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

Dec. 12, 2023

IPPS-A Updates: Holiday Absence, CRM Case Closures, etc.

Command Sergeant Major / Sergeant Major, We are fast approaching the one-year anniversary of Go-Live. As we continue to make progress, I want to thank you for encouraging your Soldiers to learn the system and provide us with their feedback throughout the past year. Your teams have worked hard to make IPPS-A a success, and your guidance has been

Dec. 8, 2023

IPPS-A Update: 1-Year Anniversary, PAIs, Latest Job Aids and Resources

Dear Gentle Reader, We are quickly approaching the one-year anniversary of Release 3 going live for HR Professionals and Leaders in all three components. It’s hard to believe that only 12 months ago, we were entering the Brownout/Cutover (BOCO) phase and ensuring system access to those who needed it. We’re always looking to the future, but this