The federal government pays out millions of dollars to dead people each year — including deceased retired federal workers, according to a new report. In the past five years, the Office of Personnel Management has made more than $601 million in benefits payments to deceased federal annuitants, according to the agency’s inspector general.
Dead Federal Retirees Are Paid $120 Million Annually, Report Says
Ed O’Keefe, Washington Post
Thu, 09/22/2011 - 6:01pm
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