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HR Guide - Individual Cash Awards

Department of the Interior (DOI) and IBC customers should use this guide to generate performance awards in NextFPPS.

These directions will help ensure timeliness and accuracy in completing this process.

Customers outside DOI should contact their servicing Human Resources Specialist for guidance.


Generating Individual Cash Awards

  1. Login

    Log into NextFPPS.

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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

    Type INIT in the command line.

  3. Select Action Group Name

    Click “Others" and then enter an "X" in the "40-Awards and Quality Step Inc" item and click Next.

  4. Enter Employee Information

    Enter the employee’s last name or SSN.

    NOTE: If you enter the employee’s last name, you will need to enter the following information for IBC employees. Other customer agencies should enter the appropriate codes for their organization:

    • Department (IN)
    • Bureau (01)
    • Sub-bureau (99)
       
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    Screenshot of entering the Department, Bureau, and Subbureau codes in FPPS.

    Then click on the employee's name.

  5. Enter Date and Contact Information

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

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

  6. Input Type of Award

    Enter Type of Award: “840” and click Next.

  7. Enter Award Type

    Enter Award Type: “A1”.

  8. Enter Amount

    Enter award amount.

  9. Input FBMS Code

    Input complete FBMS code to include the following: cost center code, fund code, functional area code, and WBS code.

    NOTES:

    ** Search for the cost information in FPPS rather than typing it in manually.

    ** For WBS, there are no periods (.) used in FPPS so the information should be a continuous string of letters and numbers.

    Cost Center11 charactersExample: DS686XXXXX
    Fund Code8 charactersExample: XXXD4523WD
    Functional Area16 charactersExample: DWLADT000.LA0000
    WBS17 charactersExample: DPXXXXX15XXXXXX
    Work Order optional field, not required

    ** Only cash awards require the cost code information provided by budget. The cost codes do not need to be input into their respective fields on award screens for QSIs or Time Off Awards.

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    Screenshot that shows the award information that needs to be completed in FPPS for individual cash awards.
  10. Input Notepad Information

    Click on the NPAD (Notepad) button to bring up the notepad. In the notepad, input "FY24 Performance Based Award in the amount of $XXXX.00". Click Next.

    NOTE: If this information is not in the FPPS notepad, the action will be returned to the requesting office for corrective action.

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    Screenshot of information that must be entered into the Notepad of FPPS for individual cash awards.

     

  11. Review Award Information and Sign/Forward, Save, or Forward the action.

 

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