As of the end of July, OPM still had over 25,000 outstanding retirement claims in its inventory. However, that number is down from almost 45,000 last July.
OPM received 7,783 new claims in July and was able to process 7,724, roughly keeping pace with the new ones. In March, April, and May, OPM was able to process quite a few more than were received which helped reduce the backlog. Despite this improvement, the Washington Post recently reported that OPM will miss its goal of clearing the backlog this year.
The latest inventory breakdown follows 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) |
| 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 |
| Dec-12 | 7,000 | 11,500 | 29,478 | 5,152 | 10,454 | 26,402 |
| Jan-13 | 21,000 | 11,500 | 38,978 | 22,187 | 12,527 | 36,062 |
| Feb-13 | 5,600 | 11,500 | 33,078 | 20,374 | 15,333 | 41,103 |
| Mar-13 | 5,000 | 11,500 | 26,578 | 10,183 | 14,683 | 36,603 |
| Apr-13 | 8,000 | 11,500 | 23,078 | 7,059 | 13,582 | 30,080 |
| May-13 | 8,000 | 11,500 | 26,210 | 7,084 | 10,954 | 26,210 |
| Jun-13 | 8,000 | 9,500 | 25,542 | 8,015 | 8,683 | 25,542 |
| Jul-13 | 8,400 | 9,500 | 24,442 | 7,783 | 7,724 | 25,601 |
| Aug-13 | 8,400 | 9,500 | 23,342 | |||
| Sep-13 | 8,400 | 9,500 | 22,242 | |||
| Oct-13 | 8,400 | 11,500 | 19,142 | |||
| Nov-13 | 8,400 | 11,500 | 16,042 | |||
| Dec-13 | 8,400 | 11,500 | 12,942 | |||
| Jan-14 | 20,000 | 11,500 | 21,442 | |||
| Feb-14 | 8,400 | 11,500 | 18,342 | |||
| Mar-14 | 8,400 | 11,500 | 15,242 | |||
| Apr-14 | 8,400 | 9,500 | 14,142 | |||
| May-14 | 8,400 | 9,500 | 13,042 |
