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Release Date: October 17, 2008
Release Number: 08-1467-NAT
Contact Name: Gloria Della/Richard Manning
Phone Number: 202.693.8664/202.693.4676
Washington – The Advisory Council on
Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans – known as the ERISA
Advisory Council – and its three working groups will meet on November
5 and 6 at the U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
in Washington, D.C.
On November 6, the full council will meet starting at
9:30 a.m. EST in Room C-5515-3 to review and approve the findings and
recommendations of the working groups. The afternoon session of the full
council will meet in Room S-2508. The afternoon session will include an
update from the Labor Department’s Employee Benefits Security
Administration (EBSA) and a presentation by the council of its
recommendations.
The working groups will meet on November 5 starting
at 1 p.m. EST in Room C-5515-3 to discuss recommendations to be
presented to the full Advisory Council. The reports and recommendations
address issues on spending down retirement assets, phased retirement and
hard to value assets/target date funds.
All meetings are open to the public. Questions about
the meetings or the advisory council should be addressed to the
council’s executive secretary, Larry Good, 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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placing your request at 202.693.7828 or TTY 202.693.7755. The Labor Department is committed to providing America's employers and
employees with easy access to understandable information on how to comply
with its laws and regulations. For more information, please visit the
Department's Compliance
Assistance page.
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