Retirement Backlog Stays Flat in November

The backlog of outstanding retirement claims at OPM saw almost no reduction in November.

FedSmith.com author Ian SmithBy Categories Current Events, Federal Employee Retirement Leave a comment

The Office of Personnel Management didn’t make much of a dent in the outstanding backlog of retirement applications last month.

While OPM was able to process more claims than it received (5,672 new claims were received and 5,714 were processed), the outstanding backlog now stands at 14,134, down only ever so slightly from October when it stood at 14,176.

In October, OPM was able to reduce the backlog by just over 3,500 claims.

The latest retirement processing status report is included 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 5,800 10,831 17,719
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 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

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