<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.6082" name=GENERATOR><!-- converted from rtf -->
<STYLE><!-- .EmailQuote { margin-left: 1pt; padding-left: 4pt; border-left: #800000 2px solid; } --></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY style="MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 10pt Tahoma">
<DIV>Thanks Tim</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Footlight MT Light" color=#6147c5 size=4><STRONG><FONT face="Brush Script MT" size=6>Karen Park<BR></FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Footlight MT Light" color=#6147c5 size=4><STRONG>Oregon State Social Security Coordinator</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Footlight MT Light" color=#6147c5 size=4><STRONG>Oregon PERS<BR>503 603-7633<BR>karen.park@state.or.us<BR><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:AVSXTLEGMKTH.IMAGE_9.GIF" align=baseline border=0><BR>SL2</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Footlight MT Light" color=#6147c5 size=4></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Footlight MT Light" color=#6147c5>Please note my office hours are Monday thru Thursday 6 am to 4:30 pm</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Footlight MT Light" color=#6147c5></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Footlight MT Light" color=#6147c5></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=2>CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: All information in this email, including attachments, is approved solely for delivery to and authorized use by intended recipients. Use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this message and/or any of its attachments by unintended recipients is not authorized and may be unlawful. If you are not an intended recipient of this message or an authorized assistant to an intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete it from your system</FONT>. </P></FONT></DIV><BR><BR>>>> "Beard, Tim" <Tim.Beard@ssa.gov> 5/18/2011 11:52 AM >>><BR></DIV><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif" size=3>
<DIV>You may wish to share with public employers, the opportunity to attend an upcoming IRS webinar on the employment tax exam process. This June 22 event will cover various aspects of what occurs when IRS reviews an entity’s employment tax returns. While the webinar is being presented by the IRS staff who deal with small and medium size businesses, much of what will be discussed is applicable to public entities.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Details on the webinar can be found at <A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=239163,00.html"><FONT face="Calibri, sans-serif" color=#0000ff size=2><U>http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=239163,00.html</U></FONT></A><FONT face="Calibri, sans-serif" color=#0000ff size=2>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Calibri, sans-serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Tim Beard</DIV>
<DIV>Employer Services Liaison Officer</DIV>
<DIV>Social Security Administration</DIV>
<DIV>Seattle, WA</DIV>
<DIV>206 615-2125</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Calibri, sans-serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Calibri, sans-serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Calibri, sans-serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>