[Federal Register: January 26, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 16)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

 
Open Meeting of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the first meeting of the Financial 
Literacy and Education Commission, established by the Financial 
Literacy and Education Improvement Act (title V of the Fair and 
Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003).

DATES: The first meeting of the Financial Literacy and Education 
Commission will be held on Thursday, January 29, 2003, beginning at 
10:30 a.m.

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ADDRESSES: The Financial Literacy and Education Commission meeting will 
be held in the Cash Room at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, 
located at 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. To be 
admitted to the Treasury building, an attendee must provide his or her 
name, organization, phone number, date of birth, and Social Security 
number to Verlene Joseph, Office the Public Liaison, Department of the 
Treasury, by e-mail to verlene.joseph@do.treas.gov not later than 5 
p.m. on Tuesday, January 27, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information regarding 
admittance to the Treasury building, contact Verlene Joseph by e-mail 
to verlene.joseph@do.treas.gov or by telephone at (202) 622-1498 (not a 
toll-free number).
    Additional information regarding the Financial Literacy and 
Education Commission and the Department of the Treasury's Office of 
Financial Education may be obtained through the Office of Financial 
Education's Web site at: http://www.treas.gov/financialeducation.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Financial Literacy and Education 
Improvement Act, which is title V of the Fair and Accurate Credit 
Transactions Act of 2003 (the ``FACT Act'') (Pub. L. 108-159), 
established the Financial Literacy and Education Commission (the 
``Commission'') to improve financial literacy and education of persons 
in the United States. The Commission is composed of the Secretary of 
the Treasury and the head of the Office of the Comptroller of the 
Currency; the Office of Thrift Supervision; the Federal Reserve; the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; the National Credit Union 
Administration; the Securities and Exchange Commission; the Departments 
of Education, Agriculture, Defense, Health and Human Services, Housing 
and Urban Development, Labor, and Veterans Affairs; the Federal Trade 
Commission; the General Services Administration; the Small Business 
Administration; the Social Security Administration; the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission; and the Office of Personnel Management. The 
Commission is required to hold meetings that are open to the public 
every four months, with its first meeting occurring within 60 days of 
the enactment of the FACT Act. The FACT Act was enacted on December 4, 
2003.
    The first meeting of the Commission, all of which will be open to 
the public, will be held in the Cash Room at the Department of the 
Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The room will 
accommodate 80 members of the public. Seating is available on a first-
come basis. Participation in the discussion at the meeting will be 
limited to Commission members and their staffs.

    Dated: January 20, 2004.
Wayne A. Abernathy,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
[FR Doc. 04-1590 Filed 1-21-04; 3:47 pm]

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