EBSA (Formerly PWBA) Notice of Meeting
EBSA (Formerly PWBA) Notice of Meeting Working Group on Challenges to the Employment-Based Healthcare System Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; Notice of Meeting [06/27/2001]
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Volume 66, Number 124, Page 34272-34273
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
A Special Joint Session of the Working Groups on Increasing
Pension Coverage, Participation and Savings and Preparing for
Retirement Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits
Plan; Notice of Meeting
Pursuant to the authority contained in section 512 of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. 1142, two of
the three Working Groups assigned by the Advisory Council on Employee
Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans to study the issue of increasing
pension coverage, participation and savings as well as the issue of
preparing for retirement will meet jointly at an open public meeting on
Tuesday, July 17, 2001, in Room N-5437 A-C, U.S. Department of Labor
Building, Second and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210.
The purpose of the joint open meeting, which will run from 9:00
a.m. to approximately 4:30 p.m., with a short break at noon for an in-
place luncheon, is for Working Group members to hear testimony from
several invited witnesses who'll discuss factors which either encourage
or inhibit the growth of pension plan coverage and, ultimately,
retirement security as well as what ``best practices'' there are that
actually assist Americans facing retirement in the near future.
Members of the public are encouraged to file a written statement
pertaining to the topic(s) by sending 20 copies on or before July 10,
2001, to Sharon Morrissey, Executive Secretary, ERISA Advisory Council,
U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-5677, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20210. Individuals or representatives of organizations
wishing to address the Working Group(s) should forward their request to
the Executive Secretary or telephone (202) 219-8753. Oral presentations
will be limited to 20 minutes, but an extended statement may be
submitted for the record. Individuals with disabilities, who need
special accommodations, should contact Sharon
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Morrissey by July 10, at the address indicated in this notice.
Organizations or individuals may also submit statements for the
record without testifying. Twenty (20) copies of such statements should
be sent to the Executive Secretary of the Advisory Council at the above
address. Papers will be accepted and included in the record of the
meeting if received on or before July 10.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 21st day of June 2001.
Ann L. Combs,
Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-16164 Filed 6-26-01; 8:45 am]
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