Common use of Verification Procedure and Opportunity to Contest Clause in Contracts

Verification Procedure and Opportunity to Contest. A. Verification Procedure OPM will take no adverse action regarding retirees, survivors, and other annuitants identified through the matching process solely based on information that OPM obtains from the match. OPM will contact the retirees, survivors, and other annuitants to verify the matching results in accordance with requirements of the Privacy Act and applicable OMB guidelines and as described in subsection B of this section. The affected retirees, survivors, and other annuitants will have an opportunity to contest the accuracy of the information SSA provided. OPM will consider the information SSA provided as accurate if the affected retirees, survivors, and other annuitants do not protest within 30 days after receiving notice of the proposed adverse action. OPM will advise the retirees, survivors, and other annuitants that failure to respond within 30 days will provide a valid basis for OPM to assume that the information SSA provided is correct. B. Opportunity to Contest Before taking any adverse action based on the information received from the match, OPM will provide all the retirees, survivors, and other annuitants for whom OPM decides 1. OPM will advise the individual that OPM received information from SSA that indicates an adverse action affecting the annuitant’s CSRS or FERS annuity is necessary; 2. OPM will advise the individual of the effective date of any adjustment or overpayment that may result; 3. OPM will advise the individual that retirees, survivors, and other annuitants have 30 days to contest any adverse decision; and that 4. Unless the retirees, survivors, and other annuitants respond to contest the proposed adverse action in the required 30-day time period, OPM will conclude that the information SSA provided is correct, and will make the necessary adjustment to the retirees, survivors, and annuitants payment.

Verification Procedure and Opportunity to Contest. A. Verification Procedure OPM will take no adverse action regarding individuals identified through the matching process (e.g., retirees, survivors, and other annuitants identified through the matching process annuitants) solely based on information that OPM obtains from the match. OPM will contact the retirees, survivors, and other annuitants to verify the matching results in accordance with requirements of the Privacy Act and applicable OMB guidelines and as described in subsection B of this section. The affected retirees, survivors, and other annuitants will have an opportunity to contest the accuracy of the information SSA provided. OPM will consider the information SSA provided as accurate if the affected retirees, survivors, and other annuitants do not protest within 30 days after receiving notice of the proposed adverse action. OPM will advise the retirees, survivors, and other annuitants that failure to respond within 30 days will provide a valid basis for OPM to assume that the information SSA provided is correct. B. Opportunity to Contest Before taking any adverse action based on the information received from the match, OPM will provide all the retirees, survivors, and other annuitants for whom OPM decidesthe following opportunities to contest the action: 1. OPM will advise the individual that OPM received information tax return data from SSA that indicates an adverse action affecting the annuitant’s CSRS or FERS annuity is necessary; 2. OPM will advise the individual of the effective date of any adjustment or overpayment that may result; 3. OPM will advise the individual that retirees, survivors, and other annuitants have 30 days to contest any adverse decision; and that 4. Unless the retirees, survivors, and other annuitants respond to contest the proposed adverse action in the required 30-day time period, OPM will conclude that the information SSA provided is correct, and will make the necessary adjustment to the retireespayment of the retiree, survivorssurvivor, and annuitants paymentor annuitant.