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Military pension and annuitant pay verification contacts

Summary ETA directed state unemployment agencies to one Defense Finance and Accounting Service location for verifying military retirement and annuitant pay when a claimant could not document it. The attachment lists mailing addresses and phone and fax contacts for annuity and retired pay inquiries. ETA now lists the letter as Canceled, despite its printed Ongoing expiration label.
Document
Federal guidance
Agency
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Document number
UIPL No. 3-05
Date issued
November 10, 2004
Status
Withdrawn
ETA lists this letter Canceled as of October 25, 2026, although its printed expiration was Ongoing. It expressly rescinded UIPL No. 1-79.
Status last verified October 25, 2026
Topics
Unemployment Insurance Military Pension Offsets
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U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
Advisory System
Washington, D.C. 20210
Classification: [blank in source]
Correspondence symbol: OWS/DUO
Date: November 10, 2004
Rescissions: UIPL No. 1-79
Expiration date: Ongoing

ADVISORY: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 3-05

TO: STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES

FROM: CHERYL ATKINSON /s/
Administrator
Office of Workforce Security

SUBJECT: Addresses for Military Pay Information for Unemployment Compensation for Ex-servicemember (UCX) Claims

  1. Purpose. To inform state workforce agencies (SWA) of updated addresses for the Defense Finance and Accounting Service for use in verifying military pensions and annuitant pay information.

  2. Reference. Chapter IV, ET Handbook No. 384.

  3. Background. To ensure proper payments, states must sometimes verify retirement and social security annuitant payments. In the past, if a verification request was necessary, the SWA would send the request to different addresses for each branch of service; thus, retirement and annuitant pay verification was achieved through four separate Finance and Accounting Service (FAS) offices. Now all requests for verification of retirement and annuitant pay will be directed to one location. General retirement and annuitant pay information is available at: http://www.dfas.mil/money/retired. When a claimant cannot substantiate benefits (e.g., provide a copy of the notice of award or pension check), a request for verification of military retirement pension and annuitant pay must be made. This request should be directed to the appropriate address as shown in Attachment A.

  4. Action Required. State Administrators should provide this information to appropriate staff.

  5. Inquiries. Inquiries should be addressed to the appropriate regional office.

  6. Attachment. Contact Information for Retirement and Annuitant Pay.

Attachment A (official HTML): https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/advisories/UIPL/2004/UIPL3-05_Attach.html

Contact Information for Retirement and Annuitant Pay

Correspondence Mailing address Phone number Fax number
Annuity; Annuity New Accounts Defense Finance and Accounting Service, PO Box 7130, London KY 40742-7130 1-800-321-1080 1-800-982-8459
Casualty; Retired; Retired New Accounts Defense Finance and Accounting Service, PO Box 7131, London KY 40742-7131 1-800-321-1080 1-800-982-8459

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