The number of new claims received by the Office of Personnel Management was the lowest its been in a month since April which allowed the agency to reduce the outstanding backlog of claims by 10%. That wasn’t enough, however, to get the backlog down below the 10,000 mark.
The total backlog went from 16,350 to 14,706. 6,300 new claims were received in September, and OPM was able to process 7,944 which accounted for the reduction in the backlog.
OPM had estimated that the total backlog would be at 11,042 at the end of September, so it missed that mark by 33%. The total backlog is also higher than it was a year ago, most likely due to the large number of new claims that were received in 2015, particularly in January, February and July.
The latest data are included below.
Month | Projected Claims Received | Projected Claims Processed | Projected Inventory | Claims Received | Claims Processed | Inventory | % Processed in 60 days or less (YTD) |
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Oct-13 | 8,400 | 11,500 | 19,142 | 7,484 | 11,027 | 14,176 | |
Nov-13 | 8,400 | 11,500 | 16,042 | 5,672 | 5,714 | 14,134 | |
Dec-13 | 8,400 | 11,500 | 12,942 | 4,952 | 6,449 | 12,637 | |
Jan-14 | 19,000 | 8,700 | 23,242 | 17,383 | 8,724 | 21,296 | |
Feb-14 | 9,800 | 9,400 | 23,642 | 12,025 | 9,767 | 23,554 | |
Mar-14 | 6,400 | 10,400 | 19,642 | 6,831 | 11,812 | 18,573 | |
Apr-14 | 6,500 | 9,300 | 16,842 | 8,047 | 10,002 | 16,618 | |
May-14 | 6,800 | 9,000 | 14,642 | 8,431 | 10,498 | 14,551 | 76.6% |
Jun-14 | 8,000 | 8,100 | 14,542 | 6,627 | 8,787 | 12,391 | 77.3% |
Jul-14 | 8,000 | 8,100 | 14,442 | 9,101 | 7,872 | 13,620 | 77.9% |
Aug-14 | 7,400 | 8,000 | 13,842 | 6,795 | 7,318 | 13,097 | 78.5% |
Sep-14 | 7,300 | 8,000 | 13,142 | 6,350 | 6,680 | 12,767 | 78.8% |
Oct-14 | 7,800 | 8,500 | 12,442 | 10,155 | 8,785 | 14,137 | 83.2% |
Nov-14 | 7,600 | 7,800 | 12,242 | 5,746 | 5,844 | 14,039 | 83.4% |
Dec-14 | 5,600 | 6,500 | 11,342 | 4,077 | 6,447 | 11,669 | 83.7% |
Jan-15 | 19,000 | 8,700 | 21,642 | 18,629 | 7,662 | 22,636 | 80.2% |
Feb-15 | 9,700 | 9,800 | 21,542 | 9,219 | 7,841 | 24,014 | 80.6% |
Mar-15 | 6,400 | 11,000 | 16,942 | 5,478 | 8,898 | 20,594 | 81.6% |
Apr-15 | 6,700 | 9,600 | 14,042 | 6,292 | 8,660 | 18,226 | 72.6% |
May-15 | 7,100 | 9,100 | 12,042 | 7,845 | 10,697 | 15,374 | 68.0% |
Jun-15 | 7,500 | 8,000 | 11,542 | 6,920 | 7,783 | 14,511 | 68.7% |
Jul-15 | 8,000 | 8,100 | 11,442 | 9,862 | 7,918 | 16,455 | 69.0% |
Aug-15 | 7,400 | 7,600 | 11,242 | 7,341 | 7,446 | 16,350 | 69.6% |
Sep-15 | 7,300 | 7,500 | 11,042 | 6,300 | 7,944 | 14,706 | 70.1% |