The US FTC releases draft strategic plan for 2014-2018

The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") has released a draft Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2014-2018 (the "2014 Plan"). Despite the ambitious title, the 2014 Plan actually focuses on a small number of procedural issues. It provides no indication of the FTC's likely substantive agenda or enforcement priorities, nor does it commit the agency to implementing any particular reforms. Some may view the 2014 Plan as a missed opportunity to set forth the agency's priorities in more detail. The 2014 Plan was prepared and issued pursuant to the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010, which requires the FTC to prepare a five-year strategic plan. The