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Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees & Annuitants - An FEHBP Health Insurance Plan Comparison Tool
Agency and Association Access to CHECKBOOK's 2013 Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees (Open Season 2012) ... Access to the 2013 Guide will begin the first day of Open Season - November 12th, 2012

There are four ways to access the Guide (some agencies use more than one, as indicated). Consult your benefits officer for specifics applicable to your agency:  

1) Many agencies use Employee Express at http://www.employeeexpress.gov/. The link to the Guide is "FEHB Plan Comparison Website-CHECKBOOK." You enter your social security and PIN numbers. PIN numbers are obtained from agency benefits officers. This method allows you to access the guide from home as well as work.  

2) Some agencies use internal agency Intranets. Within the Intranet you locate the Guide (usually under a heading related to health benefits). Once you click on this Intranet link, you will be assigned a personal UserName and Password which will then allow you to access the Guide from home as well as work.  

3) Special web site and/or agency Username and Password. You go to a special Guide web site and there you enter a Username and Password. You obtain UserName, Password, and Web Address from your agency benefits officer. This method allows you to access the guide from home as well as work.  

4) Using agency computers with IP Address verification. With this method, users coming to http://www.guidetohealthplans.org/ from computers that have been identified as being within a subscribing agency's network, are immediately allowed access to the Guide. This method allows you to access the guide Only from an agency computer (usually this means from your workplace only).  

Method of Access
Department, Agency, or Association (entire agency except where components are listed) Employee Express Intranet Link Special Website and/or UserName & Password Agency Computer
Department of Commerce:        
   Patent & Trademark Office  
Patent & Trademark - Intranet Link
   
Department of Defense:        
   Defense Intelligence Agency  
DIA - Intranet Link
   
   Defense Technical Information Center  
Defense Technical Information Center - Intranet Link
   
   Missile Defense Agency  
Checkmark
   
   US Army Research Institute
USARI - Employee Express
     
   US Naval Research Laboratory      
USNRL - Agency Computer
   NAVSEA 08  
NSSC - Intranet Link
   
   Office of Inspector General  
OIG - Intranet Link
   
   Patrick AFB

Patrick Air Force Base - Employee Express

     
Department of Education  

DOE - Intranet Link

   
Department of Health and Human Services  

DHHS - Intranet Link

   
Department of Interior        
   Office of Hearing and Appeals  

DOL - Intranet Link

   
Department of Transportation        
  Federal Highway Administration - Eastern Federal Lands Division  

FHAEFLD - Intranet Link

   
Department of Justice:        
   Antitrust Division, Civil Division, Civil Rights, Criminal, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Executive Office for U.S. Trustees, National Security Division, Office of the Inspector General, Office of Justice Programs, US Attorneys  

DOJ - Intranet Link

   
Department of Labor  

DOL - Intranet Link

   
Congressional Budget Office  
CBO - Intranet Link
   
DC Pretrial Services  
DC Pretrial Services - Link
   
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board    

DNFSB - Intranet Link

 
Export Import Bank      

ExportImport -  Agency Computer

Farm Credit Administration  

Farm Credit Administration - Intranet Link

   
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

 

   

FDIC - Agency Computer

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission  

FERC - Intranet Link

   
Federal Housing Finance Agency  

FHFA - Intranet Link

   
Federal Reserve Board  

FRB - Intranet Link

   
General Services Administration

FRB - Intranet Link

     
Government Accountability Office  

FRB - Intranet Link

   
Government Printing Office  

GPO - Intranet Link

   
Institute of Museum and Library Services  

IMLS - Intranet Link

   
Inter-American Foundation

IAF - Special Website

     
National Credit Union Administration (www.ncua.gov)  
NCUA - Intranet Link
   
National Endowment for the Arts    
National Endowment for the Arts - Username / Password
 
National Labor Relations Board  

NLRB - Intranet Link

   
National Science Foundation  

National Science Foundation - Intranet Link

   
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC - Employee Express
     
Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission    
Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission - Agency Computer
 
Office of Personnel Management

OPIC - Employee Express

     
Overseas Private Investment Corp

OPIC - Employee Express

     
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

PBGC - Employee Express

     
US International Trade Commission    
USITC - Employee Express
 
US Tax Court
USTDA - Employee Express
     
US Trade & Development Agency
USTDA - Employee Express
     
US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit    
NTEU - Special Website
 
American Foreign Service Association members (www.afsa.org)  
AFSA - Link
   
National Treasury Employees Union members (www.nteu.org)    
NTEU - Special Website