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Notice to Financial Institutions: Solicitation of Financial Agent for Department of the Treasury Retirement Savings Bond Program (myRAs) (PDF)

"The United States Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service ('Fiscal Service'), is requesting applications from Financial Institutions ('FIs') interested in becoming a Financial Agent of the United States to support the issuance of a new type of retirement savings bond. Fiscal Service plans to designate one Financial Agent to support all aspects of the bond program. The bonds will be made available to the public through Treasury-branded Roth IRAs ('myRAs') maintained by the Financial Agent.... Fiscal Service plans to hold an information session in March for eligible FIs interested in providing these services and requests that FIs who would like to be invited to the information session notify Fiscal Service no later than ... Friday, March 7 of their interest in attending. Applications are due by ... March 31, 2014. Eligible FIs are limited to financial institutions that meet the requirements set forth in 31 C.F.R. Part 202."

FY-2014 Budget Proposal: Treasury Department's General Explanations of Certain Retirement Related Provisions (PDF)

Significant provisions affecting retirement plans and individuals, extracted by The SPARK Institute from the official Treasury Department budget explanation.

Treasury Department May 14, 2010, Letter re: 401(k) Plans and Lifetime Income Solutions (PDF)

Excerpt: Neither Treasury nor any other Federal department or agency has made proposals to eliminate 401(k) or other defined contribution plans or to require that plans or participants invest in or take distributions as annuities or other forms of lifetime benefit.

General Explanation of Certain Retirement-Related Provisions in the Administration's FY2015 Budget Proposal (PDF)

16 pages covering various provisions affecting retirement plans (extracted from the full 297-page summary prepared by the Treasury Department).