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Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Reports Indicate Federal Workers' Comp Long Overdue for Update

The federal workers' compensation program has long been targeted by agency inspectors general, who have cited the program's lack of oversight and susceptibility to improper payments

Some members of Congress also argue the program's benefit structure, which hasn't been meaningfully updated since the mid-1970s, has led to widespread inefficiencies.

In a new report to lawmakers, the Government Accountability Office compiled some of the longstanding issues with the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) program, which paid out nearly $3 billion to injured federal employees in 2010.

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