The first stage began in January 2006 when our payroll/personnel service provider, the National Finance Center (NFC), began sending data feeds of our personnel transactions, SF-50s, Notification of Personnel Actions, to the eOPF system. Personnel transactions are loaded into eOPF every two weeks (pay day week) after the pay period closes out on NFC.
The second stage was the conversion scanning into eOPF to make the paper file an electronic record. This stage was completed in April 2008 for all NOAA- serviced organizations, except NWS, NOS and NESDIS which were completed in August 2010. Conversion scanning enables employees to see their entire eOPF online.
The third phase is the ongoing scanning of official documents. On a continuing basis, forms that are not electronic are scanned into the system. Examples are: enter-on-duty forms, updated benefits election forms, beneficiary forms, military service records, and authorization memos and forms. This scanning is managed by the servicing WFMO staff office.

You can monitor your own records for accuracy;
You can print documents that you need;
Your eOPF continues to protect your privacy. Access is limited to authorized personnel. There is no change in policy regarding who has authority to access your OPF;
Your eOPF is more secure than a paper file and fulfills an important role in Continuity of Operations (COOP).

NOAA Workforce Management Office

Serving NOAA's Most Valuable Asset - People

October 1	Beginning of appraisal cycle
October 31	End-of-Year appraisals due; appraisal meetings must be complete
December 1	Annual Certification of Compliance with Performance Management Responsibilities due to WFM
December 31 (last business day of December)	Deadline for submission of Quality Step Increases (QSI) to WFM
March/April	Schedule and complete progress reviews (midterms). At least one progress review must be conducted during the cycle
September 30	End of appraisal cycle

Other Deadlines

The minimum appraisal period for NOAA employees is 120 days. That is, an employee must serve 120 days in a position before he or she can be rated on that position.
An employee who enters a new position after the start of the appraisal cycle must have a new, approved performance plan within 60 days.
An employee who disagrees with a rating and wishes to have higher-level review must provide written comments within 5 workdays to the reviewing official.
- The reviewing official has 10 workdays to respond to the employee in writing.

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