Each year the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) sends SSA a file to be verified and matched against the Master Earnings File (MEF) and Employer Information File (EIF). OPM will match SSA's tax return records with OPM's records on disability retirees under age 60, disabled adult child survivors, certain retirees in receipt of a supplemental benefit under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), and certain annuitants receiving a discontinued service retirement benefit under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS). By law, these annuitants and survivors are limited in the amount they can earn and still retain benefits paid to them. OPM will use the SSA data to determine continued eligibility for benefits.

A place for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to share information about retirement benefits for new, prospective, and current Federal employees, as well as Federal retirees and their survivors and benefits officers. Provides the most up-to-date information on changes, events, and other issues that may affect an individual's Federal retirement benefits. Often links to other pages on the official Website so users can easily find updated information.

Percentage of employees expected to voluntarily retire over the next 12 months, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), business employment size, type of business, business activity and majority ownership, fourth quarter of 2022.

This dataset details how the ICE Office of Human Capital (OHC) activated the Government and Retirement Benefits (GRB) Platform for all ICE employees, replacing the functions previously utilized in FedHR Navigator. The new online platform offers improvements to both the human resources and customer experiences by providing an intuitive and innovative interface for employees to submit certain retirement and benefit-related requests.

This dataset sets forth the holdings NYC Employee Retirement System (NYCERS) (both equity and fixed income) of the identified pension/retirement system as of the close of the fiscal year.

Changelog:

Update September 20, 2021: Data and overview updated to reflect data used in the September 15 story Over Half of States Have Rolled Back Public Health Powers in Pandemic. It includes 303 state or local public health leaders who resigned, retired or were fired between April 1, 2020 and Sept. 12, 2021. Previous versions of this dataset reflected data used in the Dec. 2020 and April 2021 stories.

Overview

Across the U.S., state and local public health officials have found themselves at the center of a political storm as they combat the worst pandemic in a century. Amid a fractured federal response, the usually invisible army of workers charged with preventing the spread of infectious disease has become a public punching bag.

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, at least 303 state or local public health leaders in 41 states have resigned, retired or been fired since April 1, 2020, according to an ongoing investigation by The Associated Press and KHN.

According to experts, that is the largest exodus of public health leaders in American history.

Many left due to political blowback or pandemic pressure, as they became the target of groups that have coalesced around a common goal — fighting and even threatening officials over mask orders and well-established public health activities like quarantines and contact tracing. Some left to take higher profile positions, or due to health concerns. Others were fired for poor performance. Dozens retired. An untold number of lower level staffers have also left.

The result is a further erosion of the nation’s already fragile public health infrastructure, which KHN and the AP documented beginning in 2020 in the Underfunded and Under Threat project.

Findings

The AP and KHN found that:

• One in five Americans live in a community that has lost its local public health department leader during the pandemic
• Top public health officials in 28 states have left state-level departments ## Using this data To filter for data specific to your state, use this query

To get total numbers of exits by state, broken down by state and local departments, use this query

Methodology

KHN and AP counted how many state and local public health leaders have left their jobs between April 1, 2020 and Sept. 12, 2021.

The government tasks public health workers with improving the health of the general population, through their work to encourage healthy living and prevent infectious disease. To that end, public health officials do everything from inspecting water and food safety to testing the nation’s babies for metabolic diseases and contact tracing cases of syphilis.

Many parts of the country have a health officer and a health director/administrator by statute. The analysis counted both of those positions if they existed. For state-level departments, the count tracks people in the top and second-highest-ranking job.

The analysis includes exits of top department officials regardless of reason, because no matter the reason, each left a vacancy at the top of a health agency during the pandemic. Reasons for departures include political pressure, health concerns and poor performance. Others left to take higher profile positions or to retire. Some departments had multiple top officials exit over the course of the pandemic; each is included in the analysis.

Reporters compiled the exit list by reaching out to public health associations and experts in every state and interviewing hundreds of public health employees. They also received information from the National Association of City and County Health Officials, and combed news reports and records.

Public health departments can be found at multiple levels of government. Each state has a department that handles these tasks, but most states also have local departments that either operate under local or state control. The population served by each local health department is calculated using the U.S. Census Bureau 2019 Population Estimates based on each department’s jurisdiction.

KHN and the AP have worked since the spring on a series of stories documenting the funding, staffing and problems around public health. A previous data distribution detailed a decade's worth of cuts to state and local spending and staffing on public health. That data can be found here.

Attribution

Findings and the data should be cited as: "According to a KHN and Associated Press report."

Is Data Missing?

If you know of a public health official in your state or area who has left that position between April 1, 2020 and Sept. 12, 2021 and isn't currently in our dataset, please contact authors Anna Maria Barry-Jester annab@kff.org, Hannah Recht hrecht@kff.org, Michelle Smith mrsmith@ap.org and Lauren Weber laurenw@kff.org.

In this data collection finance data on revenues, expenditures, indebtedness and debt transactions, and cash and security holdings are provided for state and local governments. Revenue data are provided by source. Expenditures are shown by function such as education, highways, and public welfare, as well as by type, including intergovernmental, current operation, and capital outlay. Indebtedness data show outstanding debt by type of debt, and debt transactions. Asset data are shown by purpose and type of financial asset. Financial statistics of employee retirement systems and of utilities operations by state and local governments are included within the data record of the performing or parent government. Data are provided for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. File A provides data for governmental units, including the federal government and state, county, municipal, township, special district, and independent school district governments, as well as regional education service districts. File B includes data on counties. File C provides national and state area summations. File D contains educational finance data pertaining to all public elementary-secondary school systems and selected higher education institutions. (Source: downloaded from ICPSR 7/13/10)

Please Note: This dataset is part of the historical CISER Data Archive Collection and is also available at ICPSR at https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09484.v1. We highly recommend using the ICPSR version as they may make this dataset available in multiple data formats in the future.

This dataset contains pension benefit data for retired employees paid through a State retirement system. The data reflects year-to-date payments and the monthly allowances for each pensioner during the time period noted. Additional information is in the attached dataset summary PDF (available on the [About] tab under "Attachments".).

Data on new recipients of CPP Retirement benefits by gender, age or age group and the year when these new benefit recipients came into pay from 1987 to 2023.

The Federal Ballpark E$timate(R) was developed by the Employee Benefit Research Institute(R) and its American Savings Education Council(R) (ASEC(R)) program. It is based upon the interactive version of the Ballpark E$timate(R) worksheet developed by EBRI and ASEC. Ballpark E$timate(R) is a registered trademark of the Employee Benefit Research Institute(R). All rights reserved. Used with permission. The Federal Ballpark E$timate (FBE) includes projected Federal annuity and Thrift Savings Plan benefits to help users quickly identify approximately how much they need to save to fund a comfortable retirement. The data pertain to the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), CSRS-Offset, and Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS).

The Politbarometer has been conducted since 1977 on an almost monthly basis by the Forschungsgruppe Wahlen on behalf of the Second German Television (ZDF). Since 1990, this database has also been available for the new German states. The survey focuses on the opinions and attitudes of the voting-age population in the Federal Republic on current political issues, parties, politicians, and voting behavior. From 1990 to 1995 and from 1999 onward, the Politbarometer surveys were conducted separately both in the newly formed eastern and in the western German states (Politbarometer East and Politbarometer West). The separate monthly surveys of a year are integrated into a cumulative data set that includes all surveys of a year and all variables of the respective year. Starting in 2003, the Politbarometer short surveys, collected with varying frequency throughout the year, are integrated into the annual cumulation.
Assessment of personal economic situation and future development; judgement on current and future economic development of the country; fear for job security; interest in politics; memory of voting behavior in the Federal Parliament election 1976 (first vote and second vote); party preference (ballot procedure, rank order procedure); party inclination; party one cannot vote for; satisfaction with achievements of the government and opposition (scale); satisfaction with democracy; reasons for satisfaction or dissatisfaction with democracy; the right people in leading positions; necessity of founding new parties; expected election winner and expected effects on the SPD/FDP coalition; desire for the CSU to be on the ballot in the entire Federal Republic; knowledge of the name of the Federal President and preference for a president or king as leader of the Federal Republic; general judgement on the situation of pensioners in the Federal Republic and financial protection of retirement pensions; preference for increase in retirement insurance or a subsidy by the government in case of insufficient coverage; assumed reasons for the increase in costs in the public health system; attitude to a strike by doctors and introduction of a road toll for citizens of the GDR in the FRG; judgement on the reform of political boundaries with consolidation of municipalities into larger units; preference for provision of energy by nuclear power plants or by other power plants; assessment of the danger from nuclear power plants; attitude to construction of a nuclear power plant in the immediate vicinity and protest behavior in such a case; expected energy shortage without nuclear power plants; personal willingness to conserve power; attitude to European unification; advantageousness of membership of the Federal Republic in the EC; judgement on student demands for better study conditions and increased financial support; general attitude to Italy and the Italians; knowledge about the election success of the communist party in Italy and attitude to cooperation of the Christian-Democratic party with the communists; perceived differences between the communist party of Italy and the parties in the East Bloc; knowledge about the term Euro-Communism; assessment of equal opportunities in the Federal Republic; the death penalty as a means to reduce crime; judgement on the usefulness of citizen initiatives; judgement on the base treaty between the Federal Republic and the GDR; judgement on improvement or deterioration of the relation with the GDR and the side responsible for this; the Federal Government giving in too much in negotiations with the GDR; judgement on task fulfillment of the parties; most important causes as well as judgement on further development of unemployment, price stability, certainty of pensions, the fight against terrorism and youth unemployment; institution most able to solve these problems; personal thoughts about growing old and feelings of concern or pleasure; threat to the state from terrorism and necessity of special laws to fight against terrorism; personal threat from terrorism; willingness to accept increased controls as security measure against terrorism; judgement on the conduct of the Federal Government and authorities after Schleyer´s kidnapping and expected search outcome in this case; terrorism and unemployment as problems calling for a strong man to lead the nation; interest of politicians in what the people think; attitude to a single strong party that represents the interests of all classes; introducing the death penalty for certain crimes; interest in a strong leadership personality to govern the country with a strong hand; adequate differences between the political views and goals of the parties; National Socialism as a good idea; attitude to the increasing number of books published about Hitler and the Third Reich; political retrospect on the year; increase of unemployment and short time work as temporary or long-term phenomenon; union membership; typical occupational groups in one´s...

The Distribution of Federal Securities by Class of Investors and Type of Issues table presents Treasury marketable andnonmarketable securities and debt issued by other Federal agencies held by Government accounts, the FRBs, and private investors. Social Security and Federal retirement trust fund investments comprise much of the Government account holdings. The FRBs acquire Treasury securities in the market as a means of executing monetary policy.

If you’re a senior with low income, you may qualify for monthly Guaranteed Annual Income System payments.

Maximum payment and allowable private income amounts for the period from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 are:

• $90 monthly for single seniors (maximum monthly payment amount), your annual private income must be less than $4,320
• $180 monthly for senior couples (maximum monthly payment amount), your annual private income must be less than $8,640

The data is organized by private income levels. GAINS payments are provided on top of the Old Age Security (OAS) pension and the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) payments you may receive from the federal government.

Learn more about the Ontario Guaranteed Annual Income System

This data is related to The Retirement Income System in Canada