Open Enrollment Season for Participants in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System
Open Enrollment Ordered for Foreign Service and Central Intelligence Agency Participants
What it does
Agencies must hold open enrollment Nov 1, 1998–Apr 30, 1999 so eligible employees can elect alternate retirement coverage.
Real-world impact
- Allows Foreign Service employees to opt into the Foreign Service Pension System during the window.
- Allows Central Intelligence Agency employees to opt into the Federal Employees' Retirement System during the window.
- Requires the Secretary of State and the CIA Director to issue and implement enrollment rules.
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Summary
This order establishes an open enrollment period from November 1, 1998 to April 30, 1999, during which certain federal employees may change which retirement system covers them.
It applies to participant employees in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System and to participant employees in the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System. The Secretary of State must issue rules for the Foreign Service enrollment, and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency must provide for the enrollment for CIA employees.
The stated purpose is to better align these two systems with the main federal civil service retirement system.
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