ERISA Advisory Council Sets July 2005 Meetings

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WASHINGTON – The Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans and its three working groups will meet July 6-8 at the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, D.C.

The plenary Advisory Council will meet July 6 at 4 p.m. to discuss the progress of the working groups and to receive an update on the activities of the Employee Benefits Security Administration. Working groups will meet at various times throughout the three-day session.The public is welcome to attend the meetings. Questions about the meetings or the Advisory Council should be addressed to the council’s executive secretary, Larry I. Good, at (202) 693-8668.

The ERISA Advisory Council consists of 15 members appointed to staggered three-year terms by the Secretary of Labor to advise on policies and regulations affecting employee benefit plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The members represent the general public, employers, employee organizations, and the fields of insurance, corporate trust, investment management, investment counseling, accounting and actuarial counseling.

Event: ERISA Advisory Council Meetings

Location: U.S. Department of Labor
Frances Perkins Building
Room N-4437, A-C
200 Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC

Date: Wednesday, July 6--Friday, July 8

Time: Plenary Advisory Council Meeting, July 6, 4 pm.

Working Groups: Communications to Retirement Plan Participants, July 6, 9 am to 3:45 pm
Improving Plan Communications for Health and Welfare Plan Participants, July 7, 11 am to about 4:30 pm
Retirement Distributions and Options, July 8, 9 am to about 4 pm.
Joint Session of All Three Working Groups, July 7, 9 am to 10:45 am.

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