Although the FEGLI open season ends September 30, agencies
have authority to accept belated enrollments through March
31, 2005 if they determine that the employee was unable to
make a timely election due to circumstances beyond his or
her control. The employee will have 31 days after the agency
made that decision to make an enrollment choice, on the form
being used for the open season, FE-2004. Further, employees
may continue to make regular FEGLI elections during the open
season. That is, they can decrease or stop coverage, or they
can increase it after submitting medical evidence of
insurability or if they have a life event. Such elections
should be made on the standard FEGLI election form, the
SF-2817. Those elections will become effective on the same
schedule as always.
