If you made a FEGLI Open Season change it is important to review your LES after the effective date of your change to ensure that the change is properly reflected.

FEGLI open season changes will be effective as follows:

Elections Made	Effective Date of Election Is	Change Will Be Reflected in Paycheck Received
1 September - 30 September 2004	4 September 2005*	23 September 2005*

*You must be in a pay status and on duty.  Sick leave, annual leave, donated leave, or any other kind of leave, whether paid or unpaid, does not qualify as pay and duty status.  If you do not meet pay and duty status requirements on 5 September 2005, your effective date will be the beginning of the first pay period after that date in which you meet the requirements.

What Are the Pay and Duty Status Requirements?   A full-time employee on a biweekly pay period must be in pay and duty status for at least 32 hours during the pay period right before the one in which the coverage is to become effective.  A full-time employee on a monthly pay period must be in pay and duty status for at least 64 hours during the pay period right before the one in which the coverage is to become effective.

A part-time employee must be in pay and duty status for one-half of the regularly scheduled tour of duty shown on his/her current SF 50.   An intermittent employee or an employee without a regularly scheduled tour of duty who is eligible for FEGLI coverage must be in pay and duty status for one-half of the hours customarily worked in a pay period.   Employing offices can determine the number of hours customarily worked by totaling the number of hours worked in the calendar year quarter ending September 30, 2004, and dividing that by the number of pay periods in that quarter.