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 Agriculture:
Food & Nutrition Service
Department of Commerce:
National Institute for Standards & Technology
National Weather Service Forecast Office
Patent & Trademark Office
Department of Defense:
Defense Intelligence Agency
Defense Technical Information Center
Naval Sea Systems Command
U.S. Army Research Institute
U.S. Army TACOM LCMC
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Washington Headquarters Service (* https://www.checkbook.org/whs/)			*
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Interior - Bureau of Reclamation - Great Plains Regional Office
Department of Interior - Bureau of Reclamation - Mid-Pacific Region
Department of Interior - Office of the Solicitor
Department of Justice:
Antitrust Division, Civil Division, Civil Rights, Criminal Division, Environment and Natural Resources Division , National Security Divison, Office of Inspector General, Office of Justice Programs, Tax Division, US Attorneys
Department of Labor
Department of the Treasury
Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration Technical Service
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
Congressional Budget Office
DC Pretrial Services
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Federal Maritime Commission
Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service
Federal Reserve Board
General Services Administration
Government Accountability Office
Government Printing Office
Inter-American Foundation
Library of Congress
National Labor Relations Board
National Endowment for the Arts
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Office of Personnel Management
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Social Security Administration (*www.checkbook.org/ssa)
United States Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
United States International Trade Commission
United States Trade & Development Agency
United States Senate
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
American Foreign Service Association members (www.afsa.org)
National Treasury Employees Union members (www.nteu.org)