PPC Customer Newsletter November 2018

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 11/30/2018 03:24 PM EST

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Issue 11/18 (November) of the PPC Customer Newsletterpdf warning is now available.

This issue includes the following items:

  • Defense Travel Management Office Allowances Update
  • December Enlisted Reserve Advancement Announcement
  • December 2018 AD/RES Payroll Processing Schedule
  • December 2018 Enlisted Advancement Authorization
  • Leadership and Management School (LAMS) Completion Deadline for Servicewide Exam Waiver Process Guidance
  • Prepare for Direct Access Annual Outage for Update (20-31 Dec)
  • Permanent Promotion Obligated Service for Voluntary Retirement
  • Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) 2019 Contribution Limits
  • Temporary Separations Manual, COMDTINST M1040.6, Updated
  • FY 2019 Critical Skills Retention Bonus (CSRB) Announced
  • Obligated Service Requirement to Attend Class "A" School
  • TRICARE Prime Versus TRICARE Select: Should You Change or Keep Your Plan
  • Supplemental Advancement Lists
  • Direct Access User Guides and Tutorials Added or Updated in November
  • Direct Access Competency Dictionary Update
  • Mark Your Calendar

PPC Customer Satisfaction Survey:

We continually monitor our processes in an ongoing attempt to Improve service. Anytime you receive service from us, you are invited to fill out our customer service survey at: https://surveys.uscg.mil/Community/se.ashx?s=6F20F77475DF73B4

Note: In order to ensure the safety and security of your information our Customer Satisfaction Survey is only accessible from within the Coast Guard Data Network. If you would like to provide feedback on the service you received, but do not have access to the Coast Guard Data Network (via a Coast Guard Standard Workstation), please contact us by email to PPC-DG-M-Feedback@uscg.mil.

Did you know our web site a new address?

The links below provide quick access to the new versions of pages and files that were the most visited on our old site. Use the Menu, located at the top of the left column of each page, to navigate to our branches and products. Use the Feedback Button, located at the bottom of the left column, to let us know how we are doing or to ask for assistance in locating content.

PPC Internet Home Page
PPC Retiree and Annuitant Services Branch
PPC Travel Branch
Pay & Allowance Rates
CG-3307 Templates
Direct Access
Personnel & Pay Procedures Manual
Forms & Worksheets
Web-TPAX

This is an update from the U. S. Coast Guard Pay & Personnel Center in Topeka, KS. We use this distribution list to keep our customers informed about USCG Travel policy, the TPAX travel claim system, the Direct Access HR system, and matters pertaining to military pay and benefits.If you are no longer interested in receiving updates from PPC, please follow the link (at the end of this message) in the SUBSCRIBER SERVICES section to unsubscribe. Address any comments, concerns, or questions to richard.a.etheridge@uscg.mil. Also, please contact me by email if you have an announcement you would like to share with our customers