Excerpt: The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has updated its report titled 'Pension Sponsorship and Participation: Summary of Recent Trends.' In a summary of the report the CRS noted that the number of workers in the private sector whose employer sponsored a retirement plan was essentially unchanged from 2002 to 2003. You may download the compete report at this url: www.401khelpcenter.com/pdf/RL30122_Oct_04.pdf.