Description: National Office of the Employee Plans Division of the IRS has included two “visiting actuaries,” Karen Krist and Amy Viener. We are each on leave from our private sector jobs, visiting the IRS for two and one years, respectively. The program is new, and in this article we would like to give our fellow actuaries some idea of why we are here.

Description: Trade association representatives discuss their role and involvement in the legislative process, and suggest ways in which actuaries can have a greater influence in areas that impact their profession. From the 1997 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.