Federal retirement application processing times trend downward
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Federal retirement application processing times trend downward

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 7, 20267 min
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Processing times for federal retirement applications are speeding up. In September, it took the Office of Personnel Management an average of 56 days to finalize a federal retirement claim. That’s about two weeks faster than the average processing speed for August. The retirement claims backlog has also fallen to about 8,800 total pending applications. That makes September the first time in at least a year that OPM’s inventory has dipped below 10,000 claims. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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This is a Federal News Network podcast. Coming up today on the Federal Newscast, federal retirement application processing times trend downward. Military doctors get new guidelines for treating menopause symptoms.

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And the Social Security Administration is ending alternate work schedules for all employees. stories and more on today's federal newscast. Welcome to the federal newscast. I'm Michelle Sandiford. Processing times for federal retirement applications are speeding up. In September, it took the Office of Personnel Management

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an average of 56 days to finalize a federal retirement claim. That's about two weeks faster than the average processing speed for August. The retirement claims backlog has also fallen to about 8,800 total pending applications. That makes September the first time in at least a year that OPM's inventory has dipped below 10,000 claims. Military doctors have new guidelines for

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