[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 8, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 54346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20325]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Open Meeting of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the third meeting of the Financial 
Literacy and Education Commission, established by the Financial 
Literacy and Education Improvement Act (Title V of the Fair and 
Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003).

DATES: The third meeting of the Financial Literacy and Education 
Commission will be held on Wednesday, September 22, 2004 beginning at 
10:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The Financial Literacy and Education Commission meeting will 
be held in the Cash Room at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, 
located at 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. To be 
admitted to the Treasury building, an attendee must RSVP by providing 
his or her name, organization, phone number, date of birth, Social 
Security number and country of citizenship to the Department of the 
Treasury by e-mail at: [email protected], or by telephone at: (202) 
622-1783 (not a toll-free number) not later than 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 
September 15, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information regarding 
admittance to the Treasury building, contact Michael Schutt by e-mail 
at: [email protected] or by telephone at (202) 622-5770 (not 
a toll-free number).
    Additional information regarding the Financial Literacy and 
Education Commission and the Department of the Treasury's Office of 
Financial Education may be obtained through the Office of Financial 
Education's Web site at: http://www.treas.gov/financialeducation.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Financial Literacy and Education 
Improvement Act, which is Title V of the Fair and Accurate Credit 
Transactions Act of 2003 (the ``FACT Act'') (Pub. L. 108-159), 
established the Financial Literacy and Education Commission (the 
``Commission'') to improve financial literacy and education of persons 
in the United States. The Commission is composed of the Secretary of 
the Treasury and the head of the Office of the Comptroller of the 
Currency; the Office of Thrift Supervision; the Federal Reserve; the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; the National Credit Union 
Administration; the Securities and Exchange Commission; the Departments 
of Education, Agriculture, Defense, Health and Human Services, Housing 
and Urban Development, Labor, and Veterans Affairs; the Federal Trade 
Commission; the General Services Administration; the Small Business 
Administration; the Social Security Administration; the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission; and the Office of Personnel Management. The 
Commission is required to hold meetings that are open to the public 
every four months, with its first meeting occurring within 60 days of 
the enactment of the FACT Act. The FACT Act was enacted on December 4, 
2003.
    The third meeting of the Commission, which will be open to the 
public, will be held in the Cash Room at the Department of the 
Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The room will 
accommodate 80 members of the public. Seating is available on a first-
come basis. Participation in the discussion at the meeting will be 
limited to Commission members, their staffs, and/or special guest 
presenters.

    Dated: September 1, 2004.
Wayne A. Abernathy,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
[FR Doc. 04-20325 Filed 9-7-04; 8:45 am]
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