U.S. Labor Department re-schedules hearing on service provider compensation and plan fee disclosure

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Washington — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has re-scheduled its public hearing to March 31, and April 1 (if necessary), to hear testimony about its regulatory proposal on the disclosure of service provider compensation and conflicts of interest information to employers. The hearing will take place at the Labor Department in Room S-4215 A-C, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW in Washington, DC.

Persons wishing to testify at the hearing should submit an outline of topics to be discussed by March 20, 2008 online to e-ORI@dol.gov. Persons who submitted a request to testify on the earlier date are not required to make another submission, unless they will be unable to testify on March 31. Information on the hearing agenda will be posted on the EBSA’s Web site at www.dol.gov/ebsa.

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