Gary Steinberg

Acting Director, Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs

Interagency/POWER Return to Work Council Meeting

November 4, 2014
AGENDA

2:00 – 2:15 Opening Remarks, 

Gary Steinberg

2:15 – 2:30 POWER FY 2014 Results, 

Doug Fitzgerald

2:30 – 2:45 Electronic Filing Update, 

Julia Tritz

2:45 – 3:15 Privacy Act and FECA,

Paul Klingenberg

3:15 – 3:30 Question and Answer
Douglas Fitzgerald

Director,

Division of Federal Employees’ 

Compensation

Interagency/POWER Return to Work Council Meeting

November 4, 2014
POWER: FY 2014 Results

All Government

(less USPS)

FY 2009 

Baseline

FY14 Target FY14 Result

Goal 4: Timely 

Filing of Claims

80.1% 90.38% 88.76%

Goal 5: Timely 

Filing of Wage 

Loss Claims

57.8% 77.95% 82.86%

Goal 6: Lost 

Production Days 

(through 3rd Q)

35.8 34.4 31.9

Goal 7: Return to 

Work Rate

85.8% 95.00% 90.73%

OWCP-tracked Goals 4 through 7
POWER Goal 4: CA-1/2 Timeliness

FY2014 Year End

 = Did Not 

0 Meet Target

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

All Govt

Agric

Air Force

Army

Navy

DOD (All)

DOD (Agencies) 

HHS

DHS

Int

Just

Labor

Trans

Treas

VA

SSA

Target

Result
POWER Goal 5: CA-7 Timeliness 

FY2014 Year End

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

All Govt

Agric

Air Force

Army

Navy

DOD (All)

DOD (Agencies) 

HHS

DHS

Int

Just

Labor

Trans

Treas

VA

SSA

Target

Result

 = Did Not 

Meet Target
POWER Goal 6: Lost Production Days 

FY2014 through 3rd Q

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

All Govt

Agric

Air Force

Army

Navy

DOD (All)

DOD (Agencies)

HHS

DHS

Int

Just

Labor

Trans

Treas

VA

SSA

Target

Result

 = Not 

Meeting Target
POWER Goal 7: Return to Work

FY2014 Year End

50

55

60

65

70

75

80

85

90

95

100

All Govt

Agric

Air Force

Army

Navy

DOD 

HHSDHS

Int

Just

LaborTransTreas

VA

SSA

Target

Result

 = Did Not 

Meet Target
Julia Tritz

Deputy Director, Operations and Claims Management

Division of Federal Employees’ Compensation

Interagency/POWER Return to Work Council Meeting

November 4, 2014
Access to E-Filing

Claims Filed in FY 2014 (Excluding USPS)
POWER Goal 8: E-Filing Compliance

(Among Agencies Tracked under POWER)

•All agencies have been notified of 

regulatory requirement on e-filing
POWER Agencies: E-filing Compliance

Agencies in Compliance with Electronic Filing 

Regulations through

EDI (CA-1 and 2) and AQS or ECOMP (CA-7)

Agencies in Compliance with Electronic Filing 

Regulations through 

ECOMP (CA-1, 2 and 7)

 Department of Defense

 Department of Labor

 Department of Treasury

 Department of Veterans Affairs

 Department of Agriculture 

 Department of Justice

 Department of Health and Human 

Services 

 Social Security Administration

 Department of Homeland Security

 Department of Interior (partial)

Agencies Not Yet in Compliance

Department of Transportation1

1 In compliance for CA-1 and 2, but not for CA-7
ECOMP Document Uploading

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

40000

45000

50000

Documents

December, 2011

September, 2014
ECOMP Form Filing

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

1000

CA-1 and 2 CA-7 OSHA-301

May, 2012

September,

2014
ECOMP Usage

Count Since Start of ECOMP

Documents uploaded via WEEDS 1,215,890

Form OSHA-301 filed 15,926

Form CA-1 filed 15,155

Form CA-2 filed 1,389

Form CA-7 filed 13,059