While thousands of federal employees filed for retirement in February, the Office of Personnel Management has seen a growing backlog due to the slower pace of processing this year, according to a new progress report from the agency.
OPM processed some 18,500 applications in January and February, the traditional peak months for new cases, compared to 27,900 during the same period last year, marking a 34 percent slowdown.
The agency ended last month with 23,600 unprocessed claims, up 86 percent compared to December 2013; the number of unprocessed claims during the same period last year rose by just 56 percent.
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