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The letter lays out President Donald Trump’s priorities for discretionary spending. The Republican-led Congress is also looking to make the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) permanent. The proposal calls ...
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee is set to vote on the nomination of Janet Dhillon to serve as the next Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC).
Frank Bisignano, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Social Security Administration, was confirmed in that role by the Senate on May 6 in a 53-47 vote. Frank Bisignano, President Trump’s nominee to ...
The SSFA was enacted on Jan. 5. To achieve that fairness, it repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). The law is applicable to monthly benefits payable ...
The reach of the Maine Retirement Savings Program is one step closer to expanding. And as legislation that would accomplish that advances, a variety of parties have weighed in on the merits and ...
The PBGC in its annual meeting with the American Bar Association Joint Committee on Employee Benefits concerning the agency's activity in FY 2023 reported record low reportable event filings. It also ...
What is top of mind for the American Retirement Association (ARA) this session of Congress? Will Hansen, the ARA’s Chief Government Affairs Officer, at the PSCA National Conference outlined the ARA’s ...
The Massachusetts legislature may take another crack at establishing a Secure Choice program. Legislation that would have established such a program has not yet been enacted, but a new proposal to ...
The EBSA Investigations Transparency Act ( H.R. 2869) introduced April 10 by Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) would require EBSA to submit an annual report to Congress providing a status update on its ...
Legislation again introduced by Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) would give private-sector workers who lack retirement plan coverage access to a federally run retirement plan that opponents argue ...
Trusteeship of plans and claims with which the PBGC is involved has been a rollercoaster since 2015. But for the most recent year, at least, there’s good news regarding the number of plans for which ...