{"podcast":{"title":"Federal Newscast","slug":"federal-newscast-48285","podcast_index_feed_id":48285,"rss_url":"http://feeds.feedburner.com/FederalNewscast","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/federal-newscast","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/5d/2b/af/18/5d2baf18-e018-4f60-b239-0747e6d8792b/595b7b04bb21a68fc933d44eb766b97e3c950b2538ac8c6d76657afdfa6f975e677dd976ab3a09d439c443b5f6d1f88120b77222065fffdb0447291d7cba2b82.jpeg","author":"Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio","episode_count":2332,"summary":"THE FEDERAL NEWSCAST , (length about seven minutes), is a daily Monday through Friday, high-information compilation of nine 40-second news stories and news packages, generated by the non-partisan, non-political, private-sector team of reporters at Federal News Network . Federal News Radio Producer/Newscasters Eric White and Michele Sandiford assemble and read the stories on the THE FEDERAL DRIVE with TERRY GERTON , the weekday morning-drive program, heard from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. (ET) on the Federal News Network app (and website), on any smart speaker, and on WFED 1500 AM , a 50,000-watt 'Class A' powerhouse radio station in the nation's capital. The podcast is most popular with FNN's audience of highly educated listeners, who conveniently access THE FEDERAL NEWSCAST , 24/7 , on any podcast platform . Listen to it (as just mentioned) or read the stories each weekday morning at FederalNewsNetwork.com , where the news items contain hyperlinks for those who want more information on a given story.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T02:20:01.127368+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/federal-newscast-48285"},"episode":{"title":"Nearly 12, 000 retirement claims enter OPM’s system in April","slug":"nearly-12-000-retirement-claims-enter-opm-s-system-in-april","published_at":"2026-05-08T11:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/federal-newscast-48285/nearly-12-000-retirement-claims-enter-opm-s-system-in-april","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/federal-newscast-48285","url":"https://mgln.ai/e/345/rss.art19.com/episodes/2c0dfa6e-635f-449a-8b65-8d2c1783f7d0.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg9GZWVkQnVybmVyBjoGRVQ%3D--1349f61597e261c82b72aa63507666dd2bce579d","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/345/rss.art19.com/episodes/2c0dfa6e-635f-449a-8b65-8d2c1783f7d0.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg9GZWVkQnVybmVyBjoGRVQ%3D--1349f61597e261c82b72aa63507666dd2bce579d","summary":"Nearly 12,000 new retirement claims entered the Office of Personnel Management’s systems last month. Coupled with OPM’s processing of about 17,000 retirement applications, the agency managed to reduce its inventory by several thousand claims. April was the first time OPM’s retirement backlog has dipped below 50,000 claims in more than five months. Currently, digital retirement claims are also being processed in about two-thirds the time of traditional paper applications. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"Nearly 12,000 new retirement claims entered the Office of Personnel Management’s systems last month. Coupled with OPM’s processing of about 17,000 retirem…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":406,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/federal-newscast-48285/episodes/nearly-12-000-retirement-claims-enter-opm-s-system-in-april/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/federal-newscast-48285/nearly-12-000-retirement-claims-enter-opm-s-system-in-april.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}