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.
| 96-101 |
02/01/96 |
Public Law 104-95: An Act "to limit State taxation of certain pension
income |
[20 KB] |
| 96-102 |
04/04/96 |
Public Law 104-106, The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1996 |
[25 KB] |
| 96-103 |
06/25/96 |
Potential Retirement Changes Related to the Budget |
[25 KB] |
| 96-104 |
07/26/96 |
Direct Deposit Requirements Tightened |
[31 KB] |
| 96-105 |
08/09/96 |
Regulations and Guidance Implementing Public Law 104-106, The National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 1996 |
[19 KB] |
| 96-106 |
08/09/96 |
SSA Satellite Broadcast |
[21 KB] |
| 96-107 |
08/20/96 |
Retirement Election Opportunity for Certain Employees Appointed to
Civil Service Positions on or After August 10, 1996, Following Service
in a Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality of the Department of Defense
or Coast Guard |
[51 KB] |
| 96-108 |
09/06/96 |
Retirement Election Opportunities for Certain FERS Employees Appointed
Before August 10, 1996, After Service in a Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality
of the Department of Defense or Coast Guard |
[315 KB] |
| 96-109 |
10/16/96 |
New Death Gratuity Payment Authority |
[30 KB] |
| 96-110 |
10/18/96 |
October 30, 1996, Satellite Broadcast |
[69 KB] |
| 96-111 |
11/15/96 |
Recent changes in retirement benefits made by Congress |
[27 KB] |
| 96-112 |
12/19/96 |
Civil Service Guidance on Transition to a new Presidential Term |
[126 KB] |
| 96-113 |
12/26/96 |
Availability of Revised FERS Death Benefit Application Forms, SF 3104
and SF 3104B |
[28 KB] |
| 96-114 |
12/26/96 |
Revision of Standard Form (SF) 3107, Application for Immediate Retirement,
Federal Employees Retirement System |
[28 KB] |
| 96-201 |
01/05/96 |
Continuation of FEBH coverage during the furlough |
[28 KB] |
| 96-202 |
04/18/96 |
Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Revision of SF 2818, Continuation
of Life Insurance Coverage |
[20 KB] |
| 96-203 |
05/17/96 |
Empire Blue Cross & Blue Shield HEALTHNET Enrollment Areas |
[29 KB] |
| 96-204 |
05/21/96 |
Service Benefit Plan Contract Change |
[26 KB] |
| 96-205 |
06/07/96 |
Special Enrollment Period for Certain Health Net Enrollees |
[30 KB] |
| 96-206 |
09/12/96 |
Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance: Tax Treatment of Living Benefits
and Viatical Settlements |
[28 KB] |
| 96-207 |
10/16/96 |
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: New Regulations for Payment
of Health Benefit Premiums for Periods of Nonpay Status or Insufficient
Pay |
[72 KB] |
| 96-208 |
12/04/96 |
Waivers of the FEHB participation requirement for employees accepting
voluntary incentive payments under P.L. 104-208 or other statutes and
certain employees retiring under early optional or discontinued service
provisions during the buyout period |
[29 KB] |
| 96-401 |
07/15/96 |
FEHB Open Season - Introduction |
[23 KB] |
| 96-402 |
09/10/96 |
FEHB Open Season - Changes to the FEHB Guide |
[21 KB] |
| 96-403 |
90/19/96 |
1996 FEHB Open Season: Ordering and Distribution |
[41 KB] |
| 96-404 |
09/30/96 |
FEHB Open Season: Significant Plan Changes |
[72 KB] |
| 96-405 |
10/07/96 |
FEHB Open Season: FEHB Guide Shipment Delay |
[20 KB] |
| 96-406 |
10/11/96 |
1996 Open Season: Carrier Contacts |
[20 KB] |
| 96-407 |
10/11/96 |
1996 FEHB Open Season: Notice of Plan Withdrawal |
[20 KB] |
| 96-408 |
10/15/96 |
1996 FEHB Open Season: Notice to Employees |
[32 KB] |
| 96-409 |
10/15/96 |
1996 FEHB Open season: Processing Open Season Changes |
[32 KB] |
| 96-410 |
10/16/96 |
FEHB Open Season: Conducting the 1996 Open Season |
[40 KB] |
| 96-411 |
10/16/96 |
1996 Open Season: Carrier Contacts - Tufts Health Plan |
[20 KB] |
| 96-412 |
10/17/96 |
1996 FEHB Open Season: Withdrawal of Healthsource South Carolina |
[20 KB] |
| 96-413 |
10/25/96 |
1996 FEHB Open Season: Withdrawal of SmartPlan |
[20 KB] |
| 96-414 |
11/04/96 |
1996 FEHB Open Season: Withdrawal of Family Health Plan |
[20 KB] |
| 96-415 |
11/19/96 |
1996 FEHB Open Season: Withdrawal of Florida 1st |
[20 KB] |
| 96-601 |
09/06/96 |
Transmittal of a Recently Published FEHB Regulation on the Payment
of Premiums during Nonpay Status or Insufficient Pay |
[42 KB] |
| 96-701 |
01/04/96 |
GPO Print Rider Update |
[22 KB] |
| 96-702 |
01/22/96 |
Pay and Benefits for Employees Affected by the Lapse in Appropriations |
[48 KB] |
| 96-703 |
03/01/96 |
Career Transition Assistance for Surplus and Displaced Federal Employees |
[63 KB] |
| 96-704 |
03/04/96 |
Upcoming Satellite Broadcast |
[37 KB] |
| 96-705 |
05/08/96 |
Upcoming Social Security Satellite Broadcast |
[20 KB] |
| 96-706 |
08/01/96 |
Metro Area Reemployment Center |
[21 KB] |
| 96-707 |
09/01/96 |
September 11, 1996 Satellite Broadcast |
[22 KB] |
| 96-708 |
10/04/96 |
Availability of the SSA Handbook |
[19 KB] |
| 96-709 |
10/30/96 |
Upcoming Satellite Broadcasts |
[20 KB] |
| 96-710 |
11/20/96 |
Cost-of-Living Adjustment of Annuities; New Variable Interest Rate |
[30 KB] |
| 96-711 |
12/03/96 |
1996 Federal Employees Health Benefit Open Season Materials Available
from the OPM Home Page on the World Wide Web |
[22 KB] |
| 96-712 |
12/13/96 |
Retirement Information and Materials Available from the OPM Home Page
on the World Wide Web |
[21 KB] |
| 96-713 |
12/31/96 |
Index of Benefits Administration Letters for 1996 |
[28 KB] |