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U. S. Coast Guard Pay & Personnel Center
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Commanding Officer (Staff Symbol) U.S. Coast Guard Pay & Personnel Center 444 S. E. Quincy St. Topeka, KS 66683-3591
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Sept. 19, 2022
Competencies, Qualifications, and Tools for Military Workforce Pay, Personnel, and Administration
This message announces performance support measures for personnel performing military workforce pay, personnel, and administration tasks, a key deliverable for the Deputy Commandant for Mission Support-led Personnel Support Initiative (PSI). The competencies, qualifications, and tools outlined here apply to all personnel at Personnel and Administration (P&A) Offices and Servicing Pay Offices (SPOs), and are designed to support doctrine and standards established Interim Technical Authority Guidance for Military Workforce Pay, Personnel, and Administration, PSCNOTE 5402
April 28, 2022
PSI & PA Units Contact List
The PSI & PA Units spreadsheet​(25 April 2022) (CG Portal Link) provides contact information for SPOs and unit P&A offices that have completed the PSI transition. The spreadsheet can be sorted and filtered by; PSI/P&A Unit Name, Department Name, SPO, or PSI status. The 3rd tab provides the mailing address, the email address, and a point of contact
March 24, 2022
Personnel Support Initiative (PSI) Implementation Continues
Colleagues, the Personnel Support Initiative (PSI) is preparing to start Phase Two of implementation. Starting in AY22, the remaining Base Personnel Support Departments, Districts, Sectors, and Air Stations will transition. This Flag Voice is an update on the progress made in Phase One, and the way ahead.
Sept. 15, 2021
WEBNOW-Electronically Imaged Record Viewing Slated for Upgrade 16/17 September.
Effective September 17, 2021, WebNow will be upgraded to "Perceptive Experience". This upgrade only impacts the “view only” or web version – which is currently called WebNow, but is being upgraded to “Perceptive Experience”. New user access requests do not need to be completed. Users who previously logged into the WebNow link will now log into the Perceptive Experience URL using their old WebNow user ID and PW. This upgrade does not impact Perceptive Content, which is used for uploading documents. The SPO Access to the Electronically Imaged PDR (EI‑PDR) user guide has been updated to reflect the upgrade. The URL for Perceptive Experience is https://imgprd01.direct-access.uscg.mil/experience. They system cannot be accessed outside of the Coast Guard network using the URL. The URL is not needed when accessing Perceptive Experience via Direct-Access.
Sept. 8, 2020
Servicing Personnel Office Consolidation Update: SFO Galveston SPO Closed
The SPO located at SFO Galveston (008282) has been disestablished in DA. All records previously serviced by the SPO at SFO Galveston have been moved to Base NOLA SPO (042311).
Aug. 28, 2020
Family Separation Allowance for Housing (FSH) Policy Clarification
​The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Compensation Policy issued a memo on 12 August 2020 which clarifies the policy on entitlement to FSH when dependents are temporarily (e.g. Delay in processing visas by the host country due to COVID-19) prevented from accompanying the member with a PCS to a foreign country​.
April 22, 2020
Servicing Personnel Office Contact List Update
Email Address Change for Base Detachment St. Louis SPO
April 10, 2020
New Military Records SPO Support Email Address
The Military Record Section has transitioned from Public Folders to the Shared Mailbox platform and will no longer utilize the Public Folder functions in Outlook.
Oct. 1, 2019
Personnel and Pay Procedures Manual, PPCINST M1000.2 (series), Update
Personnel & Pay Procedures Manual, PPCINST M1000.2 (series), Chapter 11 (TTP Format), Governance - Audits and Reports, posted.
Aug. 7, 2019
Known Issue: Marital Status and Rehires
​We've added a known issue to the Marital Status topic in DA Knowledge Base.
May 6, 2019
Direct Access Known Issue: Coast Guard Standard Meal Rate (CGSMR) Auto-Start failure
Known Issue: Coast Guard Standard Meal Rate (CGSMR) Auto-Start failure. If a member reports in TEMDU first and then to the cutter CGSMR doesn’t auto start and needs to be manually started via meal rate request
Dec. 14, 2018
Reminder for SPOs: Changing State Taxes
When changing a member's state income tax withholding, always insert a new row from the Federal Tax Data tab. This is counter-intuitive given there's a separate State Tax Data tab but that's how it works.
Oct. 19, 2018
Managing your life insurance elections online
Recognizing the need to automate Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI) elections and eliminate the current paper-based system, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense embarked on a project to build a system capable of allowing members to electronically manage life insurance coverage. Known as the SGLI Online Enrollment System (SOES), the web-based application incorporates the functionality of the form SGLV 8286 (SGLI election and certificate) and form SGLV 8286A (spouse coverage election and certificate). The Coast Guard joins the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps in using the new system.
Sept. 28, 2018
E-Mail ALSPO G/18; SGLI Online Enrollment System (SOES)
​E-Mail ALSPO message G/18 provides Servicing Personnel Offices with information and procedures for implementation of the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) Online Enrollment System (SOES).