Dear Public Health Service Officers, In order to help with financial burdens caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, an executive order was signed by President Trump that will temporarily defer payroll taxes for certain federal employees, including uniformed service members, from September 1 to December 31, 2020. For United States Public […]

IHS Western Region Commissioned Officers, Please see the below Commissioned Corps updates with the latest update since this was sent on 8/29/20 highlighted in yellow: 2020 APFT Update Retirements/Termination Suspension Deployment Credit Deployment “On-Call” Schedule Readiness Requirements AMS Mobile Login Social Media Hazardous Duty Incentive Pay Proof of Healthcare/Dental for […]

ALCON, We received comments that the CBTS Challenge Coin Order Survey had been closed.  I have now re-opened the Survey Monkey link and will leave it open through the weekend. Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/J3BQQRS Sorry for any inconvenience. V/r,   CDR Mark F. Miller, PhD, MS, MBA United States Public Health Service COVID-19 […]

Good Afternoon Fellow Officers, We are extending the deadline to place coin orders through the survey monkey until Friday, September 4, 2020. If you forgot to order now is your chance or if you want to increase your order please reach out. Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/J3BQQRS We look forward to hearing from you.  […]

Good morning Commissioned Officers, Revisions to Commissioned Corps Instruction (CCI) 511.01, “Awards Program,” CCI 512.01, “Wear of Awards and Badges,” and Personnel Operations Memorandum (POM) 821.14, “Awards Processing,” were approved and released on 25 June 2020. The revised policies and POM are intended to streamline the awards process to assist […]