Which types of retirement coverage errors can we process?

You can go ahead and process any error that lasted for less than 3 years of service after December 31, 1986 with one exception. If the error is one where the employee was erroneously put in FERS during the time that the employee could have voluntarily elected FERS (these are sometimes called "deemed FERS" errors), then you should not correct these types of errors. Do not correct the deemed FERS errors even if the error lasted for less than 3 years of service.

In the coming months, OPM will issue detailed instructions for correcting each type of error that is affected by FERCCA. Please do not begin correcting coverage errors affected by FERCCA until you receive OPM's instructions.

I work in an agency human resources office and I added many employee names to the FERCCA File Database. How do I know if the employees are correctly listed in the database?

We at OPM will send reports to agency headquarters benefits officers that list the agency employees that are registered in the FERCCA File database. Benefits Officers should review the list and send us the points of contact for each employee's payroll and human resources offices.

I work in an agency Human Resource office. Recently, while processing the personnel file of an employee who died, I noticed that the individual had the wrong retirement coverage. Should I register the individual in the FERCCA Database under his name and Social Security number or register his wife, as his survivor, using her name and Social Security number?

You should register the survivor using her name and Social Security number. There is a designated field on the Survivor registration form to enter the decedent's name, date of birth and Social Security number. There is also a mandatory field, which requires the OPM claim number. In a case such as this, put an "F" as the claim number suffix (CSF) and enter all 0's as the claim number. In the comments field, include the date of death along with the agency and sub agency the decedent last worked for.

I work in an agency Human Resources Office and we have registered several employees in the FERCCA Database over the past few months. We just discovered that one of the individuals should not have been registered. How do we go about having the individual's name removed from the Database?

You can call the FERCCA Hotline at 1-888-689-3233, send an email to FERCCA@opm.gov, or send a fax to 202-606-1108 Attn: FERCCA Implementation. Please provide us with the individual's name and at least one other identifying piece of information, such as date of birth, and the reason why the individual should be removed from the database.

I work in a Human Resource office and have an employee with an obvious retirement coverage error that has been in effect for the last 5 years. Am I obligated to enter this individual in the FERCCA Database if she says that she wants her retirement coverage to stay just as it is?

Yes, you need to make sure that this individual gets registered in the FERCCA Database.

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