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  • EBSANoticeOctober 19, 2026

    Exemption for Certain Prohibited Transactions Involving the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union No. 99 Joint Apprenticeship Training Fund (the Fund or the Applicant) Located in Cranston, Rhode Island

    This exemption permits the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union No. 99 Joint Apprenticeship Training Fund (the Fund) to purchase certain improved real property located at 40 Western Industrial Drive, Cranston, Rhode Island (the Property) from Local Union 99 Realty Corporation (Realty Corp), an entity that is 100% owned and controlled by IBEW Local 99 (the Union), a party in interest with respect to the Fund. Absent an exemption, this transaction would violate the prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

  • PBGCNoticeOctober 16, 2026

    Proposed Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request; Special Financial Assistance Information

    The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) intends to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) extend approval, with modifications, under the Paperwork Reduction Act, of a collection of information contained in PBGC's regulation on special financial assistance (SFA). The purpose of the information collection is to gather information necessary for PBGC to operate this special financial assistance program. PBGC is also proposing changes to the information collected with the Annual Statement of Compliance (ASOC) by adding requests for filers to provide documentation regarding plan investment policies and procedures for locating missing participants. This notice informs the public of PBGC's intent and solicits public comment on the collection of information.

  • EBSANoticeOctober 16, 2026

    Proposed Exemption From Certain Prohibited Transactions Involving GCI Communication Corporation (GCI or the Applicant) Located in Anchorage, Alaska

    This proposed exemption would permit the GCI 401(k) Plan's (the Plan's) prior acquisition and holding of rights to purchase shares of GCI Liberty, Inc. Series C GCI Group Common Stock (the Rights). Absent an exemption, these transactions would be prohibited by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code).

  • PBGCFinal ruleOctober 14, 2026

    Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans; Interest Assumptions for Valuing Benefits

    This final rule amends the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulation on Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans to prescribe the spreads component of the interest assumption under the asset allocation regulation for plans with valuation dates of October 31, 2026-January 30, 2027. These interest assumptions are used for valuing benefits under terminating single-employer plans and for other purposes.

  • IRSFinal ruleOctober 6, 2026

    Transparency in Coverage

    These final rules set forth requirements that amend the regulations under the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code regarding price transparency reporting requirements for non- grandfathered group health plans and health insurance issuers offering non-grandfathered group and individual health insurance coverage. Specifically, these final rules are intended to improve the standardization, accuracy, and accessibility of public pricing disclosures in line with the goals of Executive Order 14221, "Making America Healthy Again by Empowering Patients With Clear, Accurate, and Actionable Healthcare Pricing Information." With respect to the In- network Rate and out-of-network Allowed Amount machine-readable files, these final rules aim to achieve these goals by adding new contextual files and additional data elements like product type, provider network name, and provider network identifier; changing the reporting level for aggregation of data; removing in-network rates for unlikely provider- to-service mappings; increasing the reporting period and lowering the claims threshold for out-of-network historical data; and reducing the reporting cadence. These final rules also aim to improve the findability of all publicly disclosed machine-readable files required under the Transparency in Coverage rules, including the prescription drug file, by requiring a text file containing contact information for the files, and a footer with website URLs. These final rules also require pricing information that is made available through an online consumer tool and on paper (upon request), to also be made available by phone, and establish that the satisfaction of such requirement also satisfies the requirements of section 114 of the No Surprises Act (including for grandfathered group health plans and health insurance issuers offering grandfathered group and individual health insurance coverage that are not otherwise subject to these final rules).

  • PBGCNoticeSeptember 29, 2026

    Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative and Quantitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery

    The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) extend approval, under the Paperwork Reduction Act, of the collection of information on qualitative and quantitative feedback on PBGC's service delivery (OMB Control Number 1212-0066; expires October 31, 2026). This notice informs the public of PBGC's request and solicits comments on the proposed information collection. This collection of information was developed as part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the process for seeking feedback from the public on service delivery.

  • EBSANoticeSeptember 17, 2026

    Exemption Involving the Abiomed Retirement Savings Plan Located in Danvers, MA

    This exemption allows the Abiomed Retirement Savings Plan (the Plan) to acquire and hold certain "contingent value rights" and to receive payments in connection with that acquisition and holding. Absent an exemption, these transactions would violate the prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code).

  • IRSFinal ruleAugust 28, 2026

    Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations; Correction

    This document corrects typographical errors and omissions in the final rule that appeared in the June 4, 2026, Federal Register titled "Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations" (referred to hereafter as the "IDR final rule"). The effective date of the IDR final rule was August 3, 2026.

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