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accessions and separations, address changes, incentive pay and seniority dates. Army National Guard Soldiers are paid more accurately and more timely because IPPS-A has a 98 percent accuracy rate in these pay transactions.


Release 3 of the system, which will go live in December, will inte- grate active-duty and Reserve Soldiers. It will fully subsume an additional 13 legacy systems, serve 1.1 million Soldiers, and be one of the largest HR enterprise resource planning systems in the world. In addition to Release 2 capabilities, Release 3 will add the foundation for leave requests, retirement points, military pay and data services within the system. Release 3 also will include initial talent management capabilities, including the 25-point Soldier talent profile. In that profile, IPPS-A will track both Army system-captured data and information entered into the system by Soldiers, including civilian and military education, awards, attri- butes, personal goals, civilian work experience and preferences.


In the upcoming years, Release 4 will allow IPPS-A to become the authoritative system for military pay. Subsequent releases will increase functionality in each capability area, reduce reliance on outdated legacy systems, and deliver continuous improvement and modernization for users based on Soldier feedback, business process and software updates, and technological advances. At full deployment, IPPS-A will subsume over 30 legacy systems and eliminate over 300 interfaces—providing essential capabilities to the Army, including total force visibility, talent management and auditability. With total force visibility, commanders will use specialized tools within IPPS-A to see, organize and analyze data about every Soldier. Commanders can use these robust tools and reports, which have never been available in one system, to make better-informed decisions when reporting and review- ing command strength to support readiness. Managing talent


Army leaders believe providing Soldiers with more choices in their careers will incentivize Soldiers to perform better and stay longer. Thereby, Soldiers will make the Army stronger.


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TRAINING IN SESSION


The IPPS-A team has conducted extensive training for users, to familiarize them with the new interface and to ensure the rollout is smooth for HR professionals and Soldiers alike. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Jim Heuston, National Guard Professional Education Center)


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