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December 01, 2015

NAFCU-sought defense database review to be conducted

A NAFCU-sought study on the reliability of the Defense Manpower Data Center database is now mandated by the defense authorization bill signed into law by the president late last month.

NAFCU worked on the provision requiring the study with Reps. Denny Heck, D-Wash., and Steve Stivers, R-Ohio. The Defense Department would also be required to report on the accuracy and reliability of the database every six months through Dec. 31, 2020.

In addition, the DMDC will be required to have regular meetings with financial industry stakeholders about the database.

NAFCU began raising concerns about the database when the Defense Department was revising the Military Lending Act rule, which it finalized in July.