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July 16, 2003

 
 

 

 

 

BenefitNews.com
Comprehensive news and resources for EB professionals.

BENEFITS-L Internet Resources Document

BenefitsLink
Providing free compliance information and tools for employee benefit plan sponsors, service-providers and participants.  Also offers free e-mail newsletters (Benefits Buzz) in either a Retirement Plans Edition or Welfare Plans Edition.

Bureau of Labor Statistics Data

CFA Institute
The CFA Institute is an international not-for-profit organization with a mission to lead the investment profession globally by setting the highest standards of ethics, education, and professional exellence.

Code of Federal Regulations
Federal regulations – many but not all

Congressional Record
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress.  The CR is available online from 1995.

Consumer Price Indexes
BLS has various indexes that measure different aspects of inflation.

Department of Labor
The home page of the DOL.

Employee Benefit Research Institute
Established in 1978, the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) is the only nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed exclusively to data dissemination, policy research, and education on economic security and employee benefits.

Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
EBSA protects the integrity of pensions, health plans, and other employee benefits for more than 150 million people.

ERISA Industry Committee
The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) is an association of America's largest employers committed to the advancement of voluntary retirement, health care coverage, and other employee benefit plans.

Federal Register
The Federal Register is the official daily publication for Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as Executive Orders and other Presidential Documents.

Federal Reserve Bank
Link to each of the regional Federal Reserve Banks (Chicago, Dallas, Minneapolis (Woodrow), New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and St. Louis).

Fedstats
The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.

FedWorld
Department of Commerce site for location of government information.

Financial Accounting Standards Board
Promulgator of US GAAP Accounting Standards

Financial Data Finder
Brought to you by the Fisher Business School at Ohio State University

Governmental Accounting Standards Board
The analog to FASB for governmental entities

International Accounting Standards Board 

International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans
The largest educational association serving the employee benefits and compensation industry.

Internal Revenue Service
The IRS Mission is to provide America's taxpayers top quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax responsibilities and by applying the tax law with integrity and fairness to all.

Internal Revenue Service "Retirement Plans Community"
The site provides information on retirement related issues, allowing you to download publications and subscribe to their free newsletters, "Employee Plans News" and "Retirement News for Employers."

Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries

National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI)
The National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and education organization made up of the nation’s leading experts on Social Security, Medicare, and other social insurance programs. It does not lobby or take positions on policy issues.

National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare was founded in 1982 to serve as an advocate for the landmark federal programs of Social Security and Medicare and for all Americans who seek a healthy, productive and secure retirement.

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
PBGC is a federal corporation created by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. It currently protects the pensions of nearly 44 million American workers and retirees in 30,330 private single-employer and multiemployer defined benefit pension plans.

Pension Research Council
The Pension Research Council of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is an organization committed to generating debate on key policy issues affecting pensions and other employee benefits.

Pensions and Investments
With unmatched integrity and professionalism, consistently deliver news, research and analysis to the executives who manage the flow of funds in the institutional investment market. Since its founding in 1973, this continues to be the mission of Pensions & Investments, the international newspaper of money management.

Securities and Exchange Commission
The primary mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is to protect investors and maintain the integrity of the securities markets.

Social Security Administration

Technical Answer Group
The Technical Answer Group, Inc. (TAG) was formed in 1994 as the 'Consultant's Consultant' for Retirement Plan Issues

Thomas
Legislative information on the internet.

U.K. Treasury
Her majesty’s Treasury

World at Work
F
ormerly the American Compensation Association and the Canadian Compensation Association, is the world's leading not-for-profit professional association dedicated to knowledge leadership in compensation, benefits and total rewards.

Yields:  Treasury Rates - Daily and Prior Month
The H.15 release contains daily interest rates for selected U.S. Treasury and private money market and capital market instruments. It is published weekly.

 

 
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