The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has Government wide responsibility
and oversight for Federal benefits administration. These pages contain the Benefits
Administration Letters (BALs) used for program administration. The BALs
provide guidance to agencies on various aspects of Federal benefits administration.
03-101 |
01/9/03 |
Annual Changes |
[129 KB] |
Attachment A - Benefits Changes Chart |
[89 KB] |
03-102 |
01/22/03 |
Crediting Service with a DoD or Coast Guard Nonappropriated
Fund Instrumentality for CSRS or FERS Immediate Retirement Under Public
Law 107-107, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 |
[125 KB] |
Attachment 1 - Examples: Who Can Elect to Use NAF Service
to Qualify for CSRS or FERS Immediate Retirement under Section 1132 of
Public Law 107-107 and Who Cannot |
[108 KB] |
Attachment 2 - Computing Annuity Estimates When NAF Service
is Used to Qualify for Immediate Retirement under Section 1132 of Public
Law 107-107 |
[666 KB] |
Attachment 3 - Election Form RI 38-145 |
[84 KB] |
Attachment 4 - Model Request for Verification of NAF Service;
Names and Addresses of NAF Employers; Verification of NAF Service Form
(revised 2/11/03) |
[111 KB] |
Attachment 5 - NAF Service Credit Flag |
[81 KB] |
Attachment 6 - Charts |
[175 KB] |
03-103 |
02/26/03 |
Benefit Officers Resource Center (BORC) Emergency
Customer Service |
[127 KB] |
Attachment A - BORC Emergency Operations
Liaison Designations |
[105 KB] |
03-104 |
04/15/03 |
Retirement Coverage Error Correction: Correction
of Errors that do not Provide an Election |
[172 KB] |
Attachment A - Common Retirement Plans &
Corresponding Codes |
[59 KB] |
Attachment B - Examples of Distribution of
Monies Between Retirement & Social Security |
[89 KB] |
03-105 |
06/25/03 |
Computing the Post-1956 Military Deposit for Employees
On LWOP-US Who Receive Civilian Pay During Their Active Military Duty |
[129 KB] |
Attachment A - Sample Request for Estimated Military Earnings |
[126 KB] |
03-106 |
07/30/03 |
Federal Physicians Comparability Allowance Amendments
of 2000 |
[49 KB] |
03-201 |
01/31/03 |
Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Opportunity
for Certain Former CareFirst Blue Choice and Blue Cross and Blue Shield
(BCBS) Service Benefit Plan Members to Change Enrollment |
[92 KB] |
03-202 |
02/11/03 |
Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Opportunity
for Affected Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) Service Benefit Plan Members
in Tennessee, Enrollment Codes 104, 105, 111, and 112, to Change Enrollment
(The HCA Hospitals are located in the Chattanooga/Nashville area.) |
[123 KB] |
03-203 |
02/11/03 |
Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Opportunity
for Certain Former Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) Service Benefit Plan
Members in Florida, Enrollment Codes 104, 105, 111, and 112, to Change
Enrollment (The BayCare Health System is located in the Tampa Bay/St.
Petersburg area.) |
[92 KB] |
03-204 |
03/18/03 |
Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Level
Orange Alert |
[140 KB] |
03-205 |
03/25/03 |
Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance: Effect of the
Retroactive Pay Raise on the Amount of FEGLI Coverage and on Life Insurance
Certifications |
[149 KB] |
03-206 |
06/06/03 |
FEHB Program: Opportunity for Enrollees of PrimeHealth
of Alabama, Inc., Enrollment Code AA, to Change Enrollment |
[47 KB] |
03-207 |
06/10/03 |
Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Table
of Permissible Changes for Employees Electing Premium Conversion |
[80 KB] |
Attachment A - Permissible Changes Table |
[45 KB] |
03-208 |
10/21/03 |
Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance: New Option B
Premiums |
[41 KB] |
03-209 |
10/29/03 |
Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB): The FEHB Clearinghouse
|
[64 KB] |
03-301 |
01/9/03 |
Preliminary Information about Flexible Spending Accounts |
[162 KB] |
03-302 |
01/15/03 |
Cost Factors for First Quarter of FY 2003 |
[179 KB] |
03-303 |
02/10/03 |
March 2003 Headcount |
[94 KB] |
03-304 |
03/18/03 |
FEHB Imputed Cost Factor for the Second Quarter of FY
2003 |
[25 KB] |
03-305 |
03/26/03 |
2003 Retroactive Pay Raise - Effect on CSRS/FERS and FEGLI
|
[152 KB] |
03-306 |
03/31/03 |
Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Program: Payroll Specifications
|
[160 KB] |
03-307 |
06/13/03 |
Disposition of Individual Retirement Records when Discontinuing
Payroll Services |
[47 KB] |
03-308 |
06/17/03 |
Imputed Cost Factor Related to the FEHB for the Third
Quarter of FY 2003 |
[123 KB] |
03-309 |
9/15/03 |
Fiscal Year 2003 Factors for Calculating Imputed Costs
|
[95 KB] |
03-310 |
10/15/03 |
2004 FEHB Withholdings and Contribution Rates |
[38 KB] |
03-311 |
11/21/03 |
Calendar Year 2004 Interest Rate |
[50 KB] |
Attachment |
[87 KB] |
03-312 |
12/1/03 |
New Option B Withholding Rates |
[36 KB] |
03-313 |
12/18/03 |
Imputed Cost Factors for First Quarter of FY 2004 |
[51 KB] |
03-402 |
09/17/03 |
Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Open Season 2003
Rider Information |
[56 KB] |
03-403 |
11/3/03 |
2003 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB)
Program Open Season: Significant Plan Changes |
[56 KB] |
Attachment - Changes |
[161 KB] |
03-404 |
09/04/03 |
2003 Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program
Open Season: Ordering and Distribution of Material |
[60 KB] |
03-801 |
04/25/03 |
Federal FSA Program: Information for Agency Human Resources
Staff
Corrected copy posted 5/20/03 |
[154 KB] |
03-802 |
05/19/03 |
The Federal FSA Program Open Season |
[92 KB] |
03-803 |
06/03/03 |
Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts and other Child
Care Subsidies |
[34 KB] |
03-804 |
06/16/03 |
Enrollments Begin for the Federal FSA Program |
[52 KB] |
03-805 |
06/19/03 |
Billing Process for FSA Fees Paid By Agencies |
[52 KB] |
Attachment 1 - FAX Response Form |
[14 KB] |
Attachment 2 - Invoicing Procedural Process |
[1.8 MB] |
03-901 |
11/10/03 |
Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program: Payroll/Annuity
Deduction Information |
[62 KB] |
03-902 |
11/12/03 |
Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program: Participation
in Agency Retirement Seminars |
[40 KB] |
Attachment - Memorandum from Director James
|
[107 KB] |
03-1001 |
06/13/03 |
Federal Work Life Programs |
[68 KB] |