OPM released its latest monthly retirement processing status report for November. The number of claims received was down over previous months, but the number processed was on par with past months, helping to continue to reduce the backlog of applications.
6,584 applications were received in November and 11,966 were processed bringing the total outstanding backlog down to 31,704.
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The latest inventory report is listed in full below.
| Month | Projected Claims Received | Projected Claims Processed | Projected Inventory (inventory plus claims less processed) |
Actual Claims Received | Actual Claims Processed | Inventory (inventory plus claims less processed) |
| Jan-12 | 21,000 | 8,000 | 61,378 | 21,479 | 8,749 | 61,108 |
| Feb-12 | 5,600 | 8,300 | 58,678 | 6,415 | 9,953 | 57,570 |
| Mar-12 | 5,000 | 8,300 | 55,378 | 7,090 | 12,386 | 52,274 |
| Apr-12 | 8,000 | 8,300 | 55,078 | 6,770 | 8,028 | 51,016 |
| May-12 | 8,000 | 8,500 | 54,578 | 7,523 | 9,066 | 49,473 |
| Jun-12 | 8,000 | 8,500 | 54,078 | 7,814 | 8,964 | 48,323 |
| Jul-12 | 8,400 | 11,500 | 50,978 | 8,660 | 12,304 | 44,679 |
| Aug-12 | 8,000 | 11,500 | 47,478 | 8,973 | 11,865 | 41,787 |
| Sep-12 | 7,000 | 11,500 | 42,978 | 11,952 | 12,563 | 41,176 |
| Oct-12 | 7,000 | 11,500 | 38,478 | 8,138 | 12,228 | 37,086 |
| Nov-12 | 7,000 | 11,500 | 33,978 | 6,584 | 11,966 | 31,704 |
