If a new employee is being transferred from another postal installation or another federal agency, the OPF must be obtained from the former employing office. If a new employee lists the Postal Service or another federal agency as a prior employer, and the separation took place less than 90 calendar days ago, the OPF must be obtained from the former employing office. If the separation took place more than 90 calendar days ago, the OPF must be obtained from the National Personnel Records Center.
Note: The prior postal employment verification feature of the CMS subsystem of Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) provides a computer comparison of the payroll records of new hires with payroll history records to determine if newly appointed employees were previously employed by the Postal Service. This review not only impacts immediate benefits to which the former employee may be entitled, but also identifies any new hire who might have resigned or been dismissed under adverse conditions. In the latter instance, omission of this information from Form 2591 could be justification for separation from the Postal Service.
