[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 44475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16592]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration


Working Group on Education and Training and Plan Fiduciaries 
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, the 
Working Group assigned by the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and 
Pension Benefit Plans to study the issue of educating and training plan 
fiduciaries will hold an open public meeting on Wednesday, July 17, 
2002, in Room N-5437 A-C, U.S. Department of Labor Building, 200 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. The purpose of the 
Working Group is to study means by which the Labor Department could 
effectively promote and improve the education and training of employee 
benefit plan fiduciaries with regard to their fiduciary duties under 
ERISA.
    The purpose of the open meeting, which will run from 9 a.m. to 
approximately 4:30 p.m. with a one-hour lunch break at noon, is for 
Working Group members to hold an organizational meeting, at which the 
group's goals for study will be outlined and the group will hear 
testimony from invited witnesses. Norman Stein, law professor at the 
University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, is the new working group chair, 
and Robert Patrician, a senior research economist for the 
Communications Workers of America, Washington, DC, is the vice chair.
    Members of the public are encouraged to file a written statement 
pertaining to the topic by sending 20 copies on or before July 9, 2002, 
to Sharon Morrissey, Executive Secretary, ERISA Advisory Council, U.S. 
Department of Labor, Room N-5677, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20210. Individuals or representatives of organizations 
wishing to address the Working Group should forward their request to 
the Executive Secretary or telephone (202) 693-8668. Oral presentations 
will be limited to 20 minutes, but an extended statement may be 
submitted for the record. Individuals with disabilities, who need 
special accommodations, should contact Sharon Morrissey by July 9, 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 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 July 9.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 25th day of June 2002.
Ann L. Combs,
Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-16592 Filed 7-1-02; 8:45 am]
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