Discover the latest milestone from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in modernizing its retirement applications processing system. This significant achievement is set to streamline and enhance the efficiency of retirement processing for federal employees. Learn how this has the potential to impact your retirement planning, improve application processing times, and lead to a more seamless experience for federal retirees. Stay informed about the future of federal retirement benefits and what this modernization means for you.
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Back to the Future: OPM and the Federal Employee Retirement Tsunami
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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:17 OPM's Slow and Antiquated Retirement Processing System
1:01 Iron Mountain
2:33 OPM's Modernization Efforts
4:16 OPM's Recent Milestone Announcement
5:46 What Does This Mean for Federal Employees?
7:21 Conclusion
Sources referenced in video:
Elon Musk describes limestone mine used for processing federal workers' retirement papers: ‘Like a time warp’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/elon-musk-describes-limestone-mine-used-processing-federal-workers-retirement-papers-like-time-warp
OPM testing new platform for online retirement applications
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/it-modernization/2024/08/opm-testing-new-platform-for-online-retirement-applications/
Elon Musk’s DOGE team says government systems can have Apple Store-like ‘experience’
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/elon-musks-doge-team-says-government-systems-can-have-apple-store-like-experience
OPM's video on X: https://x.com/USOPM/status/1895216274407350428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1895216274407350428%7Ctwgr%5Ef7768092c55dcadcc4669d9795a0db6f60331b5c%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fedsmith.com%2F2025%2F04%2F05%2Ffuture-of-federal-retirement-opms-breakthrough-in-digital-processing%2F
Iron Mountain History
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