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Release Date: 07/02/2002
Release Number: 02-15
Contact Name: Sharon Morrissey
Phone Number: 202.693.8664
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Washington DC - The 2002 working groups of the Advisory
Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Plans will meet July 17, 18 and 19 to
set their study goals for the year and begin taking testimony on their
respective topics. All sessions, in addition to a 2:00 p.m. full Council meeting
on Friday, July 19, will take place at the U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC in Conference Suite N-5437 A-C. |
The working group studying fiduciary education and training
will meet from 9:00 a.m. until approximately 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17.
Norman Stein, Law Professor at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, is the
working group chair, and Robert Patrician, a Senior Research Economist for the
Communications Workers of America, Washington, DC, is vice chair. |
The working group studying orphan plans will meet from 9:30
a.m. until approximately 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 18. Orphan plans are
plans abandoned by all plan fiduciaries designated to manage and operate the
plans and their assets. Catherine Heron, Senior Vice President, Fund
Business Management Group, Capital Research and Management in Los Angeles,
California, is the working group chair, and David Wray, President of the Profit
Sharing/401(k) Council of Chicago, Illinois, is the vice chair. |
The working group studying electronic reporting will meet
from 9:30 a.m. until approximately 1:00 p.m. on Friday, July 19. The chair
of the working group is Evelyn F. Adams, Business Segment Executive, IBM Global
Services, Gaithersburg, Maryland, and the vice chair is Timothy J. Mahota, General
Counsel, Integral Development, Mountain View, California. |
At the full Council meeting, the three working group chairs
will report on their groups’ progress and members will be updated on
activities of the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration. |
Persons wishing to speak before the various working groups
are asked to contact Sharon Morrissey, the Council’s executive secretary, by
July 9 at 202.693.8668. |
U.S. Department of Labor
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release will be made available in alternate format upon request (large
print, Braille, audio tape or disc) from the Central Office for Assistive
Services and Technology. Please specify which news release when placing
your request. Call 202.693.7773 or TTY 202.693.7775. |
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