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SUBJ/PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND COUNSELING SYSTEM SOFTWARE NAVFIT98A VERSION 
29 DEPLOYMENT//

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NARR/REF A IS NAVADMIN 286/10, ANNOUNCING REVISED PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND 
ADVANCEMENT POLICY.  REF B IS BUPERSINST 1610.10C, NAVY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION 
SYSTEM.  A DOWNLOADABLE ELECTRONIC VERSION CAN BE FOUND AT 
HTTP://WWW.NPC.NAVY.MIL/NR/RDONLYRES/A1FA25A4-D292-4F83-9490
-0010944D5565/0/161010.PDF.//

RMKS/1.  THIS NAVADMIN ANNOUNCES THAT NAVY AND MARINE CORPS INTRANET
(NMCI) WILL COMMENCE
DEPLOYMENT OF NAVFIT98A VERSION 29 THROUGHOUT THE ENTERPRISE ON 4 JANUARY 
2011.  VERSION
29 SUPPORTS THE E5 FORCED DISTRIBUTION POLICY CHANGE ANNOUNCED IN REF A AND 
INCORPORATED IN REF B.  THIS POLICY CHANGE IS EFFECTIVE FOR E5 EVALUATIONS 
SUBMITTED WITH AN END DATE (BLOCK 15) OF 15 MARCH 2011 OR LATER.  AS OF 15 
MARCH 2011, THE E5 FORCED DISTRIBUTION RULES WILL CHANGE TO THE FOLLOWING:
   A.  EARLY PROMOTE RECOMMENDATION LIMIT WILL REMAIN AT 20
   PERCENT.
   B.  THE COMBINED EARLY PROMOTE AND MUST PROMOTE RECOMMENDATIONS
   MUST NOT EXCEED 60
PERCENT.  THE MUST PROMOTE RECOMMENDATION MAY BE INCREASED BY ONE FOR EACH 
EARLY PROMOTE QUOTA NOT USED.

2.  COMMANDS WHO SUBMIT E5 EVALUATIONS WITH THE CURRENT NAVFIT98A VERSION (VER 
28) MUST REMEMBER THAT THE APPLICATION WILL APPLY THE OLD VALIDATION RULES FOR 
FORCED DISTRIBUTION.
THIS WILL REQUIRE COMMANDS TO PERFORM MANUAL VALIDATION CHECKS TO ENSURE 
COMPLIANCE WITH THE NEW FORCED DISTRIBUTION RULES.

3.  FOR NON-NMCI USERS, NAVFIT98A VERSION 29 IS AVAILABLE 1 JANUARY
2011 FOR DOWNLOAD AT
HTTP://WWW.NPC.NAVY.MIL/CAREERINFO/PERFORMANCEEVALUATION/SOFTWAREFORMS.  THIS 
WEBSITE ALSO ANSWERS FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS CONCERNING VERSION
29 DEPLOYMENT AND A REFERENCE GUIDE ON USING THE APPLICATION.

4.  POINT OF CONTACT FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITH NAVFIT98A SOFTWARE, CALL 
PERS-32 AT
(901)874-3319 OR CONTACT THE NMCI HELPDESK AT (866)843-6624 FOR ANY DEPLOYMENT 
ISSUES.

5.  RELEASED BY VADM MARK FERGUSON, N1.//
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