Publication Category: T&A Processing
administrative tasks associated with human resource management and reduce internal operational
costs using industry best practices.
FOCUS Reporting System (FOCUS). FOCUS is used to provide Agency offices with ad hoc
reporting capabilities on an "as-needed" basis.
Information/Research Inquiry System (IRIS). IRIS is used for researching personnel-related
inquiries received from employees and other sources. IRIS provides immediate access to at least
1 year of current and 5 years of historical personnel data and certain payroll document history.
Insight. Insight is a comprehensive, enterprise-wide data warehouse with advanced reporting
and business intelligence capabilities. Insight provides customers integrated data and flexible
analytics to drive strategic business decisions.
Management Account Structure Codes System (MASC). MASC is an online system that
provides users with direct system access to add, replace, delete, and query table data. MASC is
composed of tables and accounting documents that contain support information for edits,
references, reports, and identifiers used in application programs. This support information
ensures that NFC maintains a high degree of data integrity and validity. It is important that
MASC contains up-to-date and accurate data. The accounting codes entered in webTA are edited
against MASC.
Payroll Processing System (PAYE). Using the data entered in webTA and the related personnel
information from the database, PAYE computes the employee's gross pay, makes applicable
deductions, applies adjustments (corrected T&As and/or personnel documents) from ADJP,
develops the net amount due, and prepares data for the issuance of a salary payment by Treasury.
PAYE updates the database to reflect salary payments, as well as the employee's leave. PAYE
also prepares an earnings statement for all paid employees each pay period, reflecting the current
payment, plus year-to-date information on earnings, deductions, leave, adjustments, retirement,
etc.
Payroll/Personnel Inquiry System (PINQ). PINQ is used as a tool for researching
payroll-related inquiries received from employees and other sources. PINQ provides immediate
access to at least 25 pay periods of current payroll data. Data entered in webTA is displayed in
PINQ after it passes the TIME edits.
Personnel Input System (PINE). PINE is a subsystem of PPS. PINE edits data released from
Payroll/Personnel entry systems, payroll documents, and position data. PINE edits the data
before it is applied to the Payroll/Personnel database, comparing the employee's database record
to the data being entered. PINE processes personnel actions and payroll documents Monday
through Friday of each week and on the first Saturday of the pay period, regardless of the
effective pay period.
Personnel Update System (PEPL). PEPL performs the update function of the personnel areas
of the database. All documents passing validation through PINE are processed through PEPL for
transmission to the database. The data is retrieved during the pay period from PEPL and