In December the entire force will transition to a new human resources (HR) and pay system, the Integrated Personnel Pay System – Army (IPPS-A). IPPS-A will become the focal point for all HR activities across the force. For the first time ever, personnel, pay, and talent management capabilities will be integrated into a single onlineRead more
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Soldiers within the 25th Infantry Division receive hands-on Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army (IPPS-A) training from the Hawaii Army National Guard on Schofield Barracks, Feb. 8, 2021. The paper-driven human resources system the Army has used for decades is on track to be replaced by the IPPS-A in December of 2021. Over 30 HR ProfessionalsRead more
U.S. Army Human Resources Command completed an analysis of the first-ever Army wide market in the Assignment Satisfactions Key – Enlisted Module in February. Four of five noncommissioned officers received one of their top five choices for assignments that will start between July and October 2021. The data shows that 74% of the eligible staffRead more
As the Army gears up to implement its modernized human resources system by the end of this year, every soldier in the Regular Army and the Army Reserve must update their personnel files in the current system in order to make the new one effective, the service’s top personnel officers said. The paper-driven human resourcesRead more
The Army’s current personnel, pay, talent and data systems must be upgraded to align with future organizational needs. There are about 200 human resources and pay systems and over 650 interface and data exchanges between internal and external systems. The manual, paper-driven transactional processes are not fully auditable, cyber or information assurance compliant, nor doRead more
The U.S. Army is scheduled to release in December a centralized human resources information system that will contain military records of reserve and active-duty soldiers. The Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army is designed to consolidate all payroll, talent and personnel management processes and the web-based platform will be accessible to nearly 1.1 million soldiers via mobile devices, the serviceRead more
The software program aimed at consolidating all of the Army’s payroll functions is planning for a huge milestone at the end of the year, but it needs soldiers’ help to make the process as smooth as possible. The service will roll out the next phase of its Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army (IPPS-A) on Dec.Read more
In anticipation of an Army-wide release of the Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army, program officials requested Friday that all active-duty and Reserve Soldiers verify their military and pay records before the service goes live in December. Next year, close to 1.1 million Soldiers will have access to IPPS-A, a web-based human resources system that integrates personnel,Read more
“We are moving out of the industrial age into the information age, as it pertains to human resources management,” said Army Vice Chief of Staff, Gen. Joseph M. Martin, in a Microsoft Teams event held on Aug. 10, 2020. A focus of the event was preparing Active Component leaders to field the Integrated Personnel andRead more
Ethical leadership was the topic of discussion Wednesday as retired Army Gen. Carter F. Ham, president and CEO, Association of the United States Army, visited U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command during its monthly leader professional development webinar. Ham and TRADOC Commanding General Paul E. Funk II took a hard look at how the ArmyRead more
Did you miss our latest IPPS-A Live Town Hall? Watch it now! Join LTG Gary M. Brito, Deputy Chief of Staff G1, and COL Gregory S. Johnson, Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army Functional Management Division Chief, as we celebrate two years of IPPS-A being LIVE in the National Guard! Special guests include LTC Hollandsworth, LTCRead more
In starting off the new year, the Integrated Personnel and Pay System – Army (IPPS-A) team reflected on its achievements, beginning with a Microsoft Teams session celebrating going live with the Army National Guard (ARNG) two years ago on January 7. Within the last two years, IPPS-A completed migration of Release 2 to the ARNGRead more
The Integrated Personnel and Pay System–Army is the Army’s 21st century human resources, pay, personnel and talent management system. It will be fielded to all three Army components by December 2021. The idea behind the upgrade is for the system to fundamentally change the culture and practices of human resources in the Army. Army humanRead more
What All Soldiers Need to Know. You Won’t Believe #4! 1. What the H-E-Double Hockey Sticks is going on? The U.S. Army has released FRAGO 5 which provides detailed instructions on how to field the Integrated Personnel and Pay System – Army (IPPS-A) a revolutionary new pay, personnel and talent management system that is comingRead more
The Integrated Personnel and Pay System – Army’s (IPPS-A) Release 3 team continues to meet program timelines with the formal kickoff for Developer Integration Test (DIT) held November 17, 2020. The DIT is a series of tests conducted by the System Integrator (SI) to test the end-to-end functionality of the system. DIT will run untilRead more
As Soldiers are promoted and move up the ranks, their tasks and responsibilities increase. They are no longer just responsible for themselves, but also their subordinates. An often overlooked task is for leaders to ensure all personnel records are accurate. Incomplete or outdated records can lead to missing promotion points and inconsistent data between humanRead more
The Integrated Personnel and Pay System – Army (IPPS-A) hit another major milestone in the implementation of the Army’s revolutionary human resources (HR), pay and talent management system. On December 8, 2020, IPPS-A surpassed 1 million pay-impacting transactions with an overall accuracy rate of over 99 percent. “This is a historic achievement for the Army,”Read more
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The Army is betting that a commitment to data may prove essential to diversifying and strengthening the workforce. “We’re really focused on data in the Army right now. So one of our key points to all components and to commanders and units is you really have to focus on the correctness of your HR data,”Read more
The Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army’s (IPPS-A) Release 3 build team reached another milestone in its development of the system with the conclusion of Product Level Testing on Sep. 30, 2020. Release 3, scheduled for fielding on Dec. 2021, will support over one million Soldiers in the Total Army, bringing together the Regular Army, ArmyRead more
The Integrated Personnel and Pay System – Army (IPPS-A) recently received two new additions to the project from the Training with Industry (TWI) program. Maj. Ryan Hughes and Capt. Max Brugler started positions with the IPPS-A Release 3 build and Training teams in late July after completing their internships with TWI. Hughes is responsible forRead more
The Integrated Personnel and Pay System - Army (IPPS-A) is the Army’s online Human Resources (HR) solution to provide integrated HR capabilities across all Army Components.
