RRB-OIG Actuarial Audit Services

Section I - Introduction A. Agency Information: 1. The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is an independent agency in the executive branch of the Federal government. The RRBs primary function is to administer comprehensive retirement, survivor, unemployment and sickness insurance benefit programs for railroad workers and their families under the Railroad Retirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. These programs provide income protection during old age in the event of disability, death, temporary unemployment, and sickness. The RRB has a long history of providing excellent customer service to its annuitants and is committed to paying the right benefits to the right people, in the right amounts, in a timely manner. The RRB also administers aspects of the Medicare program a