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 Railroad Retirement Board Resumes In-Person Service
      


  
  Railroad Retirement Board Resumes In-Person Service
							 
														
              

      
            Effective April 25, 2022, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is offering in-person appointments at its nationwide network of 53 field offices.
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    RRB Appoints Director of Equal Opportunity
      


  
  RRB Appoints Director of Equal Opportunity
							 
														
              

      
            The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has named Shiri Ndang as its Director of Equal Opportunity, effective January 17, 2022.

Ms. Ndang has over 20 years of experience in Federal labor and employment law, providing guidance, advisory and representational services to executives, managers and supervisors, at both the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Social Security Administration (SSA).
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    RRB Names New Director of Retirement and Survivor Benefits
      


  
  RRB Names New Director of Retirement and Survivor Benefits
							 
														
              

      
            The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has selected Letitia C. Carthans as the agency’s next Director of Retirement and Survivor Benefits, effective January 3, 2022. She will replace Valerie Allen, who is retiring after more than 31 years of RRB service.
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    RRB Names Arturo Cardenas as Director of Programs
      


  
  RRB Names Arturo Cardenas as Director of Programs
							 
														
              

      
            The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has named Arturo Cardenas as the agency’s Director of Programs.

In that position, Mr. Cardenas will oversee all operations to process and pay benefits administered by the agency. He will also serve on the RRB’s Executive Committee, which is responsible for day-to-day operations of the agency and making policy recommendations to the three-member Board.
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    RRB Names Mark Blythe as Director of Field Service
      


  
  RRB Names Mark Blythe as Director of Field Service
							 
														
              

      
            The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has appointed Mark Blythe as its Director of Field Service, effective May 24, 2021. He replaces Daniel J. Fadden, who was named the RRB’s Director of Administration in January 2021.
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    RRB Appoints Keith T. Sartain as Chief Actuary
      


  
  RRB Appoints Keith T. Sartain as Chief Actuary
							 
														
              

      
            The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has appointed Keith T. Sartain as its Chief Actuary, effective February 15, 2021.
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    RRB Names Nancy L. Bitzer as Director of Human Resources
      


  
  RRB Names Nancy L. Bitzer as Director of Human Resources
							 
														
              

      
            The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has appointed Nancy L. Bitzer as Director of Human Resources, effective January 31, 2021.

In this position, Ms. Bitzer is responsible for administering the agency’s staffing, recruitment, workforce planning, employee relations, labor relations, benefits, HR operations, and training and development programs for RRB employees. Before her new appointment, she served as Chief of Human Services/Labor Relations at the RRB since September 2013.
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    RRB Plans Improved Access to Toll-Free Service
      


  
  RRB Plans Improved Access to Toll-Free Service
							 
														
              

      
            The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has developed two changes to the agency’s nationwide toll-free telephone system that should improve customers’ access to agency staff and services. The changes will take effect on February 15.

To address lengthy wait times for callers on our toll free number (**(877)772-5772**), the RRB is adding a virtual hold function and increasing our total hours of availability beginning with the week of February 15, 2021.
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    RRB Names Director of Hearings and Appeals
      


  
  RRB Names Director of Hearings and Appeals
							 
														
              

      
            The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has appointed Spiridoula Mavrothalasitis as Director of Hearings and Appeals. In this position, Ms. Mavrothalasitis will be responsible for overseeing reviews of unfavorable claims determinations by hearings officers in the agency's Bureau of Hearings and Appeals. The bureau is responsible for handling appeals on a nationwide basis in order to issue decisions in a timely, efficient manner. Her appointment was effective September 14.
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    Q&A: Unemployment and Sickness Benefits for Railroad Employees
      


  
  Q&A: Unemployment and Sickness Benefits for Railroad Employees
							 
														
              

      
            The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) administers the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA), which provides two kinds of benefits for qualified railroaders: unemployment benefits for those who become unemployed but are ready, willing, and able to work; and sickness benefits for those who are unable to work because of sickness or injury. Sickness benefits are also payable to female rail workers for periods of time when they are unable to work because of health conditions related to pregnancy, miscarriage, or childbirth. A new benefit year begins each July 1.
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