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Surge in Retirements

Questions and answers

  • We’re expanding the number of retirees entering Interim Pay within 30 days. 
  • OPM is coordinating closely with agency HR and payroll offices to improve application quality and speed. 
  • We’ve expanded our Retirement Services team and launched employee incentive programs to handle the surge in applications. 
  • Our automation projects are also helping us process cases faster than in the past. 
  • We’ve expanded our self-service options on Retirement Services Online to help provide faster response times to status questions. 

We know how important a smooth and timely retirement process is. Our team is working hard to make this year’s historic retirement wave faster, more transparent, and easier to navigate. Thank you for your service and for your patience as we modernize a decades-old system to better serve federal retirees. 

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