Division of Federal Employees' Compensation (DFEC)

FECA Bulletins have been divided into five-year groups to make it easier for you to search and find the information you are looking for. Active War Hazards Compensation Act (WHCA) Bulletins have been moved to their own location.


Fiscal Year 2026

Bulletin

Subject

FECA Bulletin No. 26-01

Offset of Social Security Retirement or Survivor Benefits Attributable to Federal Service from Disability Compensation or Death Benefits Paid under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA).

FECA Bulletin No. 26-02

Permanent Pay Reform for Wildland Firefighters

FECA Bulletin No. 26-03

Debt Collection Updates for the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) Program

FECA Bulletin No. 26-04

Consumer Price Index (CPI) Cost-of-Living Adjustments

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Fiscal Year 2025

Bulletin

Subject

FECA Bulletin No. 25-01

Designation of High-Risk Cancers for Federal Firefighters

FECA Bulletin No. 25-02

Amended Special Case Handling in Certain Firefighter FECA Claims Processing and Adjudication

FECA Bulletin No. 25-03

Compensation Pay - Consumer Price Index (CPI) Cost-of-Living Adjustments

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Fiscal Year 2024

Bulletin

Subject

FECA Bulletin No. 24-01

Changes to FECA Subrogation under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

FECA Bulletin No. 24-02

Compensation Pay: Compensation Rate Changes for 2024

FECA Bulletin No. 24-04

Additional and Consequential Conditions in Anomalous Health Incidents (AHI) Claims

FECA Bulletin No. 24-06

War Hazards Compensation Act (WHCA) Bulletins have been moved to their own location.

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Fiscal Year 2023

Bulletin

Subject

FECA Bulletin No. 23-01

Obtaining Information from the Social Security Administration Regarding Dual Benefits and Determining Federal Employees’ Retirement System Offsets

FECA Bulletin No. 23-02

Processing Claims for COVID-19 Diagnosed After January 27, 2023

FECA Bulletin No. 23-03

Affording Additional Time for Claimants to Respond to Initial Development Letters

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Fiscal Year 2022

Bulletin

Subject

FECA Bulletin No. 22-01

Coverage for Injuries Resulting from the COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate for Federal Employees.

FECA Bulletin No. 22-02

New FECA Prescription Management Policies

FECA Bulletin No. 22-03

Processing Claims for Anomalous Health Incidents (AHI) under the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA)

FECA Bulletin No. 22-06

Updates to COVID-19 Claims Processing Guidelines Relating to Reinfections and Home Tests

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Fiscal Year 2021

Bulletin

Subject

FECA Bulletin No. 21-05

Payment authorization on reimbursements exceeding $50,000

FECA Bulletin No. 21-07

New FECA Pharmacy Benefits Management System

FECA Bulletin No. 21-08

Telemedicine for Routine Appointments – Updated

FECA Bulletin No. 21-09

Processing FECA Claims for COVID-19 under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

FECA Bulletin No. 21-10

Establishing FECA Claims for COVID-19 under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 through Antigen Testing

FECA Bulletin No. 21-11

Retention of the American Medical Association's Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 6th Edition (2009).

FECA Bulletin No. 21-12

Release of Privileged Medical Records

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Fiscal Year 2020

Bulletin

Subject

FECA Bulletin No. 20-06

Change in collection procedures for debt owed to the Division of Federal Employees' Compensation (DFEC).

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Fiscal Year 2018

Bulletin

Subject

FECA Bulletin No. 18-03

War Hazards Compensation Act (WHCA) Bulletins have been moved to their own location.

FECA Bulletin No. 18-04

Opioid Prescribing Guidelines, Short-Term, Long-Term and High Dose Opioid Use

FECA Bulletin No. 18-05

Provider Exclusion - Ownership/Management Interest and Support Services

FECA Bulletin No. 18-06

Alternative Pain Management and Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

FECA Bulletin No. 18-07

Protecting the Identity of Employees in Written and Oral Correspondence

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Fiscal Year 2017

Bulletin

Subject

FECA Bulletin No. 17-04

Investigations related to Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) Claimant Fraud

FECA Bulletin No. 17-05

Investigations related to Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) Medical Fraud

FECA Bulletin No. 17-06

Uniform methodology for calculating permanent impairment of the upper extremities1 using the Sixth Edition of the American Medical Association's (AMA) Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment.

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Fiscal Year 2015

Bulletin

Subject

FECA Bulletin No. 15-01

War Hazards Compensation Act (WHCA) Bulletins have been moved to their own location.

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Fiscal Year 2013

Bulletin

Subject

FECA Bulletin No. 13-01

War Hazards Compensation Act (WHCA) Bulletins have been moved to their own location.

FECA Bulletin No. 13-03

New United States Postal Service Job Classifications

FECA Bulletin No. 13-05

National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (NIAA)

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Fiscal Year 2012

Bulletin

Subject

FECA Bulletin No. 12-01

War Hazards Compensation Act (WHCA) Bulletins have been moved to their own location.

FECA Bulletin No. 12-05

Handling Requests for Communication Assistance, Accommodations, and Modifications Under Federal Disability Nondiscrimination Law by Claimants and Others in the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) Adjudicatory Process

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Fiscal Year 2011

Bulletin

Subject

FECA Bulletin No. 11-01

Federal Reform Changes for Federal Benefits under the Affordable Care Act

FECA Bulletin No. 11-04

Schedule A Initiative

FECA Bulletin No. 11-05

Usage Guidelines for Fentanyl Products

FECA Bulletin No. 11-06

DFEC Regulations, Published June 28, 2011

FECA Bulletin No. 11-08

Exclusion of Providers

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Fiscal Year 2003

Bulletin

Subject

FECA Bulletin No. 03-07

War Hazards Compensation Act (WHCA) Bulletins have been moved to their own location.

Fiscal Year 2001

Bulletin

Subject

FECA Bulletin No. 01-10

Bill Pay/BPS - Sampling of Bills

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Fiscal Year 1999

Bulletin

Subject

FECA Bulletin No. 99-10

New Regulations - Continuing Benefits (02/99A)

FECA Bulletin No. 99-11

New Regulations - Compensation and Related Benefits (02/99A)

FECA Bulletin No. 99-13

New Regulations - Medical and Related Benefits (02/99A)

FECA Bulletin No. 99-16

New Regulations - Filing Notices and Claims; Submitting Evidence (03/99A)

FECA Bulletin No. 99-30

Third Party--Claims from Certain Census Workers (08/99B)

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Fiscal Year 1998

Bulletin

Subject

FECA Bulletin No. 98-09

Performance of Duty--Alternative Worksites (05/98)

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Fiscal Year 1997

Bulletin

Subject

FECA Bulletin No. 97-01

Comp Pay--Direct Deposit

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