[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 160 (Friday, August 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47865-47866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-13638]


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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 a meeting of the Financial Literacy and 
Education Commission, established by the Financial Literacy and 
Education

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Improvement Act (Title V of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions 
Act of 2003).

DATES: The ninth meeting of the Financial Literacy and Education 
Commission will be held on Tuesday, September 19, 2006, beginning at 2 
p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Financial Literacy and Education Commission meeting will 
be held in the Cash Room at the Department of the Treasury, located at 
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. To be admitted to the 
Treasury building, attendees 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 13, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, contact 
Tom Kurek 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 ninth meeting of the Commission, which will be open to the 
public, will be held in the Cash Room at the Department of the 
Treasury, located at 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 special guest 
presenters.

    Dated: August 9, 2006.
Dan Iannicola, Jr.,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Education.
 [FR Doc. E6-13638 Filed 8-17-06; 8:45 am]
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