Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

Issuing agencies

Abstract

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposes to modify the current system of records titled "OPM/Central-23 FEHB Program Enrollment Records." This system of records contains information about enrollees and their family members, who are or have been covered under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program. The modification is necessary to add categories of records and record source categories to the system of records based upon information exchange necessary to implement the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program and meet requirements under the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 (PSRA). The modification is also necessary to clarify in the Purposes section that references in the system of records to the "FEHB Program" or "FEHB" will encompass the PSHB Program, a separate program within the FEHB Program. In addition, OPM is taking this opportunity to clarify two existing routine uses and make a technical correction to the Administrative, Technical, and Physical Safeguards section. We have also updated the policies and practices for retention and disposal of records to reflect that a new schedule that will incorporate Postal Service records is currently under review by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).