Fee Disclosure has been discussed ad nauseum on this blog in past entries. Here we are on the approximate one-year anniversary of 408(b)-2 and an article comes out discussing how the DOL intends to make a concerted effort to enforce excessive fee cases, using the disclosures as the primary supporting documentation. See below for the full article.
http://www.napa-net.org/news/managing-a-practice/regulatory-compliance/philadelphia-region-of-the-ebsa-to-focus-on-fees-in-401k-plan-audits/?id=4553&tkn=375651996506af1d83e2f5&mqsc=E3576487&utm_source=WhatCountsEmail&utm_medium=NAPA_List+Napa-Net%20Daily&utm_campaign=NAPA%20Net%20Daily
And they were kind enough to supply a link to the list of items required in the event of a DOL audit.
http://www.asppa.org/document-vault/pdfs/GAC/2013/dolreq.aspx
My thoughts are that the full impact of the fee disclosure rules from last year have yet to be felt, perhaps this is a sign of that impact en route.
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