{"id":26404,"date":"2023-06-08T14:52:36","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T14:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/06\/08\/federal-retirement-claims-backlog-drops-for-fourth-month\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:05:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:05:49","slug":"federal-retirement-claims-backlog-drops-for-fourth-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2023\/06\/08\/federal-retirement-claims-backlog-drops-for-fourth-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal retirement claims backlog drops for fourth month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The amount of retirement<\/a> cases sitting unprocessed at the Office of Personnel Management dropped by nearly a quarter in May, marking the fourth straight month of record lows processing time the office hasn\u2019t seen in at least the last two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The office again processed more claims than it received last month, though it still takes about 70 days to handle cases. Compared with January, when it was taking on average more than 90 days, the office has been able to get through retirement files more quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OPM is still well above its goal of having no more than 13,000 cases in its inventory, though recent months have show more progress in 2023 than in the years before. The office also aims to process retirement cases in about two months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an interview, Lori Amos, deputy associate director for OPM Retirement Services, said \u201ctiger teams\u201d have been focusing on the oldest cases that have been in limbo for more than 180 days. Oftentimes these cases get stuck because they\u2019re missing information, so Amos said her teams have been working on addressing those gaps and rectifying them so those files can move forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\t