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Retirement claims tick up, but OPM continues cutting backlog
The Office of Personnel Management received more claims than expected last month, but for the third month in a row processed more claims than it expected to. OPM has also made progress cutting the longstanding backlog of retirement claims. At 44,679 claims, there are now fewer retirement claims stuck in the backlog than there were in December 2011, when OPM began tracking them as part of a new push to eliminate the logjam.
Tags: retirement , OPM , Jack Moore , retirement backlog
Analysis: How changes at OPM will affect retiree claims
Federal News Radio's Mike Causey and Max Cacas explain the changes and what the announcement means for retirees who have yet to get their annuity payments. Also, OPM Director John Berry and new Associate Director Bill Zielinski explained in a press conference what retirees can do to help OPM.
Tags: Mike Causey , Max Cacas , John Berry , Bill Zielinski , OPM , retireess , pay and benefits , Dorobek Insider
'Extreme' review process adding to FOIA backlog
A National Security Archive survey finds agencies are falling short of the Obama administration's order to improve response time for Freedom of Information Act requests.
Tags: Nate Jones , National Security Archive , FOIA , open government , transparency , In Depth ,
Thinking small: SSA finds solutions to backlog of cases
SSA Commissioner Michael Astrue has taken extra funding, both from Congress' annual appropriations and from the Recovery Act, and invested in staffing and technology to fight the case backlog, Government Executive reports.
Tags: Must Reads , Dorobek Insider , SSA , Michael Astrue , management , recession
