GAO Interviews Halpern on 401k Fiduciary Responsibilities

The General Accountability Office interviewed Skip Halpern, IFS President, as part of its research for its forthcoming report on fiduciary responsibilities for the named fiduciaries of 401k plans. While recent GAO reports have focused more specifically on particular subjects like employer stock and mutual fund fees in 401k plans, the upcoming report will extend more broadly across those and other aspects of fiduciary responsibility concerning 401k plan investment programs The expect the report sometime in the first quarter of 2008.