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The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed rule to expand eligibility for enrollment in the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) to additional categories of Federal employees. This proposed rule expands eligibility for FEDVIP to certain Federal employees on temporary appointments and certain employees on seasonal and intermittent schedules that became eligible for Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) enrollment beginning in 2015.This rule also expands access to FEDVIP benefits to certain firefighters on temporary appointments and intermittent emergency response personnel who became eligible for FEHB coverage in 2012. These additions will align FEDVIP with FEHB Program eligibility requirements. This proposed rule also updates the provisions on enrollment for active duty service members who become eligible for FEDVIP as uniformed service retirees pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2017 (FY17 NDAA), Public Law 108-496. In addition, this rule proposes to add qualifying life events (QLEs) for enrollees who may become eligible for and enroll in dental and/or vision services from the Department of Veterans Affairs and since this issue may impact TRICARE-eligible individuals (TEIs) and other enrollees. First, it clarifies when active duty service members who have a status change to uniformed services retirees, TEIs, may enroll in FEDVIP outside of open season and when coverage is effective. Second, it proposes a QLE for enrollees to cancel a FEDVIP enrollment if the enrollee becomes eligible for and enrolls in dental and/or vision services from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) after FEDVIP enrollment. Third, the rule proposes to add a QLE to allow for a decrease in enrollment type if a dependent becomes eligible for and enrolls in dental and/or vision services from the VA after FEDVIP enrollment, or if the spouse of a TEI sponsor who is enrolled is deployed to active military duty. Lastly, the rule also proposes technical corrections and clarifications to 5 CFR 894.