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EBSA News Release: [09/11/2003]
Contact Name: Sharon
Morrissey
Phone Number: (202) 693-8664
ERISA Advisory Council to Hold September
Teleconferences
WASHINGTON—The Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and
Pension Benefit Plans and its three working groups will convene via
teleconference on Sept. 22 and 23, at the U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave. NW, in Washington, D.C. Each of the teleconferences will
originate from Conference Room N-3437C-D.
The Working Group on Optional Professional Management in Defined
Contribution Plans will convene from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT on Sept. 22.
The meeting of the Working Group on Healthcare Security is scheduled to begin
at 1:30 p.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. EDT.
On Sept. 23, the Working Group on Defined Benefit Plan Funding will
convene from 10:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. EDT and will be followed at 2:00 p.m.
by the full advisory council meeting, at which time chairs will discuss the
working groups’ progress with the full Advisory Council membership.
The public is welcome to attend and listen to the groups discuss the
three study topics for the year. A notice announcing the meetings was published
on Sept. 3, 2003 in the Federal Register. Questions about the council
should be addressed to Sharon Morrissey, the council’s executive
secretary, at (202) 693-8668.
The ERISA Advisory Council consists of 15 members, appointed to
staggered three-year terms by the Secretary of Labor to provide advice on
policies and regulations affecting employee benefit plans sponsored by
private-sector employers. The members represent the general public, employer
and employee organizations and the fields of insurance, corporate trust,
investment management and investment counseling, accounting and actuarial
services.
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