[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27600-27601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13262]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
National Summit on Retirement Savings; Notice of Meeting
AGENCY: Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice of meeting agenda.
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SUMMARY: This document provides notice of the agenda for the National
Summit on Retirement Savings, as called for by the Savings Are Vital To
Everyone's Retirement (SAVER) Act, which amends Title I of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
DATES: The National Summit on Retirement Savings will be held on
Thursday, June 4, 1998, and Friday, June 5, 1998, beginning at 8:45 am
E.S.T. on June 4, and ending at 1 pm E.S.T. on June 5.
ADDRESS: The Summit will be held at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill,
400 New Jersey Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay Rosenblum, Office of the Assistant
Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, US Department
of Labor, Room S-2524, 200 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20210,
(202) 219-8233, or Don Blandin, President, American Savings Education
Council, Suite 600, 2121 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037-1896, (202)
659-0670. These are not toll-free numbers.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 20, 1997, the President signed
Public Law 105-92 (1997), the ``Savings Are Vital to Everyone's
Retirement Act of 1997'' (SAVER). The SAVER legislation is aimed at
advancing the public's knowledge and understanding of the importance of
retirement savings by: (1) Providing a bipartisan National Summit on
Retirement Savings co-hosted by the President and the Congressional
Leadership in the House and Senate; and (2) establishing an ongoing
educational program coordinated by the Department of Labor. The Summit
will be held June 4 and 5, 1998 in Washington.
The purpose of the Summit is to: (1) Increase public awareness of
the value of personal savings for retirement, (2) advance the public's
knowledge and understanding of retirement savings and its importance to
the well being of all Americans, (3) facilitate the development of a
broad-based, public retirement savings education program, (4) identify
the barriers faced by workers who want to save for retirement, (5)
identify the barriers which employers, especially small employers, face
in assisting their workers in accumulating retirement savings, (6)
examine the impact and effectiveness of individual employers who
promote personal savings and retirement savings plan participation
among their workers, (7) examine the impact and effectiveness of
government programs at the Federal, State, and local levels to educate
the public about retirement savings principles, (8) develop
recommendations for governmental and private sector action to promote
pensions and individual retirement savings, and (9) develop
recommendations for the coordination of Federal, State, and local
retirement savings education initiative.
The Agenda for the National Summit on Retirement Savings follows.
This agenda is subject to change.
Thurs, June 4, 1998
7:00am-8:00am Registration at Hotel
8:00am-9:00am Breakfast
9:00am-9:30am Opening Session: Welcome and Remarks By Presiding
Officers
9:30am-10:45am Session One: Panel Discussion on Current State--
Savings & Education Today
Panelists:
1. Dallas Salisbury, Employee Benefit Research Institute
(moderator)
2. Mathew Greenwald, Mathew Greenwald and Associates
3. Josephine Tsao, IBM
4. James Ray, Connerton Ray
5. Craig Hoffman, Corbel & Company
6. Ann Combs, William M. Mercer Companies Inc.
10:45am-11:00am Break
11:00am-12:00pm Keynote Session: Remarks by the President, the
Speaker of the House, and other Congressional Leadership
12:00pm-1:00pm Concurrent Breakout Session: Employee and Employer
Barriers
1:00pm-2:30pm Lunch with Speakers
2:30pm-3:45pm Concurrent Breakout Session: Employee and Employer
Opportunities
3:45pm-4:30pm Free Time
4:30pm-7:15pm White House Reception
7:30pm-9:30pm Dinner and Speeches by Congressional Leadership
Day Two, Fri. 6/5
8:00am-9:00am Working Breakfast with Breakout Groups
9:15am-10:45am Session Two: Panel Discussion on Public and Private-
Sector Outreach Activities/Best Practices
Panelists:
1. David Walker, Arthur Andersen LLP (Moderator)
2. Olena Berg, United States Department of Labor
3. Jim Hill, National Association of State Treasurers
4. Horace Holmes, WJLA-TV, Albritton Communications Company
5. Robert L. Reynolds, Fidelity Investments
6. Anthony R. Amato, Hard Rock Cafe International
10:45am-11:00am Break
11:00am-12:15pm Final Session: Summary of Breakout Group
Discussions
12:15pm-1:00pm Closing Session: Thank You and Challenge
Public Participation: Participation is limited to invited
delegates.
Notice of Meeting
Notice is hereby given that a National Summit on Retirement Savings
will be held on Thursday, June 4, 1998, and Friday, June 5, 1998, at
the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Ave., NW, Washington,
DC 20001.
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Signed at Washington, DC, this 13th day of May, 1998
Olena Berg,
Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration,
Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 98-13262 Filed 5-18-98; 8:45 am]
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