OPM was able to process more retirement claims in the month of August than were received.
8,104 claims were received in August, up slightly over the number received in July. However, the agency was able to process 10,955 to put a dent in the backlog of outstanding claims.
OPM noted that the improvement in August was due to allowing some overtime for its Retirement Services department. On April 28, Retirement Services eliminated all overtime for the remainder of FY2013 due to funding reductions required by the Joint Committee sequester. However, a year-end budget review allowed RS to resume limited overtime in August.
Despite this improvement in the last month, the backlog of claims still stands at 22,750. Comments we have received from our users suggest that there are a number of federal employees still waiting to have their claims processed by OPM, and these figures certainly indicate that one can still expect potential delays with the process.
The latest status report is listed 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 | 8,104 | 10,955 | 22,750 |
| Sep-13 | 8,400 | 9,500 | 22,242 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Oct-13 | 8,400 | 11,500 | 19,142 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Nov-13 | 8,400 | 11,500 | 16,042 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Dec-13 | 8,400 | 11,500 | 12,942 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Jan-14 | 20,000 | 11,500 | 21,442 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Feb-14 | 8,400 | 11,500 | 18,342 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Mar-14 | 8,400 | 11,500 | 15,242 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Apr-14 | 8,400 | 9,500 | 14,142 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| May-14 | 8,400 | 9,500 | 13,042 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
