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Release Date: April 10, 2008
Release Number: 08-486-NAT
Contact Name: Gloria Della/Richard Manning
Phone Number: 202.693.8666/202.693.4676

ERISA Advisory Council to hold first meeting of 2008

Washington – The first 2008 meeting of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, also known as the ERISA Advisory Council, will be held May 6 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. EDT in the Secretary’s Conference Room, Room S-2508, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W. in Washington.

The council advises the secretary of labor on policies and regulations affecting employee benefit plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). This meeting is open to the public and the press.

At the meeting, five new council members will be sworn in, new council leadership will be introduced, the assistant secretary of the Employee Benefits Security Administration will provide an update on agency issues, and the council will select topics to be addressed in 2008.

Persons wishing to submit written statements should contact Larry Good, executive secretary, ERISA Advisory Council, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-5623, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210. Good also can be reached by telephone at 202.693.8668.

The ERISA Advisory Council consists of 15 members appointed to staggered three-year terms by the secretary of labor. The members represent the general public, employers, employee organizations and the fields of insurance, corporate trust, investment management, investment counseling, accounting and actuarial counseling.

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