The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) reduced its outstanding backlog of retirement claims by 21% in March.
The total backlog of retirement applications was 23,554 at the end of February; it is now down to 18,573 as of the end of March, a roughly 21% reduction.
The reduction was due to an increased number of claims processed by OPM in March. 11,812 were processed last month versus 9,767 in February.
The total number of claims received in March (6,831) was also roughly half as many received in February which further helped to reduce the backlog.
The latest figures from OPM are 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 | 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 | not available | not available | not available |
May-14 | 6,800 | 9,000 | 14,642 | not available | not available | not available |