OPM Director Asks Congress for Help in Pruning Back Retirement Paperwork
OPM wants about $27 million to fund a retirement modernization project. (Wash. Post registration required)
“The president’s chief civil service adviser appeared before a House subcommittee yesterday with a file cabinet drawer. It was stuffed with paperwork — a symbol of the rising number of retirement requests from federal employees.
In 2003, the Office of Personnel Management received 90,000 retirement claims to process, and in 2004 and 2005, about 100,000 each year. The claims are filed on behalf of employees from all three branches of government.
OPM urged the subcommittee to support a fiscal 2007 budget proposal that would provide $26.7 million for OPM to undertake a “retirement systems modernization project”
April 22nd, 2006 at 3:26 am
On the subject Retirement I beleive the Post Office is wrong side of the issue.If you have thirty years of service they should let you retire regardless of your age.Also push legistion that you don’t need be 59 1/2 to starting collecting your Thrift Saving Plan.They should offer a real early package deal to the Civil Service employees which might in include one year health benfits & two years salaries.The postal would reduce their cost.This would benfit jurior workers with more job security in their craft.
Have a good weekend
Frank
Mailhandler
WalCreek