The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has Governmentwide 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 administration.
| 12-101 |
1/2012 |
Annual Changes |
[1.6 GB]
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| 12-102 |
5/2012 |
Acceptance of Photocopies of Signed Documents in Retirement Application Packages and other Agency Submissions |
[222 KB]
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| 12-103 |
8/2012 |
Submitting Healthy Retirement Application Packages |
[324 KB]
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| Attachment A: CSRS and FERS Development Checklist and Log |
[273 KB] |
| Attachment B: Annotated CSRS and FERS Development Checklist |
[261 KB]
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| Attachment C: CSA Document Order for Retirement Package Submissions |
[90 KB] |
| 12-104 |
10/2012 |
Federal Employees Retirement System-Revised Annuity Employees (RAE) |
[473 KB]
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| 12-201 |
4/2012 |
Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) Program: End of Election Opportunity for Certain Contingency Operation Employees |
[179 KB]
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| 12-202 |
5/2012 |
Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) Program: Revision of Standard Form (SF) 2817, “Life Insurance Election” |
[70 KB]
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| 12-203 |
7/2012 |
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Coverage for Certain Firefighters |
[60 KB]
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| 12-204 |
7/2012 |
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Revision of Health Benefits Election Form,
Standard Form 2809 |
[202 KB]
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| 12-205 |
8/2012 |
Medical Loss Ratio Rebates under the Affordable Care Act |
[35 KB]
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| Attachment: Frequently Asked Questions about the Medical Loss Ratio
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[16 KB] |
| 12-301 |
01/2012 |
FEHBP Cost Factor for FY 2012 |
[82 KB] |
| 12-302 |
01/2012 |
New Requirements for Agencies' Payments to CSRDF in FY 2012 for VSIPs, VERAs Processing
Costs Per P.L. 112-74 |
[1.7 GB] |
| 12-303 |
01/2012 |
Interim IRS Guidance on Informational Reporting to Employees Cost of Group Health Insurance Coverage - Now Mandatory for the 2012 Tax Year |
[276 KB] |
| 12-304 |
02/2012 |
Instructions Regarding New Requirement for Agencies’ Payments to the CSRDF in FY 2012
for VSIPs and VERAs Processing Costs |
[262 KB] |
| Attachments 1A, 1B, 1C: Remittance Reports
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[185 KB] |
| 12-305 |
02/2012 |
March 2012 Headcount |
[86 KB] |
| 12-306 |
02/2012 |
FEHBP Cost Factor for Third Quarter of FY 2012 |
[82 KB] |
| 12-307 |
06/2012 |
Fiscal Year 2012 Cost Factors for Calculating Imputed Costs |
[150 KB] |
| 12-308 |
08/2012 |
September 2012 Headcount |
[112 KB] |
| 12-309 |
10/2012 |
2013 FEHB Withholdings and Contribution Rates |
[110 KB] |
| 12-401 |
07/2012 |
2012 Federal Benefits Open Season: Announcement |
[70 KB]
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| Attachment 1: 2012 Open Season Checklist |
[71 KB]
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| Attachment 2: 2012 Helpful Resources for Open Season |
[79 KB]
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| Attachment 3: 2012 Frequently Questioned Services |
[199 KB]
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| Attachment 4: 2012 Circle 'Round Your Benefits |
[801 KB]
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| 12-402 |
07/2012 |
2012 Federal Benefits Open Season: Rider Information |
[133KB]
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| Attachment 1: BAL 12-402 Federal Benefits Open Season Rider Information |
[151KB]
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| 12-403 |
09/2012 |
2012 Federal Benefits Open Season: Ordering and Distributing Materials |
[1.02 MB]
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| Attachment 1: Going Green - FEHB Brochure |
[154 KB]
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| Attachment 2: Easy to Use Chart for Ordering and Distributing Materials |
[584 KB]
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| Attachment 3: Specific Plan Contacts for Ordering FEDVIP Brochures and Open Season Fairs |
[59 KB]
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| Attachment 4: FEHB Plan Contacts for Requesting HMO Brochure |
[363 KB]
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| Attachment 5: FEHB Plan Contacts Regarding Enrollment |
[380 KB]
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| Attachment 6: Open FFS FEHB Contacts for Ordering Materials for the Visually Impaired |
[65 KB]
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| Attachment 7: FEHB Plan Contacts for Organizing Open Season Fairs |
[313 KB]
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| 12-404 |
09/2012 |
2012 Federal Benefits Open Season Conducting the Open Season |
[174 KB]
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| Attachment 1: Inform Employees and Provide Information about Open Season |
[298 KB]
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| Attachment 2: FSAFEDS Program Flyer |
[416 KB]
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| Attachment 3: Going Green - View Your FEHB Brochure Online or Contact Your Plan for a
Paper Brochure
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[105 KB]
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| Attachment 4: FastFacts Open Season is Coming |
[127 KB]
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| Attachment 5: FastFacts What to Consider |
[164KB]
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| Attachment 6: Advise Employees on the Federal Benefits Programs |
[165 KB]
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| Attachment 7: Process Enrollment Actions |
[120 KB]
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| 12-405 |
10/2012 |
2012 Federal Benefits Open Season: FSAFEDS and FEHB Program Significant Plan Changes |
[180 KB]
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| Attachment 1: 2013 FEHB Significant Plan
Changes |
[280 KB]
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| Attachment 2: Plan and Service Area Termination
FastFacts |
[121 KB]
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