Truly good news: OPM no longer paying dead federal retirees

Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry said his staff is putting a stop to $487 million of the $601 million improperly paid in the past five years to dead federal annuitants, and he is pledging to quickly chase down the rest of the money.

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“We’re hard at work on it,” Berry said in an interview. “It does require a vigorous effort.”

A report released last week by the agency’s inspector general revealed that the OPM improperly distributed $100 million to $150 million in pensions and annuities in each of the past five years to families of federal employees who had died.

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