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Preparing for WebTADS

GSFC will transition from OMNI to the agency-standard Web Time and Attendance Distribution System (WebTADS) on November 30th as a necessary prerequisite for NASA's ePayroll initiative.

The President's Management Agenda mandated the ePayroll consolidation initiative, which will transfer all federal agencies to one of two payroll systems, in an effort to:

payroll processing,
Reduce costs (estimated $1.2 billion in savings), and
Develop a solid foundation for achieving the vision outlined in the eGovernment strategy.

As part of this initiative, NASA has chosen to adopt the Department of Interior's Federal Personnel and Payroll System (FPPS) in September of 2004.

In order to transition to FPPS, NASA needs time and attendance systems that meet FPPS requirements. WebTADS meets those requirements; therefore Goddard will transition to the agency-standard WebTADS on November 30th, 2003. The transition to WebTADS is not expected to be very difficult, because the system is reliable, having been used at six NASA centers for sometime now. WebTADS is also easy to use, offering employees the ability to do most all timekeeping processes online. The major changes will be that:

Overtime requests will be done online.

Supervisors will sign timecards electronically.

Timekeepers will not have a direct role in the timecard process, but will serve as "Points of Contact" who administer employees' schedules and labor codes in the system. (However, Points of Contact will maintain the ability to provide assistance and monitor activity, as necessary.)

Supervisors will receive new WebTADS reports in addition to the NPPS reports that they already receive.

The primary ramifications of this change are that employees must:

Take training on the system,
Re-schedule leave planned beyond November 30th in the WebTADS system once it is live, and
Complete their timekeeping responsibilities on time under WebTADS.

Approvers and Points of Contact who missed instructor-led training should take the Employee and Approver / Point of Contact courses online at: http://webtads.gsfc.nasa.gov/Training.htm to prepare for the transition.

All other civil servants should take the Employee course at: http://webtads.gsfc.nasa.gov/Training.htm to prepare for the transition.

All civil servants are expected to complete their WebTADS training by November 25th.

For more information on the ePayroll initiative and the WebTADS implementation at GSFC, go to: http://webtads.gsfc.nasa.gov/. Contact Betty Pyles Harris at 4-6950 with any additional questions.