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Utah Retirement Systems reports backlog reduced, sets ARIAS system go-live for March 30, 2026
Summary
Utah Retirement Systems (URS) told the Retirement and Independent Entities Committee it reduced a retirement-application backlog from several hundred delayed cases to about 16 over-90-day cases, described interim staffing steps and set a March 30, 2026, go-live date for the ARIAS record system; URS estimated the all-in cost at about $47 million.
Utah Retirement Systems (URS) officials told the Legislature's Retirement and Independent Entities Committee they have driven down a backlog of delayed retirement initial payments and are implementing a new record system designed to automate processing.
Dan Anderson, URS executive director, described a convergence of staffing reallocations to an IT modernization project and higher-than-expected staff turnover that created a backlog of retirement applications. Anderson said URS had reached a peak where, in his words, “I think we were, you know, maybe 300 applicants beyond the 90 days,” and that steps including rehiring, reassignment of staff off the IT project and…
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