OPM strives to make sure the proper payments are being paid to the proper beneficiaries. We take every opportunity to send reminders to our annuitants and their survivors concerning the importance of reporting changes in addresses and or life events.
This is also a good time for me to remind our newer annuitants and those that have been retired for a while of some activities that can safeguard your retirement information.
You should always:
- Keep your retirement claim number in a safe place
- If you use Services Online (SOL) (www.servicesonline.opm.gov) keep your password in a secure place just as you would with the password to your banking institution. We have made it easy for you to access SOL using your password to record changes and manage your account quickly
- Log into SOL periodically to keep your address and email address up to date so you don’t miss any important information
- The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) employees will NOT call you and ask for your identifying information over the phone or request your password. If you should receive a questionable telephone call from someone claiming to be an employee of OPM, please do not give out your personal information, but contact us immediately at 1-888-767-6738
As we enter into the second quarter of 2013, we made significant improvements in our processing time. We enhanced SOL by allowing you to print a verification of income statement that can be used for personal business. Thanks to you, we increased our email address data base allowing us to send you valuable retirement information as well as allowing us to go green and reduce our paper usage. In the upcoming months, we will provide you the option to receive information from OPM electronically.
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