Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans; Nominations for Vacancies, 50468-50469 [E6-14111]

Download as PDF 50468 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 165 / Friday, August 25, 2006 / Notices format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, the Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives is soliciting comments concerning the proposed collection: Workforce Investment Board Survey. A copy of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this Notice. DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the addresses section below on or before October 24, 2006. ADDRESSES: Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S–2235, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. Phone (202) 693–6450 (this is not a toll-free number), fax (202) 693–6146, TTY/TDD (800) 877–8339, or E-mail contactcfbci@dol.gov. Please reference OMB Control Number 1290–0004 in the Email subject line. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: cprice-sewell on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES I. Background The White House Office of FaithBased and Community Initiatives and OMB have requested that DOL conduct a survey of the Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs) to obtain information about WIB grants that utilize WIA Youth funds and that DOJ conduct a survey of the state administering agencies to obtain information about the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners program (RSAT). The survey is designed to fill critical gaps in information that will inform legislation, regulations, and technical assistance at DOL and DOJ. Results from both surveys will likely be compared to the survey results from other Federal Departments with Centers for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. II. Review Focus The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments which: • Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; • Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; VerDate Aug<31>2005 14:57 Aug 24, 2006 Jkt 208001 • Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and • Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submissions of responses. III. Current Actions Type of Review: Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection of information. Agency: Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Title: Workforce Investment Board Survey. OMB Number: 1290–0004. Affected Public: State, Tribal, or Local Government. Total Respondents: DOL: 461; DOJ: 39. Total Annual Responses: DOL: 461; DOJ: 39. Estimated Total Burden Hours: DOL: 77 hours; DOJ: 78 hours. Estimated Time per Response: DOL: 10 minutes; DOJ: 120 minutes. Frequency: Annually. Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0. Total Burden Cost (operating/ maintenance): $0. Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget approval of the information collection request; they will also become a matter of public record. Dated: August 22, 2006. Jedd Medefind, Director, Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. [FR Doc. E6–14133 Filed 8–24–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–23–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employee Benefits Security Administration Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans; Nominations for Vacancies Section 512 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 88 Stat. 895, 29 U.S.C. 1142, provides for the establishment of an Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans (the Council), which is to consist of 15 members to be appointed by the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) as follows: Three PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 representatives of employee organizations (at least one of whom shall be a representative of an organization whose members are participants in a multiemployer plan); three representatives of employers (at least one of whom shall be representative of employers maintaining or contributing to multiemployer plans); one representative each from the fields of insurance, corporate trust, actuarial counseling, investment counseling, investment management, and accounting; and three representatives from the general public (one of whom shall be a person representing those receiving benefits from a pension plan). No more than eight members of the Council shall be members of the same political party. Members shall be persons qualified to appraise the programs instituted under ERISA. Appointments are for terms of three years. The prescribed duties of the Council are to advise the Secretary with respect to the carrying out of his or her functions under ERISA, and to submit to the Secretary, or his or her designee, recommendations with respect thereto. The Council will meet at least four times each year. The terms of five members of the Council expire on November 14, 2006. The groups or fields they represent are as follows: (1) Employee organizations; (2) employers; (3) actuarial counseling; (4) investment counseling; and (5) the general public. The Department of Labor is committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and seeks a broad-based and diverse ERISA Advisory Council. Accordingly, notice is hereby given that any person or organization desiring to recommend one or more individuals for appointment to the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans to represent any of the groups or fields specified in the preceding paragraph, may submit recommendations to Larry Good, ERISA Advisory Council Executive Secretary, Frances Perkins Building, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Suite N–5623, Washington, DC 20210. Recommendations must be delivered or mailed on or before October 1, 2006. Recommendations may be in the form of a letter, resolution or petition, signed by the person making the recommendation or, in the case of a recommendation by an organization, by an authorized representative of the organization. Recommendations should include the position for which the nominees are recommended and the nominees’ contact information. The recommendation also must state whether the candidate would accept E:\FR\FM\25AUN1.SGM 25AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 165 / Friday, August 25, 2006 / Notices appointment to the council and commit to attend meetings and to actively participate in the Council’s work to carry out its responsibilities under ERISA. Signed at Washington, DC, this 21st day of August, 2006. Ann L. Combs, Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration. [FR Doc. E6–14111 Filed 8–24–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–29–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration [TA–W–58,875] Accenture, LLP; Atlanta, GA; Affirmative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance; Rescission This notice rescinds the notice of certification of eligibility to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance applicable to TA–W–58,875, which was published in the Federal Register on May 17, 2006 (71 FR 28709– 28711) in FR Document E6–7526. This rescinds the certification of eligibility for workers of TA–W–58,875, to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance and confirms eligibility to apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance as identified on page 28710 in the first column, the seventh TA–W–number listed. cprice-sewell on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES The Department appropriately published in the Federal Register May 17, 2006, page 28711, under the notice of Negative Determinations for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance, the denial of eligibility applicable to workers of TA–W–58,875. The notice appears on page 28711 in the second column, the third TA–W– number listed. Signed in Washington, DC, this 15th day of August 2006. Erica R. Cantor, Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance. [FR Doc. E6–14116 Filed 8–24–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–30–P VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:47 Aug 24, 2006 Jkt 208001 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration [TA–W–58,875A] Accenture, LLP; Atlanta, GA; Affirmative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance; Correction This notice corrects the notice of certification of eligibility to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance applicable to TA–W– 58,875A, which was published in the Federal Register on May 17, 2006 (71 FR 28709–28711) in FR Document E6– 7526. This corrects the certification of eligibility for workers of TA–W– 58,875A, to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance and confirms eligibility to apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance as identified on page 28710 in the first column, the eighth TA–W-number listed. The Department appropriately published in the Federal Register May 17, 2006, page 28711, under the notice of Negative Determinations for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance, the denial of eligibility applicable to workers of TA–W– 58,875A. The notice appears on page 28711 in the second column, the fourth TA–W–number listed. Signed in Washington, D.C., this 15th day of August 2006. Erica R. Cantor, Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance. [FR Doc. E6–14117 Filed 8–24–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–30–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration [TA–W–58,875B] Accenture, LLP; Norcross, GA; Affirmative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance; Correction This notice corrects the notice of certification of eligibility to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance applicable to TA–W– 58,875B, which was published in the Federal Register on May 17, 2006 (71 FR 28709–28711) in FR Document E6– 7526. PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 50469 This corrects the certification of eligibility for workers of TA–W– 58,875B, to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance and confirms eligibility to apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance as identified on page 28710 in the first column, the ninth TA–W-number listed. The Department appropriately published in the Federal Register May 17, 2006, page 28711, under the notice of Negative Determinations for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance, the denial of eligibility applicable to workers of TA–W– 58,875B. The notice appears on page 28711 in the second column, the fifth TA–W–number listed. Signed in Washington, DC, this 15th day of August 2006. Erica R. Cantor, Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance. [FR Doc. E6–14119 Filed 8–24–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–30–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration [TA–W–58,875C] Accenture, LLP; Norcross, GA; Affirmative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance; Correction This notice corrects the notice of certification of eligibility to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance applicable to TA–W– 58,875C, which was published in the Federal Register on May 17, 2006 (71 FR 28709–28711) in FR Document E6– 7526. This corrects the certification of eligibility for workers of TA–W– 58,875C, to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance and confirms eligibility to apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance as identified on page 28710 in the first column, the tenth TA–W-number listed. The Department appropriately published in the Federal Register May 17, 2006, page 28711, under the notice of Negative Determinations for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance, the denial of eligibility applicable to workers of TA–W– 58,875C. The notice appears on page 28711 in the second column, the sixth TA–W–number listed. E:\FR\FM\25AUN1.SGM 25AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 165 (Friday, August 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50468-50469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14111]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employee Benefits Security Administration


Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans; 
Nominations for Vacancies

    Section 512 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
(ERISA), 88 Stat. 895, 29 U.S.C. 1142, provides for the establishment 
of an Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans 
(the Council), which is to consist of 15 members to be appointed by the 
Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) as follows: Three representatives of 
employee organizations (at least one of whom shall be a representative 
of an organization whose members are participants in a multiemployer 
plan); three representatives of employers (at least one of whom shall 
be representative of employers maintaining or contributing to 
multiemployer plans); one representative each from the fields of 
insurance, corporate trust, actuarial counseling, investment 
counseling, investment management, and accounting; and three 
representatives from the general public (one of whom shall be a person 
representing those receiving benefits from a pension plan). No more 
than eight members of the Council shall be members of the same 
political party.
    Members shall be persons qualified to appraise the programs 
instituted under ERISA. Appointments are for terms of three years. The 
prescribed duties of the Council are to advise the Secretary with 
respect to the carrying out of his or her functions under ERISA, and to 
submit to the Secretary, or his or her designee, recommendations with 
respect thereto. The Council will meet at least four times each year.
    The terms of five members of the Council expire on November 14, 
2006. The groups or fields they represent are as follows: (1) Employee 
organizations; (2) employers; (3) actuarial counseling; (4) investment 
counseling; and (5) the general public. The Department of Labor is 
committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and seeks a broad-based 
and diverse ERISA Advisory Council.
    Accordingly, notice is hereby given that any person or organization 
desiring to recommend one or more individuals for appointment to the 
Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans to 
represent any of the groups or fields specified in the preceding 
paragraph, may submit recommendations to Larry Good, ERISA Advisory 
Council Executive Secretary, Frances Perkins Building, U.S. Department 
of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Suite N-5623, Washington, DC 
20210. Recommendations must be delivered or mailed on or before October 
1, 2006. Recommendations may be in the form of a letter, resolution or 
petition, signed by the person making the recommendation or, in the 
case of a recommendation by an organization, by an authorized 
representative of the organization. Recommendations should include the 
position for which the nominees are recommended and the nominees' 
contact information. The recommendation also must state whether the 
candidate would accept

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appointment to the council and commit to attend meetings and to 
actively participate in the Council's work to carry out its 
responsibilities under ERISA.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 21st day of August, 2006.
Ann L. Combs,
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration.
 [FR Doc. E6-14111 Filed 8-24-06; 8:45 am]
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