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For months, the I-Team has been tracking concerns with processing retirement benefits for thousands of federal workers who left the federal government this year

The federal government’s backlog of pending retirement claims hit the highest level since the COVID-19 pandemic last month, as tens of thousands of federal workers who accepted the Trump administration’s so-called deferred resignation program.

The simple target of what OPM is trying to do with retirement services, Kupor said, is to go paperless “as quickly as possible.”

OPM director Scott Kupor has expressed confidence that an administration initiative to address the long-recognized issue of delays in processing of federal retirement applications will succeed where others have failed

Federal employees, on average, are waiting longer to see their retirement applications processed

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued new guidance directing all federal agencies to eliminate any record of a federal employeeʼs COVID-19 vaccination status, prior noncompliance with vaccine mandates, or requests for exemptions from such mandates.

In OPM’s Information Technology Strategic Plan for 2023–2026, former Chief Information Officer Guy Cavallo prioritized modernization initiatives including Electronic Retirement Records (ERR), ORA, and RS Surveys. While Cavallo retired earlier this year, those efforts are now reaching employees preparing to retire in 2025.

Upon review of the Inspector General (IG) for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) “Flash Report” of July 2, NAPS immediately communicated its deep concern to the USPS and members of Congress

The Postal Service Health Benefits program faces “critical resource issues” and the OPM has not ensured that the underlying system “will remain fully staffed, supported and funded” in light of OPM’s downsizing and reorganization, an inspector general audit has said

The Office of Personnel Management’s new retirement portal went live on Monday

Sen. Mark Warner urged OPM’s acting director to ensure identity protection services continue for the more than 21 million individuals affected by the 2015 breach.

Agencies are facing a tight timeline to move to a paperless federal retirement process, as the Office of Personnel Management puts the finishing touches on a multi-year modernization project.