Civil Service Federal Employees Federal Employees Federal Employees

Retirement Group Life Health Benefits Retirement

System Insurance Program System

United States

Office of

Personnel Management

The Federal Government=s Human Resources Agency

Retirement and Insurance Service

 Benefits Administration Letter

 

Number: 99-701 Date: September 9, 1999

Subject: Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: The New FEHB

Handbook

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

on CD ROM.

The FEHB Handbook (RI 75-11) content was last issued in 1989. The Handbook contains

complete and detailed information on the FEHB Program, including the information enrollees,

agency personnel, and payroll offices need to carry out their responsibilities under the Federal

Employees Health Benefits Program.

The Handbook is available for viewing and downloading on our web site (www.opm.gov/insure).

 It will also be available on CD. There will be no printed version of the Handbook.

THE FEHB HANDBOOK ON CD

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

contains all text, tables, and charts.

The FEHB 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 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.
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.

Some sections 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 FEHB Handbook on CD is $100. We plan to begin shipping the CD in

October.

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

order form.

Abby L. Block, Chief

Insurance Policy

 and Information Division

Attachment
FEHB HANDBOOK ON CD ORDER FORM

Name:

Agency/Organization:

Business Address:

City: State: Zip:

Internet Email Address:

Daytime Phone: FAX: 

Please send the FEHB Handbook on CD at $100 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,

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