Office of Personnel Management

Retirement and Insurance Service

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1986 

Benefits Administration Letter

Number: 95-214 Date: April 6, 1995 

SUBJECT: Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance

Revision of RI 76-21 (FEGLI Booklet)

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Date of Revision The revised booklet is dated April 1995.

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Purpose of The booklet has been revised to update the

Revision address of the Office of Federal Employees'

Group Life Insurance (OFEGLI), to add

OFEGLI's toll-free phone number, to reflect

the use of the money market option account,

to add information on assignment of life

insurance and living benefits, to add

information on the election of Optional

insurance upon divorce or death of a spouse,

and to reflect the new procedures for

enrollment reconsiderations.

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When and How The revised RI 76-21 is available this month.

Available Initially, agencies should not request the

revised booklet. OFEGLI will automatically

send a supply of the booklet (equal to

approximately 110% of the population at each

address) to each agency shipping point used

during the 1994 FEHB open season. Shipment

has already begun; final shipments should be

received by the first week in May.

In the future, booklets must be ordered by

the agency headquarters officer who normally

requisitions other forms. That person may

obtain the booklet by contacting OPM,

Retirement and Insurance Service, Forms

Analysis and Design, Room 4H28, 1900 E Street

NW, Washington, DC, 20415, or fax 202-606-

0910.

Requests will only be honored from agency

headquarters staff.
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Large Print A large print version, RI 76-24, is also

Version of the available for the visually impaired. 

Booklet Initially, agencies should not request the

large print version. OFEGLI will

automatically send a supply of the large

print version to the same shipping points and

in the same quantities as the large print

FEHB Guide (RI 70-10) used during the 1994

FEHB open season.

In the future - and for agencies whose needs

have changed since the last FEHB open season

- large print booklets must be ordered by

agency headquarters staff at the address

given on the previous page.

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Audio Tapes for Attached is an order form for agencies to use

the Visually in ordering audio tapes of RI 76-21 for their

Impaired visually impaired employees. OFEGLI will

accept orders for the audio tapes only from

agency headquarters Insurance Officers.

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Previous Editions Previous editions of RI 76-21 are not usable.

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What Are Agencies Agencies are required to distribute the

Supposed to Do revised FEGLI booklet to all employees,

with the Booklets? not just those enrolled in the Program. This

includes sending copies to employees who are

on leave without pay.

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Attachment
ORDER FORM

AUDIO TAPE VERSION OF 

THE FEGLI BOOKLET

RI 76-21 (dated April 1995)

MAIL TO: Office of Federal Employees' 

 Group Life Insurance

ATTN: Audio Tapes

200 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10166-0188 

FROM: (Agency Headquarters Insurance Officers Only!)

Name: ______________________________________________________

Agency: ______________________________________________________

Phone #: ______________________________________________________

Fax #: ______________________________________________________

SHIPPING ADDRESS:

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QUANTITY OF TAPES REQUESTED:

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NOTE: Audio tapes will only be shipped 
to ONE address per agency headquarters 

office