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 announced a briefing August

5, 1999 introducing new tools used for child support enforcement in Federal agencies, 

including the Employers’ Desk Guide to Child Support.

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

advised that there are no plans to revise Form 1523 to reflect the two new FEGLI age

bands (64-69 and 70+) to Optional Life Insurance that became effective April 24, 1999

until the September 2001 Headcount.

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

September 1999 Headcount.

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

There will be an Interagency Advisory Group (IAG) meeting on Wednesday, November

3, 1999 at 1:30 P.M. in the OPM Auditorium in which the agenda will include the FEHB

Open Season.

P-99-23 (October 26, 1999) announced Issue Three of Modernizing Today, benefits

booklet and benefits calculator.

P-99-24 (November 3, 1999) gave 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 Retirement and Insurance Transfer System

(RITS) contingency plan.

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

of revised 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 the Federal

Employee Group Life Insurance 99 open season.