On this page:

• Policy Memos • Benefits • Directories & Calendars • Emergency • Health & Safety • Images and Libraries • New Employee Orientation • Permanent Fed Jobs • Purchasing • Remote Email & SharePoint • Time & Attendance • Training • Travel •

• Policy Memos
  • NPA Policy Memorandums
  • REE Administrative Issuances - P&P's & Manuals
  • REE Administrative Issuances - Bulletins
     
• Benefits: Insurance and Retirement Programs for Employees
  • e-OPF
  • e-OPF Information
  • Employee Personal Page
  • Federal Employees Health Benefit Program
  • Insurance Comparison 
  • Insurance Form SF 2809
  • Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) 
  • FEGLI Forms 
  • Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 
  • Retirement and Insurance Forms 
  • Retirement Information and Services 
  • Retirement Calculator 
  • WAEPA (Life insurance for government employees and their families)
  • Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) 
  • Employee Personal Page

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• Directories & Calendars
  • REE Directory
  • NPA Directory (PDF)
  • AO Calendar
  • AgNIC Calendar
     
• Emergency
  • NPA Emergency Contact Form
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  • Reporting Employee Absences
  • NPA Pandemic Plan
  • NPA Office Dismissal or Closure Procedures
     
• Health and Safety
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Federal Occupational Health
  • USDA Employee Wellness
  • NPA Safety Information
     
• Images and Libraries:
  • Images
    • ARS Image Gallery
  • Libraries
    • Digitop
    • National Agricultural Library

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• New Employee Orientation
  • HQ New Employee Orientation site
     
• Permanent Federal Jobs
  • ARS Career Page
  • NPA Career Page
  • Scientist Postings
  • USA Jobs
  • USDA Job Search
     
• Purchasing Information
  • Acquisition Tool Kit
  • ESRI GIS & Mapping Software (Authentication required - contact Bruce Vandenberg)
  • IAS
  • Integrated Acquisition System (IAS) Training
  • Micro-Purchase Guide
  • NPA Acquisition Information
  • NPA Purchasing Policy Memos:
    • PM-05-002 - Software Purchasing Guidelines and Use
    • PM-07-001 - Meals, Food or Refreshments at Agency or Non-Agency Events 
  • Purchase Card Program Manual 213.3
  • Vendors
    • GSA Advantage
    • GSA Auction
    • Intramall
    • JWOD/AbilityOne
    • UNICOR

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• Remote Email and SharePoint
  • How can I access my email while I am away from the office?
    • Go to https://mail.ars.usda.gov and sign on as usual.
  • How do I access SharePoint?
    • Go to https://arsnet.usda.gov and sign on using your ARSNet ID and password.
       
• Time and Attendance
  • Employee Personal Page
  • e-Forms
  • Pay and Leave Resources
  • Salary Tables (Locality Pay)
      
• Training
  • AFM Training Resources
  • Ag-Learn
  • Employee Development P&P
  • Employee Development Plan / Training
  • USDA e-Authentication
  • USDA Graduate School
  • Management Concepts
      
• Travel
  • Fedrooms
  • FEMA Certified Hotel Listing
  • GovTrip 
  • GSA Travel Resources 
  • Per Diem Rates (Domestic)
  • Per Diem Rates (Foreign)
  • Privately Owned Vehicle (POV) Mileage Rates
  • Relocation Guide 
  • State Tax Exempt Forms Library (California, Delaware, DC, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia)
  • Travel Card Payment - Easy Pay Online

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