[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 248 (Monday, December 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 80799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32369]


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JOINT BOARD FOR 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 teleconference meeting of the Advisory 
Committee on Actuarial Examinations (a portion of which will be open to 
the public) on January 11-12, 2016.

DATES: Monday, January 11, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EST), and 
Tuesday, January 12, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EST).

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held by teleconference.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick W. McDonough, Executive 
Director of the Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries, 703-414-
2173.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the Advisory 
Committee on Actuarial Examinations will hold a teleconference meeting 
on Monday, January 11, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EST), and 
Tuesday, January 12, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EST).
    The purpose of the meeting is to discuss topics and questions that 
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 November 2015 Pension (EA-2F) 
Examination 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 May 2016 
Basic (EA-1) Examination and the May 2016 Pension (EA-2L) 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 that may appear on the 
Joint Board's examinations and the review of the November 2015 Pension 
(EA-2F) Examination 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 1:00 p.m. (EST) on January 11, 2016, and will 
continue for as long as necessary to complete the discussion, but not 
beyond 3:00 p.m. (EST). 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 should 
contact the Executive Director at [email protected] and include 
the written text or outline of comments they propose to make orally. 
Such comments will be limited to 10 minutes in length. All persons 
planning to attend the public session should contact the Executive 
Director at [email protected] to obtain teleconference access 
information. Notifications of intent to make an oral statement or to 
call in to the public session must be sent electronically to the 
Executive Director by no later than January 7, 2016. Any person also 
may file a written statement for consideration by the Joint Board and 
the Committee by sending it to: Internal Revenue Service; Attn: Patrick 
W. McDonough, Executive Director; Joint Board for the Enrollment of 
Actuaries SE:RPO; REFM, Park 4, Floor 4; 1111 Constitution Avenue NW.; 
Washington, DC 20224.

    Dated: December 17, 2015.
Patrick W. McDonough,
Executive Director, Joint Board for Enrollment of Actuaries.
[FR Doc. 2015-32369 Filed 12-24-15; 8:45 am]
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