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HR Guide - Initiating an Award

This guidance is provided to assist you and your administrative staff in entering the most common rating-based (RB) and non-rating-based (NRB) award actions in the NextFPPS web-based application.

Customers should contact their servicing Human Resources Specialist if they have questions or need additional guidance outside of the instructions provided in this HR Guide. 

Initiating an Award

All award actions will follow the same initial six steps up to the point of selecting the type of award. 

Once you have reached the last step of this section, navigate to the applicable award type to complete initiating your SF52.

  1. Login

    Log into NextFPPS using your FPPS User ID and password generated from ezPIV.

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    Screenshot of the initial login screen of FPPS.
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    Screen shot of FPPS login screen.

  2. Initiate Action

    Use the Personnel drop down to navigate to Request Personnel Action and Initiate SF52 (INIT) or type INIT in the command box and left-click on the NEXT button.

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    NextFPPS screen showing the Personnel tab open with the Request Personnel Action menu open and Initiate SF52 (INIT) selected.

  3. Select Action Group Name and Action Code

    Left-click on "Others" to select this Action Group Name option.

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    NextFPPS Initiate Action Selection screen with "Others" selected.

    From the “Others" Action Group Name, select “Awards and Quality Step Increase” by placing an “X” in the Action Code column and then left-click on the NEXT button.

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    NextFPPS Other Action Codes screen with an "X" on the Action Code line for 40-Awards and Quality Step Inc.

  4. Enter Employee Information

    Enter the employee’s last name or SSN.

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    NextFPPS Employee Identification screen.

    Note: If you enter the employee's last name, you will need to enter the following information: 

    • Department
    • Bureau
    • Sub-bureau

    The example below is for IBC employees. Other customer agencies should enter the appropriate codes for their organization.

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    Screenshot of entering the Department, Bureau, and Subbureau codes in FPPS.

  5. Enter Proposed Effective Date

    Enter the proposed effective date and the contact information for the supervisor of the employee. 

    Note: The effective date for QSIs will be the first day of the pay period following the date it was received.

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    NextFPPS Requesting Office Information screen with the "Effective Date Proposed" and "For Additional Information Call" fields filled in.

    Important: If an employee is getting 2 awards (i.e., cash and time off) you will need to use different effective dates.

  6. Continue to the Next Section

    Continue to the next appropriate section based on the type of award you are initiating:

    Rating-Based (RB) Performance Awards Overview

    Non-Rating-Based Awards Overview

 

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