Edward J. DeMarco, Federal Housing Finance Agency's acting director is planning to reduce compensations and bonuses at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – state owned housing-finance firms. DeMarco, who also is a chief regulator for both banks, plots gradual reductions in executives' salaries especially when they leave the company. In 2009 two CEOs of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae received $17 m in their two year award packages.