Department of Labor June 13, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Advisory Committee on Veterans' Employment, Training, and Employer Outreach (ACVETEO) was reestablished on March 30, 2011 as a federal advisory committee within the Department of Labor. The ACVETEO's authorizing legislation is codified at 38 U.S.C. 4110. It is established in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, as amended. The ACVETEO is responsible for assessing employment and training needs of Veterans and their integration into the workforce; determining the extent to which the programs and activities of the Department of Labor (DOL) are meeting such needs; assisting the Assistant Secretary of Veterans' Employment and Training (ASVET) in outreach to employers regarding training and skills of Veterans and advantages afforded employers by hiring Veterans; making recommendations to the Secretary of Labor, through the ASVET, with respect for outreach activities and the employment and training of Veterans; and carrying out such other activities necessary to making required reports and recommendations. The statute requires the ACVETEO to meet at least quarterly and to submit an annual report by December 31 of each year on the prior year's activities to the Secretary and the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

This document contains notices of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of proposed exemptions from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code). This notice includes the following proposed exemptions: D-11608, Russell Trust Company; and D- 11659, Pacific Capital Bancorp Amended and Restated Incentive and Investment and Salary Savings Plan