April 3, 2024

IPPS-A Update: PAI Extended, AOS Playbook, Training Environments, MODS, HR Processing Stage, ATRRS, SEPS, Drive the Change, Resources

Teammates, We have had another busy month. Your patience and dedication to IPPS-A is greatly appreciated, and we thank you for your feedback as we build upon the system together. Speaking of feedback, submitting enhancement requests is critical to enhancing the system and making IPPS-A work best for you and your fellow Soldiers. Just recently, CPT

April 1, 2024

Modernizing talent management in the Army for a stronger future

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The Army and Army Materiel Command have paid attention to modern circumstances, challenges and needs in how both military and civilian employees enter and approach their careers, modernizing the way talent is managed from the bottom to the top.Christina Freese, AMC’s deputy chief of staff for personnel, G-1, led the conversation

March 7, 2024

Soldiers encouraged to update DD Form 93 during PAI, to prevent delays in care, benefits

Army units across the world are currently conducting a personnel asset inventory, or PAI, to account for all Soldiers. This will improve the accuracy of accountability and slotting data in the Integrated Personnel and Pay System, or IPPS-A.The world-wide Army PAI began in February with the active component expected completion date of March 15 – May

March 7, 2024

IPPS-A Update (HR Professionals): Access and Roles

HR Professionals, I want to take this opportunity to thank you for continuing to navigate the system and quickly bring issues to our attention for resolution. We could not do this without your help. The engagement and enthusiasm for IPPS-A I’m seeing from the HR Pro community is greatly appreciated. As we continue to make progress, I would like to

Feb. 14, 2024

IPPS-A Update: Account for the Army, SABIR, Mobile App 2.0, Multiple Spouses Error, PCS Absence Requirements, DEROS, DD93, User Manual, AOS, OTSS, and Resources

Teammates, It’s been over one year since IPPS-A Release 3 launched to more than 1.1 million Soldiers across the Active, Army National Guard, and Army Reserve components. I want to take this opportunity to thank our HR Pros and Soldiers in the field. We could not have done this without your help over the past year. I’m looking forward to having this

Feb. 14, 2024

IPPS-A Update: Learning, Account for the Army, PCS Absence, Manual, AOS Playbook, DD 93 and Resources

Command Sergeant Major / Sergeant Major, I want to thank you for continuing to encourage your Soldiers to learn the system. IPPS-A is not only the Army’s system of record for military human resources and applicable military pay actions, but also a weapon system. Like every weapon system in the Army, IPPS-A is only as effective as the Soldier using

Dec. 30, 2023

IPPS-A Update: Addressing System Upgrade Issues

Teammates, I wanted to provide you with an update on current issues that have occurred since the system upgrade. Thank you for your patience as we worked with developers to identify the source of the issues.  Reports from the field have helped tremendously to narrow down the cause.  Over the weekend we will implement a patch that will remove all

Dec. 27, 2023

IPPS-A Update: Re-submitting Absence Requests

Teammates, I wanted to provide you with an update on IPPS-A’s absence management process.  IPPS-A’s Self-Service Absence and HR Pro Absence Management pages have migrated to the Pay, Absence, Incentive Pay, and Deduction (PAID) page. Thank you to those who approved/ denied their pending requests by the 25 December 2023 deadline; we know this was a

Dec. 18, 2023

IPPS-A Update: Migration to PAID Page

Teammates, IPPS-A’s Self-Service Absence (My Absences Tile) and HR Pro Absence Management (Special Pay Requests Tile) pages will be migrated to the Pay, Absence, Incentive Pay, and Deduction (PAID) page on 27 December 2023. Hosting absence data on the PAID page will better meet Army needs with regard to data capture, workflow efficiencies, and

Dec. 13, 2023

IPPS-A Update: CRM Case Closures

Teammates, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) cases that have been stagnant within the same Provider Group for over 180 days will be closed. This enhancement will clean up approximately 25% (~10,000) of aged cases within the system, and will provide us a true picture of trends and issues across all components. Moving forward, the system will