{"id":27380,"date":"2024-03-11T14:28:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T14:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/03\/11\/federal-retirement-claims-processed-at-record-speeds-in-february\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:06:32","slug":"federal-retirement-claims-processed-at-record-speeds-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/fedlife\/retirement\/2024\/03\/11\/federal-retirement-claims-processed-at-record-speeds-in-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal retirement claims processed at record speeds in February"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Retirement claims for federal employees were processed at a record clip last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first time all year, and at least since 2020, the average time it took for the Office of Personnel Management to certify retirement cases dipped below the target of 60 days to a record low of 47 days in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that comes at a time when OPM is expected to slow down due to a high number of cases passing through the office between January and March. This time of year is a popular season for retirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be sure, OPM did receive a large number of new cases last month,<\/a> about 8,700, after intaking a surge of them in January. But the office was also able to process 10,000 files last month, thereby keeping the backlog in check to start the calendar year.<\/p>\n\n\n\t