People typically have to wait for three to five months on average to get retirement checks under the current paper-based system, according to DOGE.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) plans to roll out a paperless, fully digital retirement application system across the government starting next month, OPM said in a May 7 memorandum to the heads of various agencies.
In a May 9 post on social media platform X, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) called the effort a “collaboration win” by DOGE and OPM, saying the digitization of the retirement system is happening “after 35+ years of failed modernization attempts.”
The digitization marks an end to the OPM’s decades-old paper system for retirement.
“This will reduce the average time people wait to receive their retirement check from 3-5 months to less than 1 month,” DOGE said.
The memorandum criticized legacy systems as “outdated technology” that has “delayed retirements and frustrated employees who have dedicated their careers to public service.”
America’s federal workforce “deserves a retirement process that matches the demands of the 21st century,” it said.
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