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Financial and Activity Report (sheet 1 of 2) Version 1.3

Agency Name: Railroad Retirement Board
Week End Date: 04/24/2009

Agency/Bureau TAFS
Sub-Account Code
(OPTIONAL)
Total
Obligations
Total
Gross Outlays
(446-00) Railroad Retirement Board (60-0114 \ X ) Railroad Unemployment Insurance Extended Benefit Payments - Recovery Act      
(446-00) Railroad Retirement Board (60-0115 2009 \ 2011) Economic Recovery Payments - Recovery Act      
(446-00) Railroad Retirement Board (60-0116 \ X ) Administrative Expenses - Recovery Act      
(446-00) Railroad Retirement Board (60-0116 2009 \ 2011) Administrative Expenses - Recovery Act      
(446-00) Railroad Retirement Board (60-8262 \ X ) Limitation on Administration - Recovery Act      
(446-00) Railroad Retirement Board (60-8262 2009 \ 2011) Limitation on Administration - Recovery Act   218,799 170,000

Financial and Activity Report (sheet 2 of 2)

Major Actions To Date Major Planned Actions
Released notices to eligible claimants for Extended Unemployment Benefits explaining the program and what action will be needed to claim these benefits. Continue work on programming and analysis for one-time Economic Recovery Act payments and for Extended Unemployment 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. Plan to issue a question and answer format press release by late April regarding 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. 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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Date posted: 04/29/2009
Date updated: 04/29/2009