5 CFR § 839.821 - Who is responsible for correcting my records?

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title: "5 CFR § 839.821 - Who is responsible for correcting my records?"
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "839.821"
section_name: "Who is responsible for correcting my records?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "839"
part_name: "CORRECTION OF RETIREMENT COVERAGE ERRORS UNDER THE FEDERAL ERRONEOUS RETIREMENT COVERAGE CORRECTIONS ACT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Title II, Pub. L. 106-265, 114 Stat. 770."
regulatory_source: "66 FR 15609, Mar. 19, 2001, unless otherwise noted."
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# 839.821 Who is responsible for correcting my records?

(a) Your current employer will correct your records in accordance with OPM instructions. Your employer must not delay correcting your records.

(b) For former employees and retirees, the last employer will correct the records. For survivors, the employee's last employer will correct the records. If an employer no longer exists as an organization, and there is no successor agency, then OPM will correct the records.