June 28, 2012 AF officials name productivity, innovator award winners Air Force officials have selected four winners for its productivity and exceptional innovator awards. These awards recognize individuals or groups that create resource-saving improvements for the Air Force.The Air Force Productivity Excellence Award recognizes individuals and small groups of
April 20, 2012 AF officials plan for scheduled downtime to upgrade MilPDS The Air Force Personnel Operations Agency here is upgrading and transferring the Military Personnel Data System to the Defense Information Systems Agency's Defense Enterprise Computing Center later this year. The upgrade project is scheduled to take 23 days to complete. During this period, MilPDS
July 31, 2012 AF officials poll members on food service needs, expectations Air Force officials over the next eight weeks are distributing an online food services assessment survey to more than 260,000 active-duty Airmen and civilians to gather information about customers' food service needs and expectations. Air Force senior leaders chartered the survey to proactively
March 23, 2011 AF officials raise awareness of personnel services for deployed Airmen Air Force Personnel Center officials conducted site visits at three bases in Southwest Asia March 1-9 to get feedback on personnel support for deployed Airmen and inform them about personnel services available through the Total Force Service Center and Air Force Personnel Services website. Col. Jim
Oct. 9, 2012 AF officials reestablish squadron commander support staffs Air Force officials reestablished squadron commander support staffs on Oct. 1 to help commanders manage administrative duties and other personnel and knowledge operations functions.The decision to recreate squadron CSSs was made by Air Force senior leaders during a Corona South conference in
March 6, 2012 AF officials release video tutorial to educate civilians about AFPERS Air Force officials have created a video tutorial, or vodcast, to educate civil service employees, supervisors and human resources specialists about the information and resources available to civilians on the Air Force Personnel Services, or AFPERS, website.The five-minute vodcast teaches civilians
Jan. 8, 2012 AF officials release video tutorials to educate Airmen about AFPERS Air Force officials have created four video tutorials, or vodcasts, to educate people on some of the capabilities and features available on the Air Force Personnel Services, or AFPERS, website.A team of Air Force personnelists and contractors collaborated on the vodcasts to teach Regular Air Force,
Oct. 16, 2012 AF officials releasing enlisted quarterly assignment listing on Oct. 22 Air Force officials are releasing the enlisted quarterly assignment listing, or EQUAL, on Oct. 22 for the July to September 2013 overseas assignment cycle. Enlisted Airmen must update their assignment preferences by Nov. 1 and they will be notified of their assignment selections by Nov. 16."We are
Jan. 10, 2013 AF officials reschedule MilPDS upgrade Originally slated for December of last year, Air Force officials will perform a major upgrade to the Military Personnel Data System, or MilPDS, in March.The Air Force Personnel Operations Agency here will upgrade and transfer MilPDS to the Defense Information Systems Agency Defense Enterprise
Jan. 25, 2010 AF officials return high year tenure rates to previous lengths High year of tenure rates for most enlisted personnel will return to their previous time lengths, Air Force officials announced recently.The revised policy means senior airmen, for example, can serve up to 10 years of total active federal military service instead of 12 years.High year of tenure is