Last Downturn Will Help OCC Deal with Problems in the Current Environment] - April 16, 2008
* [http://www.occ.gov/ftp/release/2008-38.htm Comptroller Comments on Proposed FHA Housing Stabilization and Homeownership Retention Act of 2008] - April 9, 2008
* [http://www.occ.gov/ftp/release/2008-16.htm Comptroller Dugan Responds to Gov. Spitzer] - February 14, 2008
* [http://www.occ.gov/ftp/release/2008-9.htm Comptroller Dugan Expresses Concern About Commercial Real Estate Concentrations] - January 31, 2008
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* [http://www.occ.gov/annrpt/annual.htm OCC Annual Report for FY 2007] - January 10, 2008
* [http://www.occ.gov/ftp/release/2007-133.htm OCC Supports Efforts To Establish A Single, Toll-Free Number for Bank Customers Seeking Regulator Assistance] - December 12, 2007
* [http://www.occ.gov/ftp/release/2007-132.htm Comptroller Dugan Commends Plan to Assist Subprime Borrowers] - December 6, 2007
* [http://www.occ.gov/ftp/release/2007-131.htm Comptroller Dugan Testifies on Accelerating Loan Modifications to Help Troubled Borrowers] - December 6, 2007
* [http://www.occ.gov/ftp/release/2007-111.htm Comptroller Dugan Tells Conference that Consumers Will Benefit From More Unified Interagency Approach to Complaint Handling] - October 15, 2007
* [http://www.occ.gov/ftp/release/2007-101.htm Comptroller of the Currency John C. Dugan named Chairman of Joint Forum] - September 24, 2007
* [http://www.helpwithmybank.gov/ OCC Launches HelpWithMyBank.gov to Assist Customers of National Banks] - July 26, 2007
* [http://www.occ.gov/ftp/release/2007-57.htm Comptroller Dugan Tells House Committee that OCC Supervision Plays Critical Role In Ensuring National Bank Compliance with Federal Consumer Protection Standards] - July 13, 2007
* [http://www.occ.gov/ftp/release/2006-121a.pdf Comptroller Dugan Tells Bankers that Managing Risk in Derivatives Markets Is Essential to Maintain Public Confidence in Nation's Financial Institutions] - November 10, 2006
* [http://www.occ.gov/annrpt/annual.htm OCC's Annual Report for FY 2006 December 2006] - January 2007
* [http://www.occ.gov/toolkit/newsrelease.aspx?Doc=4DTXZX3L.xml Comptroller Dugan Urges Key Principles of Federal Nontraditional Mortgage Guidance Apply to All Mortgage Originators] - October 17, 2006
* [http://www.occ.gov/toolkit/newsrelease.aspx?Doc=S6LR4YMW.xml Comptroller Speaks to the American Bankers Association about Credit Risk and Loan Loss Reserves ] - October 16, 2006
* [http://www.occ.gov/toolkit/newsrelease.aspx?Doc=9NTCSMUO.xml Comptroller Salutes Legislation to Raise Part 24 Community Development Investment Limit] - September 30, 2006
* [http://www.occ.gov/toolkit/newsrelease.aspx?Doc=AUEO7DE.xml Comptroller of the Currency Praises Interagency Work on Non-Traditional Mortgage Guidance ] - September 29, 2006
* [http://www.occ.gov/toolkit/newsrelease.aspx?Doc=05808KX8.xml Comptroller Dugan Tells Bankers Commercial Real Estate Concentrations Raise Concerns, but Can Be Safe if Effectively Managed] - April 6, 2006
* [http://www.occ.gov/toolkit/newsrelease.aspx?Doc=I51QIBS3.xml Comptroller Dugan Expresses Concern about Negative Amortization] - December 1, 2005
* [http://www.occ.gov/toolkit/newsrelease.aspx?Doc=EYGNGGQ3.xml Comptroller Dugan Underscores Bank Responsibility for Model Validation] - February 3, 2006

References

* [http://www.occ.treas.gov/ Comptroller of the Currency] - Comptroller of the Currency official Web site
* [http://www.helpwithmybank.gov/dugan.htm www.HelpWithMyBank.gov] - National Bank Customer Assistance Web site
* [http://www.occ.treas.gov/dugan.htm John C. Dugan] - Official Biography of Comptroller of the Currency John C. Dugan