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Friday, March 20, 2009 Friday, February 20, 2009
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Weekly Progress
Source: Agency Financial and Activity Report as of 2009-04-30
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Financial and Activity Report
Financial Status: |
- Total Available: $218,799
- Total Paid Out: $170,000
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Major Actions Taken to Date: |
- Released notices to eligible claimants for Extended Unemployment Benefits explaining the program and what action will be needed to claim these benefits.
- Updated the Interactive Voice Response message on the RRB's nationwide toll-free telephone system to describe the Economic Recovery Payments and the Extended Unemployment Benefits.
- Updated the Frequently Asked Questions on the RRB's Recovery Act web page to encourage claimants to keep their home address and direct deposit information up to date.
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Major Planned Actions: |
- Continue work on programming and analysis for one-time Economic Recovery Act payments and for Extended Unemployment Benefits.
- Plan to issue a question and answer format press release by late April regarding the Extended Unemployment Benefits.
- Plan to begin mailing advance notices to approximately 517,000 beneficiaries about their one-time payments by April 27, 2009.
- Plan to issue one-time Recovery Act payments to approximately 517,000 entitled railroad retirement beneficiaries in late May 2009.
- Release draft plans to OMB for the Extended Unemployment Benefits and for the Economic Recovery Payments.
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