COMPENDIUM OF 1999 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LETTERS 

F-99-01 (January 8, 1999) provided a compendium of 1998 Financial Management Letters

as well as 1998 Payroll Office Letters.

F-99-02 (January 26, 1999) provided an index of 1998 Benefits Administration Letters

(BALs).

F-99-03 (February 5, 1999) provided assurance regarding the 1998 Health Benefits

Program Cost Factors.

F-99-04 (February 16, 1999) provided the first volume and issue of the bulletin,

Modernizing Today, which reports on OPM’s long-term retirement systems

modernization effort.

F-99-05 (June 10, 1999) advised that since OMB 98-08 requires a breakout of Life

Insurance withholdings by age group, there may be a need for the modification of payroll

systems to provide the data needed by auditors to apply this Agreed Upon Procedure

(AUP) for 1999.

F-99-06 (August 20, 1999) Interdepartmental Eliminations again requested assistance to

ensure the accuracy of interdepartmental account balances. FY 1999 Confirmation of

Intergovernmental Account Balances for Retirement, Health Benefits and Life Insurance

from all of OPM’s “trading partners” is due to OPM no later than January 1, 2000.

F-99-07 (August 13, 1999) Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance: Option C and

Portability Changes.

F-99-08 (September 30, 1999) provided guidance concerning the accounting for and

reporting of imputed costs.

F-99-09 (October 15, 1999) provided the 1999 cost factors for pensions and other

retirement benefits expenses.
COMPENDIUM OF 1999 PAYROLL OFFICE LETTERS 

P-99-01 (January 8, 1999) provided a compendium of 1998 Payroll Office Letters.

P-99-02 (January 8, 1999) FELGLI: new codes for SF 50.

P-99-03 (January 26, 1999) announced a joint Benefit Officer/Payroll Office meeting

February 9, 1999.

P-99-04 (February 12, 1999) advised of the termination of FEHBP Plans WellChoice, Code

3Z and HIP of New Jersey, Code P9.

P-99-05 (February 16, 1999) provided the first volume and issue of the bulletin,

Modernizing Today, which reports on OPM’s long-term retirement systems modernization

effort.

P-99-06 (February 17, 1999) announced new regulations on FEHB disenrollment.

P-99-07 (February 17, 1999) announced new FEGLI premiums and age bands.

P-99-08 (March 5, 1999) provided instructions for the March 1999 Headcount.

P-99-09 (March 8, 1999) announced the termination of the HIP Health Plan of

Pennsylvania, Code 51, which will no longer participate in the FEHB Program after April

30, 1999.

P-99-10 (April 1, 1999) announced the termination of Health Power, Code XR, which will

no longer participate in the FEHB Program effective May 1, 1999. 

P-99-11 (April 5, 1999) announced a joint Benefit Officer/Payroll Office Meeting

April 12, 1999.

P-99-12 (April 16, 1999) announced a joint Benefit Officer/Payroll Office Meeting

April 30, 1999.

P-99-13 (April 28, 1999) advised importance changes to FEGLI withholding rates that

require immediate attention.

P-99-14 (May 7, 1999) provided a reminder about the new FEGLI rates for daily proration

rule.

P-99-15 (June 3, 1999) provided a list of commonly used forms that are available

electronically on the OPM web site.

P-99-16 (June 3, 1999) provided the second volume and issue of the bulletin, Modernizing

Today, which reports on OPM’s long-term retirement systems modernization effort.

P-99-17 (June 7, 1999) provided guidance clarifying requirements for quarterly reporting

of Health Benefits enrollment in two areas: 1) timeframes for quarterly report submission

and 2) timeframes for responding to requests for reconciliation.
COMPENDIUM OF 1999 PAYROLL OFFICE LETTERS (cont.)

P-99-18 (June 30, 1999) announced a proposal to waive employee share of Health

Benefits premiums for employees who continue their coverage under the FEHB Program

while on military furlough (leave without pay) in support of operations in Kosovo, Bosnia,

and Iraq. Requested information on: number of employees called to active duty, their

health benefit carriers and codes and period of time each employee is designated for

active duty.

P-99-19 (July 27, 1999) Child Support Enforcement Briefing.

P-99-20 (July 27, 1999) OPM Form 1523 – Supplemental Semiannual Headcount Report.

P-99-21 (September 3, 1999) provided instructions for the September 1999 Headcount.

P-99-22 (October 21, 1999) announced a Joint Benefit Officer/Payroll Office Meeting

November 3, 1999 in the OPM Auditorium.

P-99-23 (October 26, 1999) transmitted Issue 3 of Modernizing Today, which reports on

the progress of the Retirement Systems Modernization effort.

P-99-24 (November 3, 1999) provided information regarding the 2000 FEHB Open Season.

P-99-25 (November 9, 1999) provided Calendar Year 2000 interest rate for service credit

deposits and redeposits. 

P-99-26 (November 16, 1999) announced Y2K Contingency Plan for RITS.

P-99-27 (November 30, 1999) provided a reminder that the second of the three increases

of revised Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and FERS withholding rates required

by P.L. 105-33 is effective with the first pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2000.

P-99-28 (December 17, 1999) provided additional processing guidance for

“FEGLI 99” Open Season.