Civil Service Federal Employees Federal Employees Federal Employees

Retirement Group Life Health Benefits Retirement

System Insurance Program System

United States

Office of Personnel Management

Retirement and Insurance Service

Benefits Administration Letter

Number: 98-703 Date: March 16, 1998 

Subject: Rider Information

Attached is the March 1998 Retirement and Insurance Service (RIS) Rider. Your agency

should also receive the rider through regular printing officer channels. Agencies may order

the publications on the attached list by riding the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's

requisition. Your field and regional offices should submit requirements to your department or

agency Washington, DC, area headquarters printing office before the April 15, 1998, cutoff

date. In order to provide products to our customers on a timely basis, this cutoff date will not

be extended. Products will be shipped to agency distribution points beginning 

May 15. The complete shipping schedule will be posted on our web site at www.opm.gov/asd

when it becomes available.

A number of agencies have indicated a need to replenish their stocks of the FERS Transfer

Handbook. In order to accomplish this, agencies may order copies from this rider. Also, as a

service to our customers who prefer paper copies to electronic ones, this rider includes the

recently updated CSRS and FERS Handbook for Personnel and Payroll Offices and the current

edition of the Social Security Handbook. The updated CSRS and FERS Handbook also is being

made available again on diskettes. Benefits Administration Letter 98-704, also dated March 16,

1998, contains information about how to obtain it.

Mary M. Sugar, Chief

Agency Services Division

Retirement and Insurance Service

Attachment
RETIREMENT AND INSURANCE RIDER INFO

March 1998 List of Upcoming Publications 

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is offering reprints through the

rider system of the following publications in the retirement and insurance areas. 

While some of the items are available from the Superintendent of Documents,

Government Printing Office (GPO), riding OPM's printing requisition is the most

economical way to obtain bulk supplies. Those items that are available from the

Superintendent of Documents are noted. OPM does not stock supplies of any of

the publications. If you have any questions about this rider, please call (202) 606-

0623 or send email to asd@opm.gov. 

The cutoff date for ordering items from this rider is April 15, 1998. In order to

provide products to our customers on a timely basis, this date will not be

extended. Products will be shipped to agency distribution points beginning May

15. The complete shipping schedule will be posted on our 

web site at www.opm.gov/asd when it becomes available. 

In addition to the pamphlets and brochures that normally are on our rider, for the

convenience of our customers, this rider also includes the CSRS and FERS

Handbook for Personnel and Payroll Offices and the Social Security Handbook. 

Both products are available on agency web sites (www.opm.gov/asd/htm/hod.htm

and www.ssa.gov for the Social Security Administration). In addition, the OPM

Handbook is again available to agencies on diskettes. Information on how to order

it is in Benefits Administration Letter 98-704, which is posted on our web site at

www.opm.gov/asd. While the Social Security Handbook can be purchased from

the Government Printing Office for $35.00 per copy, purchasing through this rider

should allow you to obtain copies at a lower price.

 

The next opportunity to order products from a RIS rider will be early in Fiscal Year

1999. However many of our publications are now on our web site at

www.opm.gov/asd/htm/pub.htm. Since they can be downloaded and printed as

needed, this may be a better alternative for items you need in smaller quantities. 

Items that are on the web site are noted. In addition, several items that are not on

this rider because they are currently under revision will be put on the web site

when updates are completed.

The actual cost of items will vary, depending upon the various specifications and

quantity. However, the most economical way of obtaining bulk quantities is to

ride OPM's printing requisitions.
RI 20-59,

Information for

Annuitants

This is the revised May 1997 edition. The pamphlet addresses those questions

about benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System most frequently

asked by retirees and their families.

This 36-page pamphlet is 89 x 216 mm (3 1/2" x 8 1/2") and is printed in two

color ink, black and teal (PMS 314), on white sub. 50 offset book stock with

a self cover. The previous printing cost was approximately $.50 per copy. 

This item also is stocked for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, GPO.

RI 25-26,

Information for

Survivor

 Annuitants

This is the revised February 1998 edition. The pamphlet describes survivors'

entitlement to benefits under CSRS; this includes widows, widowers, former

spouses, and children of deceased Federal employees and annuitants. A more

detailed discussion of children's benefits is found in RI 25-27.

This 32-page pamphlet is 89 x 216 mm (3 1/2" x 8 1/2") and is printed in two

color ink, black and teal (PMS 314), on white sub. 50 offset book stock with

a self cover. The printing cost is approximately $.15 per copy. This item also

is stocked for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, GPO.

RI 25-27,

Survivor Benefits

for Children

This is the revised April 1997 edition. It addresses a child's entitlement to

benefits as the survivor of a deceased former Federal employee, including the

continuation of entitlement between the ages of 18 and 22 if the child is a

student, and continued entitlement beyond age 18 if the child is disabled.

This 24-page pamphlet is 89 x 216 mm (3 1/2" x 8 1/2") and is printed in two

color ink, black and teal (PMS 314), on white sub. 50 offset book stock with

a self cover. The previous printing cost was $.25 per copy. This item also is

stocked for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, GPO.

RI 76-10,

Assignment of

FEGLI Insurance

This form, dated January 1995, is used by employees and annuitants to

assign their Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance coverage to another

person(s), firm(s) or trust(s).

This three-part carbon-interleaf form is 216 x 279 mm (8 1//2" x 11"), printed

in black ink on sub. 20 cw writing blue stock. The previous printing cost was

$.10 per hundred.

RI 76-12,

Information for Civil

Service Retirees

About the Federal

Employee's Group Life

Insurance

This is the revised March 1997 edition of this pamphlet that describes the

Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program. It provides information on

how coverage after retirement changes and may be changed, the effect of

reemployment in the Federal Government, how to designate a beneficiary for

life insurance, and how that beneficiary may apply for benefits in the event of

the death of the insured.

This 32-page pamphlet is 89 x 216 mm (3 1/2" x 8 1/2"), and is printed in

two color ink, black and teal (PMS 314), on white sub. 50 offset book stock

with a self cover. The previous printing cost was $.10 per copy. This item is

on our web site at www.opm.gov/asd/htm/pub.htm. This item also is stocked

for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, GPO.
RI 79-27,

Temporary

 Continuation of

Coverage (TCC)

Under the Federal

Employees Health

Benefits Program

This is the revised June 1997 edition. (The revision was for cover color only.)

It describes the conditions individuals must meet in order to be eligible for

temporary continuation of coverage (TCC) under the Federal Employees Health

Benefits Program when their regular coverage ends. The pamphlet also

explains how to enroll for TCC, how much it costs, and how long it can

continue.

This is a 20-page, 89 x 216 mm (3 1/2" x 8 1/2") pamphlet, printed in two

color ink, black and magenta (PMS 234), on white sub. 50 offset book stock

with a self cover. The estimated cost is $.15 per copy.

RI 83 Retirement

Facts Pamphlets

The Retirement Facts pamphlets present concise information on individual

aspects of the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS). The intended

audience is current Federal employees who are participating in the Civil

Service Retirement System. These pamphlets can also be of value to

personnel offices in handling questions from CSRS employees about various

aspects of the CSRS.

These pamphlets are approximately 89 x 216 mm (31/2" x 8 1/2") and range

from 4 to 20 pages; they are printed in two color ink, black and teal (PMS

314), on white sub. 50 lb. offset book stock.

RI 83-1,

 The Civil Service 

Retirement System

This is an overview of the Civil Service Retirement System, including when

you may retire, how annuities are computed, disability retirement, election of

survivor annuity, and alternative annuity. This is the revised October 1997

edition. The previous cost of printing was approximately $.10 per copy. This

item is on our web site at www.opm.gov/asd/htm/pub.htm.

RI 83-2,

 Credit for Military

Service Under the CSRS

Pamphlet RI 83-2 describes credit for military service, waiving military retired

pay, and making deposits for military service. This is the revised October

1997 edition. The previous cost for printing was approximately $.20 per

copy. This item is on our web site at www.opm.gov/asd/htm/pub.htm.

RI 83-3,

 Deposits and

Redeposits Under the CSRS

RI 83-3 is directed to those circumstances when a CSRS employee may make

deposits and/or redeposits for service credit and annuity computation. This is

the revised October 1997 edition. The previous cost for printing was

approximately $.05 per copy.

RI 83-4,

 Disability

Retirement Under the CSRS

RI 83-4 is dedicated to the subject of disability retirement eligibility and

computation of annuity benefits. This is the revised October 1997 edition. 

The previous cost for printing was approximately $.10 per copy. This item is

on our web site at www.opm.gov/asd/htm/pub.htm.

RI 83-5,

 Survivor Benefits

 Under the CSRS

This pamphlet addresses survivor benefits: the election of survivor annuity,

the qualifications of a surviving spouse or former spouse for entitlement to

survivor annuity, entitlement of children, and lump-sum payments on the

death of the CSRS employee. This is the revised October 1997 edition. The

previous cost for printing was approximately $.05 per copy. 

RI 83-6, RI 83-6 concerns early retirement: early optional retirement, involuntary

Early Retirement separation, and discontinued service retirement. This is the revised October

 Under the CSRS 1997 edition. The previous cost for printing was approximately $.05 per

copy. This item is on our web site at www.opm.gov/asd/htm/pub.htm.
RI 83-7,

Computing Retirement

Benefits Under the CSRS

RI 83-7 provides a means for a CSRS employee to compute his/her retirement

annuity, from the basic annuity to reductions for deposit service, survivor

annuity and alternative annuity. This is the revised October 1997 edition. 

The previous cost for printing was approximately $.05 per copy. 

RI 83-8,

Credit for Unused

 Sick Leave

Under the CSRS

RI 83-8 is about credit for unused sick leave. If a CSRS employee retires on

an immediate annuity, or dies in service and there is a survivor annuity,

unused sick leave will be added to service time for the purpose of

computation of annuity benefits. This is the revised October 1997 edition. 

The previous cost for printing was approximately $.05 per copy. This item is

on our web site at www.opm.gov/asd/htm/pub.htm. 

RI 83-9,

Refunds Under the CSRS

RI 83-9 concerns refunds of contributions to the Civil Service Retirement

Fund, including refund eligibility requirements, advantages of leaving

contributions in the retirement fund, and how to obtain a refund. This is the

revised June 1997 edition. The previous cost for printing was approximately

$.25 per copy. 

RI 83-10,

Voluntary

Contributions

Under the CSRS

This is the revised October 1997 edition. RI 83-10 explains the subject of

voluntary contributions under CSRS, from the requirements and procedures, to

the effect of contributions on annuity, to receiving a refund of voluntary

contributions. The previous cost for printing was approximately $.05 per

copy. This item is on our web site at www.opm.gov/asd/htm/pub.htm.

RI 83-11,

Thinking About

Retirement

This October 1997 revision provides a plain language explanation of the

important actions that an employee needs to accomplish when preparing for

retirement, indicates the activities that agency personnel and payroll offices

must perform to prepare the benefit application package; and emphasizes the

importance for the employee to begin work with the local agency personnel

office well in advance of his or her planned retirement date.

This is a 20-page booklet, 140 x 216 mm (5 1/2" x 8 1/2"), printed in two

color ink, black and teal (PMS 314), ink on white sub. 60 offset book stock. 

The previous printing cost was approximately $.10 per copy. This item is on

our web site at www.opm.gov/asd/htm/pub.htm. 

RI 83-13,

Information for

Separating CSRS

Employees Who Are

Not Eligible for an

Immediate Annuity

This pamphlet contains information about refunds, deferred annuity benefits,

conversion privileges for health and life insurance, and temporary extension of

health insurance coverage for separating CSRS and CSRS Offset employees

who are not eligible for an immediate annuity. This is the revised October

1997 edition. The estimated cost for printing is $.05 per copy. This item is

on our web site at www.opm.gov/asd/htm/pub.htm. 

 RI 83-18,

Information About

Reemployment for

CSRS Annuitants

This pamphlet, revised October 1997, contains information about the effect

of reemployment with the Federal government on a CSRS retiree's annuity. It

also addresses future annuity rights, computation of additional benefits, and

effect of reemployment on health and life insurance. The previous printing

cost was approximately $.10 per copy.

 RI 83-19,

CSRS Offset

Retirement Provisions

This pamphlet, revised October 1997, covers CSRS Offset benefits. It

explains how regular and disability annuities are computed and reduced. The

previous printing cost was approximately $.15 per copy. 
 RI 83-20,

Law Enforcement and

 Firefighter CSRS Retirement

This pamphlet, revised October 1997, covers the special retirement provisions

for law enforcement officers and firefighters. It contains information about

the retirement definition of a law enforcement officer and firefighter, authority

to approve a position for the special coverage, retirement eligibility, and

benefit computation. The previous printing cost for this pamphlet was

approximately $.10 per copy.

RI 84,

RETIREMENT FACTS

 PAMPHLETS

These pamphlets present concise information on individual aspects of both the

Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees

Retirement System (FERS). The intended audience is current Federal

employees who are participating in the Civil Service Retirement System or the

Federal Employees Retirement System. These pamphlets can also be of value

to personnel offices in handling questions from CSRS and FERS employees

about various aspects of the systems.

These pamphlets are approximately 152 x 229 mm (6" x 9"), and are 20

pages; they are printed in two color ink, black and teal or black and magenta,

on 60 offset book stock. 

 RI 84-1,

Court-ordered Benefits for

Former Spouses Under CSRS

and FERS

This pamphlet, revised October 1997, covers both CSRS and FERS employees

who need information on court-ordered benefits for former spouses. 

The previous printing cost was approximately $.10 per copy. This item is on

our web site at www.opm.gov/asd/htm/pub.htm. 

 RI 84-2,

Work-Related Injuries and

Fatalities -- What You and

 Your Family Need to Know

 About Your Benefits

This pamphlet, revised October 1997, describes a variety of benefits available

to both CSRS and FERS employees and their survivors, relating to Workers

Compensation, Retirement, Insurance, Thrift Savings, Social Security, and

Public Safety Officers' Benefits. The intended audience is employees who

suffer work-related injuries or disease, and the family members of employees

who die as a result of work-related injury or disease.

The previous printing cost was approximately $.10 per copy. This item is on

our web site at www.opm.gov/asd/htm/pub.htm.

 RI 84-3,

Life Events and Your

 Retirement and

 Insurance Benefits

 (For Employees)

This pamphlet, revised October 1997, provides benefits related information

employees need to consider when various circumstances in their lives change. 

For example, benefits and/or designated beneficiaries may change should they

move, marry, have children, etc. The pamphlet explains some of the impact

of these changes, and who can help advise them.

The previous printing cost was approximately $.10 per copy.

RI 90-1,

The Federal

Employees Retirement

System

Each new Federal employee automatically becomes a member of the Federal

Employees Retirement System (FERS). This booklet describes the new

employee's retirement program, including the Social Security benefit, basic

FERS benefit, and Thrift Savings Plan components of the FERS program. This

is the October 1997 revised edition.

This pamphlet is 152 x 229 mm (6" x 9"), and is printed in black, teal and

magenta ink on white sub. 60 offset book stock with a separate litho cover. 

The previous cost was approximately $.20 per copy. This item is on our web

site at www.opm.gov/asd/htm/pub.htm, and also is stocked for sale by the

Superintendent of Documents, GPO. This item is on our web site at

www.opm.gov/asd/htm/pub.htm.
RI 90-3,

FERS Transfer

 Handbook

This is the revised March 1998 edition. This handbook is for employees who

have a choice between CSRS or CSRS Offset coverage and FERS coverage. 

It contains important comparison information employees need to consider in

deciding which retirement system has the features he/she wants most.

This handbook is approximately 80 pages (8 1/2" x 11"). It is printed in three

color ink, black, teal and magenta, on 60 lb offset book, with a separate litho

cover. The previous printing cost was approximately $.50 per copy. This

item is on our web site at www.opm.gov/asd/htm/pub.htm. 

RI 90-8,

Information for FERS

Annuitants

This is the revised February 1998 edition of the pamphlet that provides

annuitants retired under the Federal Employees Retirement System with

information about their retirement benefits. It covers computation of the

various portions of the FERS retirement benefits, cost-of-living adjustments,

taxes and other deductions, alternative annuities, disability annuity,

employment in the private sector and reemployment in the Federal

Government, survivor elections both at and after retirement, and death

benefits for survivors.

This is a 48-page, 89 x 216 mm (3 1/2" x 8 1/2"), pamphlet, printed in two

color ink, black and magenta (PMS 314), on sub. 50 offset buff stock. The

previous cost was $.25 per copy. This item is stocked for sale by the

Superintendent of Documents, GPO.

RI 90-11,

Information for

Separating FERS

Employees Who Are

Not Eligible for an

Immediate Annuity

This pamphlet is the FERS counterpart of RI 83-13, described above. This is

the revised October 1997 edition. The estimated cost for printing is $.15 per

copy.

This pamphlet is 89 x 216 mm (3 1/2" x 8 1/2") with 12 pages; it is printed in

two color ink, black and magenta (PMS 234), on sub. 50 offset book buff

paper. 

RI 90-12,

Information for FERS

Survivor

Annuitants

This pamphlet, revised October 1997, describes survivors' entitlement to

benefits under FERS; this includes widows, widowers, former spouses, and

children of deceased Federal employees and annuitants.

This 44-page pamphlet is 89 x 216 mm (3 1/2" x 8 1/2") and is printed in two

color ink, black and magenta (PMS 234), on sub. 50 offset book buff colored

paper. We estimate the printing cost at $.30 per copy.

RI 90-18

Information About

Reemployment for

FERS Annuitants

This pamphlet revised October 1997 is the FERS counterpart of RI 83-18,

described previously. The previous printing cost was $.10 per copy. 

This pamphlet is a 16-page, 89 x 216 mm (3 1/2" x 8 1/2"); it is printed in

two color ink, black and magenta (PMS 234), on sub. 50 offset book buff

paper.

RI 98-2

Information for FERS

Disability Annuitants

 

This pamphlet, revised July 1997, is intended for disability retirees under the

Federal Employees Retirement System. It addresses such issues as

computation of annuity, periodic medical reviews, earnings while receiving

FERS disability annuity benefits, reemployment, and future annuity rights.

This is a 24-page, 89 x 216 mm (3 1/2" x 8 1/2"), pamphlet, and is printed in

two color ink, black and magenta (PMS 234), on sub. 50 offset book buff

stock. We estimate the printing cost at $.25 per copy.
CSRS and FERS

Handbook for

Personnel and

Payroll Offices

The CSRS and FERS Handbook for Personnel and Payroll Offices (formerly

Federal Personnel Supplement 830-1) contains the instructions needed to

administer basic benefits under CSRS and FERS. This is a one-time reprint of

the entire 2400 page handbook.

The handbook also is available on our web site at

www.opm.gov/asd/htm/hod.htm. In addition it is available again on diskettes

as the Handbook on Disk with search capabilities and hypertext links.

Social Security Handbook

SSA Pub. No. 65-008

The Social Security Handbook, prepared by the Social Security Administration,

is a basic tool for personnelists who need to answer employee's questions

about Social Security benefits. This is the 1997 edition of this 560 page

book.

This item is on the Social Security Administration's web site at www.ssa.gov. 

It also is stocked by the Superintendent of Documents, GPO.

SF 3109

Election of Coverage: FERS

(FERS Transfer form)

This form must be given to all employees who have an opportunity to transfer

to FERS. A tear-off receipt copy provides proof that the employee was

notified of the opportunity to transfer to FERS. The completed election form is

official documentation of an employee’s decision to retain current retirement

coverage or to switch to FERS.
Ordering, Cost Estimate and Distribution Information

Departments and agencies may order the publications We regret this inconvenience; however, your

listed in this issue by riding the OPM printing items agency headquarters printing officer may be

indicated below. Field and regional offices should able to assist you.

submit their requirements to their department or

agency Washington, DC, area headquarters printing Some of the publications listed below may

officer before the cutoff date shown. be purchased from the Superintendent of

Agencies may estimate costs by using the current (GPO), Washington, DC 20402; however,

GPO price list of printing services and the information the most economical way of obtaining bulk

given in the description of each publication. PLEASE quantities is to ride OPM's printing

NOTE: The U.S. Office of Personnel Management requisitions. Riding OPM's printing

cannot provide agencies with the exact cost of the requisition is the only way to obtain printed

individual publications listed in this flyer. The cost copies of documents not stocked by the

agencies will pay is an actual production cost which Superintendent of Documents. Agencies

varies greatly, depending upon the various may order a bulk supply from GPO and make

specifications of the publication, especially the their own distribution to component offices

quantity. Individual unit cost can vary significantly, or have GPO make the distribution

usually decreasing as the total quantity printed (distribution list should be attached to the

increases. Since we are unable to estimate the total Standard Form 1 showing the number of

number of copies that agencies will order, accurate copies to be sent to each address).

estimates are nearly impossible to gauge.

Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office

NOTE:

Field or regional activities should

coordinate their requirements with

their Washington, DC, area

headquarters printing officer before

submitting any paperwork. GPO will

return all requisitions sent directly

from field or regional offices.

Item No. Publication Title ID Refer to Cutoff Date 

FY 98 Number Edition to GPO

(SF 1) 

PLEASE NOTE: We have discontinued listing requisition numbers; instead, we are asking you to refer to the item number

and title when ordering these publications. Please substitute the item number in the requisition number space on the SF1. Thank you for your observance of this important change.

 1. Information for Annuitants ................................. RI 20-059 05/97 04/15/98

 2. Information for Survivor Annuitants .......................... RI 25-026 02/98 04/15/98

 3. Survivor Benefits for Children ............................... RI 25-027 04/97 04/15/98

 4. Assignment of FEGLI Insurance ) ............................ RI 76-010 01/95 04/15/98

Retirement Pamphlets

 5. Retirement Facts Pamphlets on CSRS ......................... RI 83-001 10/97 04/15/98

 6. Retirement Facts Pamphlet on Military Service Credit .............. RI 83-002 10/97 04/15/98

 7. Retirement Facts Pamphlet on Deposits and Redeposits ............ RI 83-003 10/97 04/15/98

 8. Retirement Facts Pamphlet on Disability Retirement ............... RI 83-004 10/97 04/15/98

 9. Retirement Facts Pamphlet on Survivor Benefits ................. RI 83-005 10/97 04/15/98

10. Retirement Facts Pamphlet on Early Retirement .................. RI 83-006 10/97 04/15/98

11. Retirement Facts Pamphlet on Computing Retirement

 Benefits ............................................. RI 83-007 10/97 04/15/98

12. Retirement Facts Pamphlet on Credit for Unused .................

 Sick Leave ........................................... RI 83-008 10/97 04/15/98

13. Retirement Facts Pamphlet on Refunds ........................ RI 83-009 10/97 04/15/98

14. Retirement Facts Pamphlet on Voluntary Contributions ............. RI 83-010 10/97 04/15/98

15. Thinking About Retirement? ................................ RI 83-011 10/97 04/15/98

16. Information for Separating CSRS Employees

 Who Are Not Eligible for an Immediate Annuity ................. RI 83-013 10/97 04/15/98

17. Information About Reemployment for CSRS Annuitants ............ RI 83-018 10/97 04/15/98

18. CSRS Offset Retirement Provisions .......................... RI 83-019 10/97 04/15/98
Item No. Publication Title ID Refer to Cutoff Date 

FY 98 Number Edition to GPO

(SF 1) 

19. Law Enforcement and Firefighter CSRS Retirement ............... RI 83-020 10/97 04/15/98

20. Court-ordered Benefits for Former Spouses

 Under CSRS and FERS .................................. RI 84-001 10/97 04/15/98

21. Work-Related Injuries and Fatalities--What You and

 Your Family Need to Know About Your Benefits ................ RI 84-002 10/97 04/15/98

22. Life Events and Your Retirement and

 Insurance Benefits (for Employees) .......................... RI 84-003 10/97 04/15/98

23. Temporary Continuation of Coverage (TCC) Under the

 Federal Employees Health Benefits Program .................... RI 79-027 06/97 04/15/98

24. Federal Employees Retirement System ........................ RI 90-001 10/97 04/15/98

25. FERS Transfer Handbook .................................. RI 90-003 10/97 04/15/98

26. Information for FERS Annuitants ............................ RI 90-008 02/98 04/15/98

27. Information for FERS Survivor Annuitants ...................... RI 90-012 10/97 04/15/98

28. Information for Separating FERS Employees

 Who Are Not Eligible for an Immediate Annuity ................. RI 90-011 10/97 04/15/98

29. Information About Reemployment for FERS Annuitants ............. RI 90-018 10/97 04/15/98

30. Information for FERS Disability Annuitants ..................... RI 98-002 07/97 04/15/98

31. CSRS and FERS Handbook for Personnel and Payroll Offices ......... 03/98 04/15/98

32. Social Security Handbook (SSA Pub. No. 65-008) ................ 1997 04/15/98

33. Election of Coverage: FERS ................................ SF 3109 07/89 04/15/98

Additional information on the publications listed in this issue, or questions or suggestions regarding this RIS Rider, may be

obtained from the Retirement and Insurance Service by calling us on (202) 606-0623 or emailing us at asd@opm.gov.