In his January 20, 2025, Presidential Memorandum entitled “Establishing and Implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficiency”, President Trump established DOGE to help implement the President’s Agenda, including modernizing Federal technology. Over the last several months, DOGE has been closely working with the Retirement Services team at OPM with the goal of creating an entirely digital process that dramatically reduces the amount of time it takes to process retirement applications, providing a more efficient and improved experience to federal employees.
The federal workforce deserves a retirement process that matches the demands of the 21st century. Legacy systems, with outdated technology and cumbersome procedures, have delayed retirements and frustrated employees who have dedicated their careers to public service. By harnessing modern technology and inter-agency collaboration, OPM has been working to deliver a retirement process that is fast, user-friendly, and responsive to the needs of our employees.
Effective June 2, 2025, all new retirement applications started on this date or later, along with any supporting documents, must be submitted electronically. For these and all future applications, any newly created paper retirement packages will not be accepted and will be sent back to the agency for digital resubmission.
Lambert here: How odd that they immediately optimized for retirement, rather than, say, hiring.
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