NAVY STANDARD INTEGRATED PERSONNEL SYSTEM ELECTRONIC LEAVE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND SHORE COMMAND REQUIREMENTS:
UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 270006Z JUL 10 BT UNCLAS FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// UNCLAS NAVADMIN 252/10 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/JUL// SUBJ/NAVY STANDARD INTEGRATED PERSONNEL SYSTEM ELECTRONIC LEAVE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND SHORE COMMAND REQUIREMENTS// REF/A/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/200004ZMAR10// REF/B/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/272028ZMAY10// REF/C/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/051859ZFEB09// NARR/REF A IS NAVADMIN 103/10 - IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRONIC LEAVE. REF B IS NAVADMIN 188/10 - ELECTRONIC LEAVE TRAINING SCHEDULE AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES. REF C IS NAVADMIN 043/09 - MANDATORY USE OF THE NAVY STANDARD INTEGRATED PERSONNEL SYSTEM ELECTRONIC SERVICE RECORD// RMKS/1. IAW REF A, ALL SHORE COMMANDS WILL IMPLEMENT E-LEAVE TO REQUEST, TRACK, AND MANAGE LEAVE TRANSACTIONS FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL COMMENCING 1 AUGUST 2010. SEE PARA 5 FOR AFLOAT UNIT TIMELINES. 2. SHORE COMMANDS MUST COORDINATE WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE SERVICING PERSONNEL SUPPORT DETACHMENT (PSD)/CUSTOMER SERVICE DETACHMENT (CSD) TO FULLY IMPLEMENT AND UTILIZE E-LEAVE NO LATER THAN 1 NOVEMBER 2010. COMMANDS UNABLE TO MEET THIS DEADLINE MUST COMMUNICATE EXCEPTIONS OR ISSUES TO THE SERVICING PSD/CSD PRIOR TO 15 OCTOBER 2010. 3. REQUIREMENTS. A. ELECTRONIC SERVICE RECORD (ESR). E-LEAVE FOR ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL WILL RESIDE WITHIN THE NSIPS ESR APPLICATION. IT IS IMPERATIVE ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL ESTABLISH ACCESS AND ROUTINELY VIEW THEIR ESR AS REQUIRED BY REFS A AND C. B. LETTER OF DESIGNATION (LOD). IAW REF B, ALL SHORE COMMANDS ARE TO SUBMIT A LOD TO PSD/CSD NSIPS ACCESS MANAGER (NAM) FOR COMMAND LEAVE ADMINISTRATOR (CLA) DESIGNATION BY 30 JULY 2010. LOD COMPLETION AND SUBMISSION IS A CRITICAL STEP IN THE E-LEAVE SET UP PROCESS. LOD TEMPLATES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE NSIPS NKO WEBSITE. PSD/CSD NAM WILL ANNOTATE THE LOD WITH SPECIFIC INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR THE INITIAL SET-UP OF THE ELECTRONIC LEAVE LOG AND RETURN TO THE CLA. C. SYSTEM ACCESS AUTHORIZATION REQUEST (SAAR). COMMENCING 31 JULY 2010, CLA'S MUST SUBMIT A SAAR TO THE PSD/CSD NAM FOR ACCESS TO THE E-LEAVE APPLICATION WITHIN NSIPS. DETAILED PROCEDURES FOR COMPLETION OF THE SAAR FORM ARE AVAILABLE ON THE NSIPS NKO WEBSITE. CLA ACCESS TO NSIPS AND THE E-LEAVE APPLICATION IS GRANTED BY SUBMISSION OF A COMPLETED SAAR FORM. D. CLA PROCEDURES. AFTER THE PSD/CSD NAM HAS GRANTED E-LEAVE SYSTEM ACCESS, THE CLA MUST FOLLOW THE QUICK START - CLA SET-UP AND ADMINISTRATION PROCEDURES AVAILABLE ON THE NSIPS NKO WEBSITE. AT THIS POINT, THE CLA WILL BE REQUIRED TO SET-UP THE ELECTRONIC LEAVE LOG, UNIT MEMBER'S PROFILE, AND COMMAND HIERARCHY. ONCE THE CLA HAS COMPLETED THE SETUP, INDIVIDUAL LEAVE REQUESTS CAN BE SUBMITTED, ROUTED, AND PROCESSED WITHIN THE E-LEAVE APPLICATION. PSD/CSD WILL CONTINUE TO PROCESS PAPER BASED LEAVE AUTHORIZATIONS FOR THOSE COMMANDS WHICH HAVE NOT TRANSITIONED TO E-LEAVE WITHIN NSIPS. E. INSTRUCTION UPDATES. ALL COMMANDS ARE ENCOURAGED TO UPDATE COMMAND LEAVE POLICY AND PROCEDURES TO INCORPORATE THE CAPABILITIES OF THE E-LEAVE APPLICATION. PSD'S/CSD'S WILL RETAIN LIMITED OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITY OF LEAVE TRANSACTION PROCESSING AFTER IMPLEMENTATION OF E-LEAVE FOR ASHORE UNITS. THE CLA AT EACH ACTIVITY IS ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL LEAVE TRANSACTIONS PROCESSED VIA E-LEAVE FOR THEIR COMMANDS. 4. TRAINING. E-LEAVE USER GUIDES, TRAINING PRESENTATIONS, AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR ASHORE AND AFLOAT USAGE ARE AVAILABLE VIA THE NSIPS NAVY KNOWLEDGE ONLINE (NKO) WEBSITE HTTPS://WWW.NKO.NAVY.MIL/. AFTER LOGGING IN SELECT "ORGANIZATIONS" FROM THE "ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNITIES" DROP-DOWN BOX IN THE TOP-LEFT CORNER OF THE SCREEN. SELECT "NSIPS" FROM THE "NAVY AND MARINE CORPS ORGANIZATIONS" LIST. REF B CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. 5. AFLOAT UNITS A. SURFACE FORCES. E-LEAVE AFLOAT IMPLEMENTATION FOR SHIPS WITH NAVY STANDARD INTEGRATED PERSONNEL SYSTEM (NSIPS) SERVERS WILL COMMENCE OCTOBER 2010 AND CONTINUE THROUGH OCTOBER 2012 AS AFLOAT NSIPS SERVERS RECEIVE THE UPDATED VERSION CONTAINING E-LEAVE FUNCTIONALITY. SPECIFIC PROCEDURES FOR AFLOAT IMPLEMENTATION IS FORTHCOMING VIA SEPARATE NAVADMIN. B. SUBMARINE FORCES. AFLOAT UNITS WILL IMPLEMENT E-LEAVE NO LATER THAN 1 OCTOBER 2010 PER SPECIFIC SUBMARINE FORCES DIRECTION. C. AVIATION SQUADRONS. SQUADRONS DEPLOYING ON SHIPS WITH NSIPS SERVERS ON BOARD SHALL NOT IMPLEMENT E-LEAVE UNTIL THE SHIP RECEIVES THE NECESSARY NSIPS SERVER SOFTWARE UPGRADES. 6. POINTS OF CONTACT: - CLA ACCESS, CONTACT YOUR LOCAL PSD/CSD NAM. - APPLICATION SUPPORT, LOCATION OF E-LEAVE MATERIAL, OR NSIPS ACCESS ISSUES CONTACT THE NSIPS/ESR HELP DESK AT TOLL FREE: (877) 589-5991, COMM: (504) 697-5442/DSN 647; FAX: (504) 697-3007/0342 OR VIA E-MAIL: nsipshelpdesk@navy.mil. 10. RELEASED BY VADM MARK FERGUSON, N1.// BT #0001 NNNN