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Administrative Developments

Administrative Developments

 

The following describes some major activities and issues addressed in 2015 and 2016 as part of the RRB's efforts to improve operations and customer service.

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Programs and Responsibilities

Programs and Responsibilities

 

Our primary customers are the employees and employers of the rail industry and their families. They include, for example, train and engine service employees, maintenance of way employees, dispatchers, signalmen, computer specialists, sales personnel, lawyers and accountants. They also include railroad employees who have retired on the basis of age, their spouses and dependents, as well as younger beneficiaries who have retired on the basis of disability, survivors of deceased employees or retirees, and employees who are not working because of layoffs, injuries or illness.

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Introduction

Introduction

 

We are pleased to present this Strategic Plan for the years 2014 through 2018 on behalf of the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB). The RRB has a long and distinguished history of excellent customer service, and this plan continues that tradition by calling for the attainment and maintenance of high levels of accuracy and timeliness in paying retirement, survivor, unemployment and sickness insurance benefits. A major reason for this has been our expanded use of technology to improve efficiency.

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Conclusion

Conclusion

 

This Strategic Plan expresses the agency's continued commitment to provide the best possible customer service and prudent stewardship for the rail community.

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Key External Factors

Key External Factors

 

The RRB recognizes that there are several key external factors which could affect the achievement of our strategic goals and objectives. These include the factors shown below, along with an assessment of their probability and impacts.

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Planning Assumptions

Planning Assumptions

 

An organization cannot plan for all contingencies, but must base its vision within the framework of given assumptions. The following assumptions were used in formulating this strategic plan.

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Program Evaluations

Program Evaluations

 

The RRB considered the results of numerous program evaluations in preparing its strategic plan and will use program evaluations to revise it in the future. The most important of these are summarized below.

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Employment, Payrolls, and Tax Collections

Employment, Payrolls, and Tax Collections

 

Railroad employment has varied considerably over the years. The total number of employees with some service in a year has ranged from a high of 3 million in the war year 1945 to a low of 247,000 in calendar year 2010. The average number employed has varied between a high of 1.7 million in the war years 1944-45 to a low of approximately 221,000 in 2010. Average employment in 2015 rose 5,000 from the previous year to 247,000.

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Management Strategies

Management Strategies

 

In addition to these ongoing programs and strategic goals, we have developed complementary plans in the areas of information technology investments, human capital planning, financial management and procurement. These areas are strategically important in that they provide vital support to achieving our stated objectives and strategic goals.

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Court Decisions, Legislation Enacted 2006-2015

Court Decisions, Legislation Enacted 2006-2015

 

The Pension Protection Act of 2006 was signed into law August 17, 2006. The Act, effective August 17, 2007, provided divorced spouses a railroad retirement annuity independent of the employee's actual entitlement and extended court-ordered partition payments to surviving former spouses. Legislation enacted January 12, 2007, increased the amount employees receiving railroad retirement disability annuities can earn without losing any benefits. Legislation modifying partition payments was signed into law on December 23, 2008.

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