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Federal retirement application processing times trend downward

Processing times for federal retirement applications are speeding up. In September, it took the Office of Personnel Management an average of 56 days to finalize a federal retirement claim. That’s about two weeks faster than the average processing speed for August. The retirement claims backlog has also fallen to about 8,800 total pending applications. That makes September the first time in at least a year that OPM’s inventory has dipped below 10,000 claims. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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  OPM partners with White House fraud task force on hiring initiative

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  A new bill would supercharge customer service at the IRS

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  Coast Guard surpasses its recruiting goal for third consecutive year

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  OPM launches AI chatbot to answer questions about workforce trends

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  DoD wasted millions helping DHS increase immigration detection capacity

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  Democrats look to make the retirement process easier for feds

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  Thrift Savings Plan fund had a bad month in September

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  Pentagon wants states to complete for new U.S. military base

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  OMB violated Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act with $1 bill…

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  Top House Democrat puts defense contractors on notice

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  Secret Service faces questions about agency funding used for White House r…

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  Department of Navy rolls out new features for MyNavy portal

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  Federal immigration judges at DOJ face doxxing threats

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  Marine Corps increases imminent danger and hostile fire pay

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  OPM gives agencies authority to give bonuses up to $25,000