[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 55017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27149]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration


Working Group on Guidance for Selecting and Monitoring Service 
Providers; Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits 
Plans; Notice of Meeting

    Pursuant to the authority contained in Section 512 of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. 1142, a 
public meeting by teleconference of the Working Group on Guidance for 
Selecting and Monitoring Service Providers of the Advisory Council on 
Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans will be held on November 4, 
1996, in Room N5677, U.S. Department of Labor Building, Second and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210.
    The purpose of the open meeting by teleconference, which will run 
from 2:00 p.m. to approximately 2:30 p.m., is for Working Group members 
to re-review the group's interim report to the Secretary of Labor 
before it meets again in Washington for its full and final session for 
the year on November 12. The working group is studying how to guide 
plans in selecting and monitoring investment consultants and advisers. 
The working group's report will be finalized November 12 and formally 
presented at the Full Council's meeting on November 13.
    Members of the public are encouraged to file a written statement 
pertaining to any topic concerning ERISA by submitting 20 copies on or 
before October 31, 1996, to Sharon Morrissey, Acting Executive 
Secretary, ERISA Advisory Council, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-
5677, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210. 
Individuals or representatives of organizations wishing to address the 
Working Group on Guidance for Selecting and Monitoring Service 
Providers should forward their request to the Acting Executive 
Secretary or telephone (202) 219-8753. Oral presentations will be 
limited to 10 minutes, but an extended statement may be submitted for 
the record. Individuals with disabilities, who need special 
accommodations, should contact Sharon Morrissey by October 31, 1996, at 
the address indicated in this notice.
    Organizations or individuals may also submit statements for the 
record without testifying. Twenty (20) copies of such statements should 
be sent to the Acting Executive Secretary of the Advisory Council at 
the above address. Papers will be accepted and included in the record 
of the meeting if received on or before October 31.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 16th day of October, 1996.
Meredith Miller,
Deputy Assistant Secretary Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-27149 Filed 10-22-96; 8:45 am]
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