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retirement claims
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An unexpected surge in retirement claims during March exceeded OPM's ability to keep up with the backlog.
April 08, 2021 -
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In January 2021, 13,850 federal employees retired, driving the retirement backlog up to 26,968, the highest it's been since April of 2013, when it sat at just above 30,000.
February 08, 2021 -
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This fall was a volatile period for federal retirement claims - with a noticeable spike in October and mirroring decline the month after. But December seems to have been when activity more or less calmed down.
January 11, 2021 -
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Choosing when to retire is never an easy decision, and the pandemic (during an election year) isn't helping feds either.
October 12, 2020 -
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New federal retirement claims held largely steady in September, though they were still below their levels a year ago.
October 07, 2020 -
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After six months of progress on its backlog of retirement claims, the Office of Personnel Management backslid for the first time this year in July.
August 07, 2020 -
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About as many federal employees submitted retirement claims in June as the month before, but the Office of Personnel Management was able to reduce the backlog this time.
July 10, 2020 -
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According to the latest data from the Office of Personnel Management, about 1.4% fewer retirement claims were filed in May compared to April.
June 08, 2020 -
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The Office of Personnel Management's latest report of retirement claims may not be a reliable picture of the coronavirus' impact on the federal workforce size to date but compared to 2019 the numbers are significantly down.
April 07, 2020 -
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After a sharp rise in the federal retirement processing backlog in January, the numbers dropped last month — but still about equal to 2019 levels.
March 13, 2020 -
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Starting in the mid-1990s various experts looked at the aging federal workforce and concluded that the end, for many of them, was near.
January 23, 2020 -
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Just like the year before, December saw a drop in the number of federal retirement claims received by the Office of Personnel Management compared to the previous month.
January 09, 2020 -
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The Office of Personnel Management in October received the lowest number of retirement claims in a month since April, but the agency’s claims backlog grew for the first time since June.
November 12, 2019 -
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The Office of Personnel Management reported fewer retirement claims received last month, as well as fewer processed, compared to the month prior.
October 09, 2019
