Press Release  

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 8, 2005

CONTACT: Tracy Tucker
Phone: (859) 514-9210
Fax: (859) 514-9188
E-mail: info@nagdca.org


Legislative Issues Focus of March 31st NAGDCAST
Registration for the National Association of Government Defined Contribution Administrators, Inc. (NAGDCA)'s March 31st webcast on Legislative Issues has officially opened. The event will take place on March 31st at 1:00p.m. EST. Over 300 participants are anticipated to attend the event.

Speakers will include NAGDCA's Legislative Counsel, Susan J. White; Alex Turner, Deferred Compensation Board Member, State of Arizona; and Cathie Eitelberg, Senior Vice-President, The Segal Company. The speakers will discuss potential and pending legislation and its impact on the defined contribution industry. A review of the NAGDCA Executive Board's March 14-15 visits to Capitol Hill to meet with members of Congress, Treasury Department Officials and state congressional staffs to discuss issues affecting state and local defined contribution plans will also be given.

Registration is free for government members but the event is open to non-members for a fee. Advance registration is required prior to the start of the event at 1:00p.m. EST. The Power Point presentation for this program will be available at www.nagdca.org by 11:00 EST the morning of March 31. Register at www.nagdca.org (Latest News section, left side of screen).

NAGDCASTS, audio conferences with visual presentations accessible through the Internet, were introduced by NAGDCA in 2002 as part of its educational initiative to offer insights into retirement plan administration through time and cost-effective methods. Designed for those with limited time and budgets, hundreds of participants around the country can join NAGDCA's educational sessions right from their desktops.

NAGDCA is the country's leading organization of defined contribution retirement plan administrators and financial service providers. It represents nearly every state deferred compensation plan, as well as numerous other governmental and public sector defined contribution plans, and over 105 companies in the financial services industry. Its mission is to focus on retirement planning for public sector employees participating in 457, 403(b), 401(a) and 401(k) retirement plans; assets in these plans tripled during the 1990's.

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