Federal retirement claims backlog is on the rise

The backlog of federal retirement claims is back on the rise. As of October, the Office of Personnel Management had about 10,600 claims in its inventory. That’s roughly 2,000 above what OPM had the previous month. Processing times are also slowing down, as more applications are coming in. It’s taking OPM an average of 73 days to finalize a claim. But processing times for digitally submitted applications are faster, taking an average of 59 days to complete.

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