Retirement Backlog Relatively Unchanged in May
OPM’s retirement backlog showed only a slight drop in May as compared to the previous month.
OPM’s retirement backlog showed only a slight drop in May as compared to the previous month.
OPM was able to get the retirement backlog back below 20,000 for the first time since December.
Despite more incoming claims than usual in March, OPM was able to make a sizable reduction to the retirement backlog.
February saw its typical surge in new retirement applications, but OPM was able to manage the workload which kept the overall backlog in check.
The author says that the retirement backlog at OPM is projected to get worse, and he proposes a solution which he says could reduce the backlog quickly.
The usual influx of new retirements that comes in January is not as bad as it was last year, but OPM still has a bigger backlog to deal with.
Although December saw fewer incoming retirement applications, 2018 ended with a much higher backlog than the year before.
Despite a higher number of new claims in the month than usual, OPM made a modest reduction in November’s retirement backlog.
OPM’s Inspector General said that while the agency appears to have met a part of its goal on the retirement backlog, it has some more work to do.
Thanks to receiving over 9,000 new applications, OPM’s retirement backlog grew considerably in October.