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: 99-201 Date: January 12,1999

Subject: Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance: Ordering Open Enrollment

Material

GENERAL INFORMATION

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Background Pub. L. 105-311, Federal Employees Life Insurance

Improvement Act, enacted October 30, 1998, requires the

Office of Personnel Management to conduct an open season

for life insurance. The open enrollment period has been

scheduled for April 24, 1999, through June 30, 1999.

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Purpose The purpose of this Benefits Administration Letter (BAL) is

to provide information for ordering open enrollment

materials. Details regarding the conduct of the open

enrollment period will be sent in a later BAL.

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OPEN ENROLLMENT MATERIAL

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What Material Will Be The following material will be available for the upcoming

Available for the Open open enrollment period:

Enrollment Period?

C A special FEGLI 99 Open Enrollment Period

Election Form (RI 76-27)

C The revised - April 1999 version - of the FEGLI

Booklet (RI 76-21 [RI 76-20 for the Postal

Service])
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C A FEGLI 99 Open Enrollment Period Pamphlet (FE

74 A [FE 74 B for Postal Service])

C Posters announcing the FEGLI 99 open enrollment

period in three sizes (28" x 43", 11" x 17", and 

8 1⁄2" x 11")

C Tent cards announcing the FEGLI 99 open

enrollment period

C A 60-minute video explaining the entire FEGLI

Program

C A 10-minute video explaining the FEGLI 99 open

enrollment period

C A CD-ROM, which includes the special election

form, the FEGLI Booklet, the FEGLI 99 Pamphlet,

the poster, the tent card, and the 10-minute video

The following material will be available for the visually

impaired:

C The April 1999 version of the FEGLI Booklet in

large print (RI 76-24 [RI 76-23 for Postal Service])

C A large print version of the FEGLI 99 Open

Enrollment Period Pamphlet (FE 74 C [FE 74 D for

Postal Service])

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What Is the Special The special FEGLI 99 Open Enrollment Period Election

Election Form? Form is the ONLY form that can be used to make elections

during the open enrollment period. SF 2817 cannot be

used for open enrollment elections.

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How Do We Get the Open Open enrollment material must be ordered. NOTHING

Enrollment Material? WILL BE SENT AUTOMATICALLY. All orders must

come from the agency headquarters Insurance Officer.

Orders from other sources will not be accepted.

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How Do We Place The form for ordering open enrollment material is

the Orders? attached. (There is a different form for the Postal Service. 

It will be sent separately.)
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Agency headquarters Insurance Officers must order the

material directly from the Office of Federal Employees’

Group Life Insurance (OFEGLI), not from OPM. Orders

can be placed by email or fax (the address and phone

number are on the order form). Phone orders will NOT be

accepted.

When you place your orders, you must include a shipping

address. Attach a separate sheet if there is more than one

address, and specify the quantity to be shipped to each

address.

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How Much Material You must give a copy of the revised FEGLI Booklet and

Should We Order? the FEGLI 99 Open Enrollment Period Pamphlet to all

eligible employees, so you will need to order a quantity

large enough for that purpose.

For all other material, you may order as much or as little as

you think you will need. Keep in mind, however, that the

special election form (RI 76-27) is the only form that can be

used to make open enrollment elections. So be sure to

order a large enough quantity to meet your open enrollment

needs.

All material must be ordered in quantities of 25.

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What Is the Cost of the There is no cost to agencies for any of the open

Open Enrollment Material? enrollment material.

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When Should We Place Headquarters Insurance Officers should place their orders

Our Orders? as soon as possible. This will help OFEGLI in determining

how many of each item to produce.

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When Will the Open We don’t have an exact shipping date; however, the

Enrollment Material material will be shipped as soon as it is ready. Agencies

Be Shipped? will have the material before the start of the open enrollment

period.

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Reminder Please remember that no material will be sent automatically

to agencies. Agencies will receive only what their

headquarters Insurance Officer orders.

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Abby L. Block, Chief

Insurance Policy

and Information Division

Attachment
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ GROUP LIFE INSURANCE PROGRAM

FEGLI 99 OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD MATERIALS

NON-POSTAL ORDER FORM

SHIP TO INFORMATION:

NAME:

AGENCY:

ADDRESS:

CITY/STATE/ZIP:

CONTACT PERSON:

TELEPHONE (DAYTIME): FAX:

UPS WILL NOT DELIVER TO P.O. BOXES

FAX ORDERS TO:

OFFICE OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’

GROUP LIFE INSURANCE

200 PARK AVENUE

NEW YORK NY 10166-0188

FAX: 212-578-4491

 

 

E-MAIL ORDERS TO:

FEGORDER@METLIFE.COM

ITEM # DESCRIPTION SPECIFY QUANTITY

RI 76-27 FEGLI 99 Open Enrollment Period Election Form

RI 76-21 FEGLI Booklet – April 1999 version

FE 74 A FEGLI 99 Open Enrollment Period Pamphlet 

-

Posters Announcing FEGLI 99 Open Enrollment Period

Large Size Poster (28” x 43”)

-

Posters Announcing FEGLI 99 Open Enrollment Period 

Regular Size Poster (11” x 17”)

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Posters Announcing FEGLI 99 Open Enrollment Period 

Small Size Poster (81⁄2” x 11”)

- Tent Cards Announcing FEGLI 99 Open Enrollment Period

MULTI-MEDIA MATERIALS

- Video Explaining the Entire FEGLI Program (60 Minutes)

- Video Explaining the FEGLI 99 Open Enrollment Period 

(10 Minutes)

-

CD-ROM including all FEGLI 99 Open Enrollment Period

materials – Election Form, Booklet, Pamphlet, Poster, 

Tent Card, Video

MATERIALS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED

RI 76-24 FEGLI Booklet - April 1999 version

Large Print Visually Impaired Version

FE 74 C FEGLI 99 Open Enrollment Period Pamphlet

Large Print Visually Impaired Version

IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING LOCATIONS, PLEASE ATTACH ADDITIONAL SHEETS AND

CLEARLY SPECIFY HOW MANY OF EACH ITEM WE SHOULD SEND TO EACH SEPARATE

SHIPPING LOCATION.