United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office General Government Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-06-08 monographic deposited born digital 20 p. GA 1.13:GGD-95-135 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-135 P0b002ee18037dd99 f:gg95135 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-135 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-135 GGD-95-135 Federal employees Compensation Refunds to government Disability benefits Federal personnel law Compensation claims Workers compensation Federal employee disability programs Disability insurance Payroll systems Employees' Compensation Fund Letter Report GGD

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed several issues relating to the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) and how it is administered by the Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.<p/>GAO found that: (1) the federal government is not reimbursed for continuation of pay (COP) by federal employees receiving both regular salary payments and third party damages; (2) the federal government would recover $1 to $2 million per year if it obtained refunds of COP in third-party cases;(3) additional costs and effort to obtain refunds of COP in third-party cases would be minimal if previous reinstatement procedures were used to obtain employee refunds of compensation benefits and COP; (4) some agencies have a separate COP code in their payroll systems that allows them to easily determine the amount of COP paid to their employees; and (5) the amount of COP that could be refunded to the government would greatly exceed the administrative costs to recover COP. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-135/html/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-135.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-135/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-135.pdf GAO/GGD-95-135 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-95-135 Letter Report GAO/GGD-95-135; Federal Employees' Compensation Act: Redefining Continuation of Pay Could Result in Additional Refunds to the Government; Federal employees Compensation Refunds to government Disability benefits Federal personnel law Compensation claims Workers compensation Federal employee disability programs Disability insurance Payroll systems Employees' Compensation Fund Title 5 Section 8101-8193 Title 5 Section 8118 Title 5 Section 8132 5 U.S.C. 8101-8193 5 U.S.C. 8118 5 U.S.C. 8132