 Good afternoon,
Today the U.S. Office of Personnel Management issued a memorandum titled, "Implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Initiative for a Modernized, Efficient, and Expedient Retirement Process."
Effective June 2, 2025, all new retirement applications started on this date or later, along with any supporting documents, must be submitted electronically. For these and all future applications, any newly created paper retirement packages will not be accepted and will be sent back to the agency for digital resubmission. Effective July 15, 2025, OPM will facilitate applications through OPM’s Online Retirement Application (ORA) and no longer accept paper submissions.
To support this transition:
• Effective June 2, 2025, all federal agencies served by the National Finance Center (NFC) and the Interior Business Center (IBC) must start their retirement cases electronically via ORA.
• Training and onboarding assistance will be available to all participating agencies. All HR staff must complete these trainings no later than June 2, 2025.
• For those not serviced by NFC or IBC, OPM will provide a complementary method for electronic submissions. Detailed instructions will be provided at a later date.
• OPM will coordinate directly with payroll providers to ensure all agencies they service will have access to ORA in the near future.
To ensure coordinated implementation, each payroll office must designate a project lead and a technical lead to work directly with OPM. Each agency must also designate project leads and technical leads to coordinate with their payroll provider and OPM. Further instructions and onboarding materials will be provided in the coming days.
For additional information, agency headquarter s-level human resources offices may
contact OPM at ORA@opm.gov. Component-level human resources offices must contact their agency headquarters for assistance.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
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