All agencies offering any of the benefits specified by OPM in implementing guidance under section 3 of this memorandum should take all appropriate action to provide the same level of benefits that is provided to employees' spouses and their children to employees' same-sex domestic partners and their children.
Memorandum on Extension of Benefits to Same-Sex Domestic Partners of Federal Employees
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