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Retirement Group Life Health Benefits Retirement

System Insurance Program System

United States

Office of Personnel Management

Retirement and Insurance Service

Benefits Administration Letter

Number: 98-705 Date: July 15, 1998 

Subject: Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance: The New FEGLI Handbook

The purpose of this letter is to announce the revision of the FEGLI Handbook and its availability

on CD ROM.

The FEGLI Handbook (RI 76-26) content was last issued in 1993. The Handbook contains

complete and detailed information on the FEGLI Program, including the information agency

personnel and payroll offices need to carry out their responsibilities under the Federal Employees’

Group Life Insurance Program.

The Handbook is available for viewing and downloading on our web site

(www.opm.gov/insure/life). It will also be available on CD. There will be no printed version of

the Handbook. (Please note that the FEGLI Handbook and the FEGLI Booklet are two different

documents. The Booklet (RI 76-21) is the brochure given to new and newly eligible employees to

familiarize them with the FEGLI Program. It also has recently been revised and is available on

our web site and in hard copy; instructions for obtaining it were given in BAL 98-204.)

THE FEGLI HANDBOOK ON CD

The FEGLI Handbook on CD contains the same information as the Internet version. The CD

contains all text, tables, and charts.

The FEGLI Handbook on CD puts information at your fingertips, allowing staff time to be spent

more productively providing customer service. We believe this CD will change the way you

work.

T Search capabilities allow the user to search for any word or phrase and jump to that location in

the document. 

T Hypertext links allow the user to jump directly to other linked parts of the CD.

T Users can copy sections of the CD to be used in other documents without the need for rekeying.

T You can also print selected pages or sections to use as employee handouts.
 

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T The CD will run on a local area network, so one copy is accessible by everyone at his/her own

desktop computer. You can provide desktop access to all staff members who need it for a

fraction of the cost of providing each person with a paper copy.

The user friendly CD easily installs the chapters in a directory on your computer hard drive.

The chapters are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Adobe Acrobat creates documents that look the

same on the screen as they do on paper. You can view and/or print Acrobat PDF ("Portable

Document Format") files even if you don't own a copy of the software which created it by using

the Acrobat Reader. The Acrobat Reader software is free and will be distributed on the CD or

may be downloaded from the Adobe web page (www.adobe.com).

The cost for the FEGLI Handbook on CD is $75. We plan to begin shipping the CD in August.

Complete ordering information for the FEGLI Handbook on CD is included on the attached

order form.

Abby L. Block, Chief

Insurance Policy 

 and Information Division

Attachment
FEGLI HANDBOOK ON CD ORDER FORM

Name:

Agency/Organization:

Business Address:

City: State: Zip:

Internet Email Address:

Daytime Phone: FAX: 

Please send the FEGLI Handbook on CD at $75 per copy.

 ______ Copies on CD-ROM

PAYMENT: Total: $ _______

Payment by Purchase Order? _____Yes______No

Payment by Credit Card? _____Yes______No

Name on credit card: _________________________________

Credit card number: _________________________________

Expiration date: __________________________________

Signature: __________________________________

Phone number on credit card holder: ____________________

Fax this order form to: (202) 606-0633, or mail to: Insurance Policy and Information Division,

FEGLI Handbook on CD Orders, 1900 E St., NW, Room 3425, Washington DC 20415-3660