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Vol. 63, No. 104

Monday, June 1, 1998,

JOINT BOARD FOR THE

ENROLLMENT OF ACTUARIES

Advisory Committee on Actuarial

Examinations; Invitation for

Membership on Advisory Committee

The Joint Board for the Enrollment of

Actuaries (Joint Board) established

under the Employment 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,

1998. This notice describes the

Advisory Committee and invites

applications from those interested in

service on it.

1. General

To qualify for enrollment to perform

actuarial services under ERISA, an

applicant must have requisite pension

actuarial experience and must 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 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.

2. Purposes

The Advisory Committee plays an

integral role in the examination program

by assisting the Joint Board in offering

examinations which 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 which

will help ensure a level of competence

among those who will be accorded

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

Advisory Committee travel, meals and

lodging 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 Office of Director of

Practice, Internal Revenue Service

(C:AP:P), 1111 Constitution Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20224.

Any questions may be directed to the

Joint Board’s Executive Director at 202–

401–5845.

The deadline for accepting

applications is September 3, 1998.

Dated: May 19, 1998.

Robert I. Brauer,

Advisory Committee Management Officer,

Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries.

[FR Doc. 98–14308 Filed 5–29–98; 8:45 am]

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JOINT BOARD FOR THE

ENROLLMENT OF ACTUARIES

Advisory Committee on Actuarial

Examinations; Meeting

Notice is hereby given that the

Advisory Committee on Actuarial

Examinations will meet in Conference

Room 118 of the Aerospace Building,

L’Enfant Plaza, 901 D Street, SW,

Washington, DC, on Monday and

Tuesday, June 29 and 30, 1998, from

8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day.

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 Title 29 U.S. Code, section

1242(a)(1)(B) and to review the May

1998 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