ALBANY — The Federal Communications
Commission inspector general's office on Monday changed course by agreeing to assist state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in a probe into fake
comments submitted
during a public
comment period on a net neutrality measure.
The Bureau received over 2,800
comments on the TILA - RESPA proposal
during the
comment period from, among others, consumer advocacy groups; national, State, and regional industry trade associations; banks; community banks; credit unions; financial companies; mortgage brokers; title insurance underwriters; title insurance agents and companies; settlement agents; escrow agents; law firms; document software companies; loan origination software companies; appraisal management companies; appraisers; State housing finance authorities, counseling associations, and intermediaries; State attorneys general; associations of State financial services regulators; State bar associations; government sponsored enterprises (GSEs); a member of the U.S. Congress; the Committee on Small Business of the U.S. House of Representatives; Federal agencies, including the staff of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, the Bureau of Economics, and the Office of Policy Planning of the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC staff), and the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration (SBA); and individual consumers and academics.