Borzi EBSA Nomination Approved by Senate
July 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Senate
has approved the nomination of Phyllis Borzi as assistant
secretary of labor for the Department of Labor's Employee
Benefits Security Administration (EBSA).
class="intro">The Congressional Record said
the U.S. Senate approved the nomination July 10. The
nomination passed the Health, Education, Labor, and Pension
Committee by voice vote last week.
According to a White House announcement in March, when
she was tapped for the job (see
Obama Makes Assistant Labor Secretary, EBSA
Nomination
), Borzi is currently a research professor in the
Department of Health Policy, School of Public Health and
Health Services at The George Washington University
Medical Center, where she is involved in research and
policy analysis involving employee benefit plans, the
uninsured, managed care, and legal barriers to the
development of health information technology.
She is also affiliated with Washington, D.C.-based law
firm O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue. Borzi
specializes in the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act (ERISA) and other legal areas affecting employee
benefit plans, including pensions and retirement savings,
health plans, and discrimination based on age or
disability.
Alison Cooke
editors@plansponsor.com