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JOINT BOARD FOR THE
ENROLLMENT OF ACTUARIES
Advisory Committee on Actuarial
Examinations; Invitation for
Membership on Advisory Committee
Joint Board for the Enrollment
of Actuaries.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Joint Board for the
Enrollment of Actuaries (Joint Board),
established under the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(ERISA), is responsible for the
enrollment of individuals who wish to
perform actuarial services under ERISA.
The Joint Board has established an
Advisory Committee on Actuarial
Examinations (Advisory Committee) to
assist in its examination duties
mandated by ERISA. The term of the
current Advisory Committee will expire
on November 1, 2006. This notice
describes the Advisory Committee and
invites applications from those
interested in serving on it.
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1. General
To qualify for enrollment to perform
actuarial services under ERISA, an
applicant must have requisite pension
actuarial experience and satisfy
knowledge requirements as provided in
the Joint Board’s regulations. The
knowledge requirements may be
satisfied by successful completion of
Joint Board examinations in basic
actuarial mathematics and methodology
and in actuarial mathematics and
methodology relating to pension plans
qualifying under ERISA.
The Joint Board, the Society of
Actuaries, and the American Society of
Pension Professionals & Actuaries
jointly offer examinations acceptable to
the Joint Board for enrollment purposes
and acceptable to those actuarial
organizations as part of their respective
examination programs.
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2. Programs
The Advisory Committee plays an
integral role in the examination program
by assisting the Joint Board in offering
examinations that will enable
examination candidates to demonstrate
the knowledge necessary to qualify for
enrollment. The purpose of the
Advisory Committee, as renewed, will
remain that of assisting the Joint Board
in fulfilling this responsibility. The
Advisory Committee will discuss the
philosophy of such examinations, will
review topics appropriately covered in
them, and will make recommendations
relative thereto. It also will recommend
to the Joint Board proposed examination
questions. The Joint Board will maintain
liaison with the Advisory Committee in
this process to ensure that its views on
examination content are understood.
3. Function
The manner in which the Advisory
Committee functions in preparing
examination questions is intertwined
with the jointly administered
examination program. Under that
program, the participating actuarial
organizations draft questions and
submit them to the Advisory Committee
for its consideration. After review of the
draft questions, the Advisory Committee
selects appropriate questions, modifies
them as it deems desirable, and then
prepares one or more drafts of actuarial
examinations to be recommended to the
Joint Board. (In addition to revisions of
the draft questions, it may be necessary
for the Advisory Committee to originate
questions and include them in what is
recommended.)
4. Membership
The Joint Board will take steps to
ensure maximum practicable
representation on the Advisory
Committee of points of view regarding
the Joint Board’s actuarial examination
extant in the community at large and
from nominees provided by the
actuarial organizations. Since the
members of the actuarial organizations
comprise a large segment of the
actuarial profession, this appointive
process ensures expression of a broad
spectrum of viewpoints. All members of
the Advisory Committee will be
expected to act in the public interest,
that is, to produce examinations that
will help ensure a level of competence
among those who will be accorded
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enrollment to perform actuarial services
under ERISA.
Membership normally will be limited
to actuaries previously enrolled by the
Joint Board. However, individuals
having academic or other special
qualifications of particular value for the
Advisory Committee’s work also will be
considered for membership. The
Advisory Committee will meet about
four times a year. Advisory Committee
members should be prepared to devote
from 125 to 175 hours, including
meeting time, to the work of the
Advisory Committee over the course of
a year. Members will be reimbursed for
travel expenses incurred, in accordance
with applicable government regulations.
Actuaries interested in serving on the
Advisory Committee should express
their interest and fully state their
qualifications in a letter addressed to:
Joint Board for the Enrollment of
Actuaries, c/o Internal Revenue Service,
Attn: Executive Director SE: OPR, Room
7238, 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20224.
Any questions may be directed to the
Joint Board’s Executive Director at 202–
622–8229. The deadline for accepting
applications is August 11, 2006.
Dated: May 23, 2006.
Patrick W. McDonough,
Executive Director, Joint Board for the
Enrollment of Actuaries.
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JOINT BOARD FOR THE
ENROLLMENT OF ACTUARIES
Meeting of the Advisory Committee;
Meeting
Joint Board for the Enrollment
of Actuaries.
ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory
Committee meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Executive Director of the
Joint Board for the Enrollment of
Actuaries gives notice of a meeting of
the Advisory Committee on Actuarial
Examinations (portions of which will be
open to the public) in Washington, DC
at the Office of Professional
Responsibility on June 26 and June 27,
2006.
DATES: Monday, June 26, 2006, from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m., and Tuesday, June 27,
2006, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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The meeting will be held in
Room 6505IR, 1111 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patrick W. McDonough, Executive
Director of the Joint Board for the
Enrollment of Actuaries, 202–622–8225.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that the Advisory
Committee on Actuarial Examinations
will meet in Room 6505IR, 1111
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC on Monday, June 26, 2006, from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m., and Tuesday, June 27,
2006, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The purpose of the meeting is to
discuss topics and questions which may
be recommended for inclusion on future
Joint Board examinations in actuarial
mathematics and methodology referred
to in 29 U.S.C. 1242(a)(1)(B) and to
review the May 2006 Basic (EA–1) and
Pension (EA–2B) Joint Board
Examinations in order to make
recommendations relative thereto,
including the minimum acceptable pass
score. Topics for inclusion on the
syllabus for the Joint Board’s
examination program for the November
2006 Pension (EA–2A) Examination will
be discussed.
A determination has been made as
required by section 10(d) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.,
that the portions of the meeting dealing
with the discussion of questions which
may appear on the Joint Board’s
examinations and review of the May
2006 Joint Board examinations fall
within the exceptions to the open
meeting requirement set forth in 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), and that the public
interest requires that such portions be
closed to public participation.
The portion of the meeting dealing
with the discussion of the other topics
will commence at 1 p.m. on June 27 and
will continue for as long as necessary to
complete the discussion, but not beyond
3 p.m. Time permitting, after the close
of this discussion by Committee
members, interested persons may make
statements germane to this subject.
Persons wishing to make oral statements
must notify the Executive Director in
writing prior to the meeting in order to
aid in scheduling the time available and
must submit the written text, or at a
minimum, an outline of comments they
propose to make orally. Such comments
will be limited to 10 minutes in length.
All other persons planning to attend the
public session must also notify the
Executive Director in writing to obtain
building entry. Notifications of intent to
make an oral statement or to attend
must be faxed, no later than June 20,
2006, to 202–622–8300, Attn: Executive
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Director. Any interested person also
may file a written statement for
consideration by the Joint Board and the
Committee by sending it to the
Executive Director: Joint Board for the
Enrollment of Actuaries, c/o Internal
Revenue Service, Attn: Executive
Director SE:OPR, 1111 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224.
Dated: May 23, 2006.
Patrick W. McDonough,
Executive Director, Joint Board for the
Enrollment of Actuaries.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of Procurement and Property
Management; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request Concerning
Collection of Acquisition Information
Office of Procurement and
Property Management, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments regarding a proposed
extension of approved information
collection requirements.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Office of
Procurement and Property Management
(OPPM) intends to submit to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) a
request to review and approve an
extension of five currently approved
information collections related to the
award of, or performance under, USDA
contracts. OPPM invites comment on
these information collections. These
information requirements are currently
approved by OMB for use through
November 30, 2006.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by July 31, 2006 to be assured
of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments
concerning this notice to: Patrice K.
Honda, Procurement Analyst, Office of
Procurement and Property Management,
STOP 9303, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–
9303. Comments may also be submitted
via fax at (202) 720–8972, or through the
Internet at phonda@usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patrice K. Honda, Office of Procurement
and Property Management, STOP 9303,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–9303, (202) 720–
8924.
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USDA is
seeking OMB approval of the following
information collections:
1. Title: Procurement: Maximum
Workweek—Construction Schedule.
OMB Number: 0505–0011.
Expiration Date: 11/30/2006.
Type of request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Proposed use of information:
Information about the contractor’s
proposed hours of work is requested
prior to the start of construction so that
the agency can determine when on-site
representatives are needed. A
contracting office will insert this clause
in a construction contract when,
because of the agency’s staffing or
budgetary constraints, it is necessary to
limit the contractor’s performance to a
maximum number of hours per week.
Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit; small businesses or
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
400.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: One (1).
Estimate of Burden: The information
collected is the hours and days of the
week the contractor proposes to carry
out construction, with starting and
stopping times. Public reporting burden
for this collection of information is
estimated to average fifteen minutes per
response.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 100 hours.
2. Title: Procurement: Instruction for
the Preparation of Business and
Technical Proposals.
OMB Number: 0505–0013.
Expiration Date: 11/30/2006
Type of request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Proposed use of information:
Technical and business proposals
received from offerors, including
information about offerors’ organization
and financial systems, are used when
conducting negotiated procurement to
evaluate and determine the feasibility of
the prospective contractor’s technical
approach, management, and cost/price
to accomplish the task and/or provide
the supplies or services required under
a resultant contract.
Respondents: State or local
governments; businesses or other forprofit; small businesses or
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,100.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: One (1).
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden to prepare technical and
business proposals as part of a response
to a solicitation is estimated to average
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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JOINT BOARD FOR THE ENROLLMENT OF ACTUARIES
Meeting of the Advisory Committee; Meeting
AGENCY: Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries.
ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Executive Director of the Joint Board for the Enrollment
of Actuaries gives notice of a meeting of the Advisory Committee on
Actuarial Examinations (portions of which will be open to the public)
in Washington, DC at the Office of Professional Responsibility on June
26 and June 27, 2006.
DATES: Monday, June 26, 2006, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Tuesday, June
27, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Room 6505IR, 1111 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick W. McDonough, Executive
Director of the Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries, 202-622-
8225.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the Advisory
Committee on Actuarial Examinations will meet in Room 6505IR, 1111
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC on Monday, June 26, 2006, from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Tuesday, June 27, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The purpose of the meeting is to discuss topics and questions which
may be recommended for inclusion on future Joint Board examinations in
actuarial mathematics and methodology referred to in 29 U.S.C.
1242(a)(1)(B) and to review the May 2006 Basic (EA-1) and Pension (EA-
2B) Joint Board Examinations in order to make recommendations relative
thereto, including the minimum acceptable pass score. Topics for
inclusion on the syllabus for the Joint Board's examination program for
the November 2006 Pension (EA-2A) Examination will be discussed.
A determination has been made as required by section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., that the portions of the
meeting dealing with the discussion of questions which may appear on
the Joint Board's examinations and review of the May 2006 Joint Board
examinations fall within the exceptions to the open meeting requirement
set forth in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), and that the public interest
requires that such portions be closed to public participation.
The portion of the meeting dealing with the discussion of the other
topics will commence at 1 p.m. on June 27 and will continue for as long
as necessary to complete the discussion, but not beyond 3 p.m. Time
permitting, after the close of this discussion by Committee members,
interested persons may make statements germane to this subject. Persons
wishing to make oral statements must notify the Executive Director in
writing prior to the meeting in order to aid in scheduling the time
available and must submit the written text, or at a minimum, an outline
of comments they propose to make orally. Such comments will be limited
to 10 minutes in length. All other persons planning to attend the
public session must also notify the Executive Director in writing to
obtain building entry. Notifications of intent to make an oral
statement or to attend must be faxed, no later than June 20, 2006, to
202-622-8300, Attn: Executive Director. Any interested person also may
file a written statement for consideration by the Joint Board and the
Committee by sending it to the Executive Director: Joint Board for the
Enrollment of Actuaries, c/o Internal Revenue Service, Attn: Executive
Director SE:OPR, 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224.
Dated: May 23, 2006.
Patrick W. McDonough,
Executive Director, Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries.
[FR Doc. E6-8226 Filed 5-26-06; 8:45 am]
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