The March Board meeting featured three fact-finding sessions – one in the morning, and two in the afternoon. In the morning, Jeff Brown, former Board member and professor of finance at University of Illinois, joined the meeting by video teleconference. Mr. Brown discussed his views on various retirement security issues and proposals including lump sum delayed retirement credits, default provisions, universal pensions, and benefit restructuring.In the afternoon, the Board met with Scott Frey, the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Deputy Commissioner for Legislative and Congressional Affairs. Later in the afternoon, the Board met with SSA’s Chief Actuary Stephen Goss. Mr. Goss was invited to share some updates relating to recent Advisory Board data requests on the topic of Continuing Disability Reviews (CDRs).