Hurricane Katrina Related Links
Rev. 09/29/05, E-mail Alert 2005-19

A search using the word katrina, on September 28, 2005, revealed some fascinating facts:

on FirstGov; there were 11,153 hits.
on Yahoo; the word katrina brought 277,000,000 hits
on Google; the word katrina brought 577,000,000 hits.
Wonder what the results would have been in July.

Below are websites related to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita with a focus largely, but not entirely, on Retirement Plans:
IRS Katrina News Releases
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=148203,00.html

IRS Hurricane Rita Relief
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=148540,00.html

IRS Employee Plans News
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/fall05.pdf

PBGC Deadline Relieve for Hurricane Katrina Disaster Area Plan Sponsors
http://www.pbgc.gov/practitioners/law-regulations-informal-guidance/disaster-relief-announcements/dr14986.html

DOL EBSA Filing Extension for RITA
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ebsa/EBSA20051848.htm

DOL EBSA Filing Extensions
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/newsroom/pr0920a05.html

DOL EBSA
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/

Social Security Information for People Affected by Katrina
http://www.ssa.gov/emergency/

Hurricane Katrina on First Gov
http://www.firstgov.gov/Citizen/Topics/PublicSafety/Hurricane_Katrina_Recovery.shtml

First Gov for Consumers
http://www.consumer.gov/

FDA: Health and Safety After a Hurricane
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/hurricane.html

Dept of Health and Human Resources; Center for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/index.asp

US Health Resources and Services Administration
http://www.hrsa.gov/katrina/

HUD
http://www.hud.gov/katrina/index.cfm

USPS Affected Postal Stations
http://www.usps.com/communications/news/serviceupdates/zipmap.htm?from=bannercommunications&page=katrinamap


Bill Grossman, QPA