| |
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO BE "BASIC" READY
• FAQs on Basic Readiness 1/2010 New! • Checklist
for Basic Readiness 1/1/09
• Required
selection of deployment role
• NIMS online training
• Contact information for
personnel at OFRD
SIGNING UP FOR RESPONSE TEAMS
• Message
from RADM Rutstein 5/26/2009
TRANSFORMATION MESSAGES
• Transformation
profile information: new HR system for PHS--DIRECT ACCESS
• From ADMs Galson
and Shakar 10/27/08
• From
the Acting PHS Surgeon General 05/08
• From the Acting PHS Surgeon
General 12/07
• Other information
USPHS web site
TRANSFORMATION UPDATE
• Transformation section of the
PHS web site
• PPT
presentation Presentation by RADM Williams, 4/07
HOW OFTEN OFFICER READINESS
WILL BE UPDATED BY OFRD, SENT 5/9/07
• Message from Acting SG
RADM Moritsugu (List CCINFORMATION-L) Posted 5/9/2007
OTHER READINESS COMMUNICATIONS
• Extension of
Manual Circular 377 VERY IMPORTANT PPM 07-001, 8/1/07
• Changes
in readiness regulations about immunizations, required online training
modules,
relationship of basic readiness status to: promotion, retention in the
CC,
eligibility for special pays
• Email
from RADM Babb about Readiness changes 12/7/06
• Email by RADM Richard Wyatt
about Readiness changes, 12/1/06
1.
Policy pending: The full policy on basic readiness that clarifies this
extension is not yet in hand and is anticipated early in 2007.
2.
No promotion or assimilation unless basic ready: There will be continued
impact on promotions and assimilations in 2007, and officers who are not
basic ready will, as last year, not be promoted or assimilated.
3.
Easing of readiness requirements: Officers are no longer required to
submit proof of polio vaccine; two PPDs within 12 months will suffice to
meet
the PPD requirement; and the number of clinical hours has been
reduced
from 112 to 80.
4.
Required training modules: Force Readiness Basic Series of Training
Modules: There are 4 new FEMA online training modules required to
maintain basic readiness, in addition to 8 OFRD online courses; officers
should verify that they have taken the specific, required 8 OFRD modules
(deadline for completion of all 12 modules is December 31, 2006, to meet
the
requirements for the 2007 promotion cycle).
5.
Retention Boards: The memorandum states that officers who do not
comply
with the ASH’s order to meet and continuously maintain force
readiness
standards may be involuntarily retired and/or terminated from
active service. We learned that convened Retention Boards will
have at
their
disposal a variety of options, including termination or involuntary
retirement. We were told that these will be clarified in the
pending
policy. Implementation of these actions is not anticipated until
mid-2007.
The ASH has not articulated at this time a process for granting
exemptions to this policy.
6.
Special pays. Officers who are not basic ready may be referred to a
board for review of special pay issues and to consider “retention,
termination,
and/or other appropriate action.”
RADM VANDERWAGEN LECTURES AT NIH ON HHS MEDICAL
RESPONSE OPERATIONS 4/26/07, Posted 5/7/07
• RADM
Vanderwagen, MD, USPHS, is HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and
Response.
• Lecture title: "DHHS Concept of
Operations for Medical Response to Disasters:
Where We are Now and Where
Should We be Going?"
• Lecture Series: NIH Emergency
Preparedness and Biodefense Interest Group
•
See
the lecture as a streaming video
• This lecture
series available (by interest group and date) to NIH employees
•
How to view videocast if you
are not an NIH employee
RECENT TRANSFORMATION ISSUES
• From
E-Bulletin of December 1, 2006 Brief Summary
• Commissioned
Corps Transformation Implementation Plan 10/3/2006
Force management changes approved
by Secretary Leavitt (PDF 2.62 MB, 187 pages)
NEW REGULATIONS ABOUT DEPLOYMENTS, Posted 2/10/07
• Commissioned
Corps Directive 121.02 1/23/07
From the Secretary of DHHS
AWARDS FOR READINESS AND RESPONSE
• Review
NEW AND REVISED ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR FIELD MEDICAL READINESS BADGE
Posted 10/15/2006
• CCRF web site review
of online modules required for FRMB
• Field Medical Readiness Badge (FRMB)
Instruction
• Current: Commissioned
Corps Instruction (CCI) 511.02
• Unofficial Pdf summary
version Posted 2/27/07
• Applies to all officers who meet Force
Readiness Standards as per
• Basic Level of
Force Readiness of the Commissioned Corps
Manual
Circular (MC) 377 7/2/04 and
• Extension of
Manual Circular 377 11/3/06
• Officers do not apply for the FMRB; it will be awarded as
officers meet the criteria.
• OFRD
and OSG review and determine those officers who meet eligibility
requirements,
and will recommend FMRB to OCCO/DCCOS for processing.
NEW PROCEDURES FOR TRACKING AND DOCUMENTATION OF
IMMUNIZATIONS
• See Immunization
Section
• Extension of
Manual Circular 377 11/3/06 VERY
IMPORTANT
• Changes
in readiness regulations about immunizations, required online training
modules,
relationship of basic readiness status to: promotion, retention in the
CC,
eligibility for special pays
• Your immunization profile is now
displayed in your secure eOPF: first page
• You
must
• Record your immunizations on the OFRD web site AND
• Submit formal written documentation to Medical
Affairs Branch
•
Mailing address for medical informtion including forms
which document
immunizations, medical history, physical exam
These
records must be mailed not faxed to
Medical
Affairs Branch
Medical Evaluations Section
Room
4C-04, Parklawn Bldg
5600
Fishers Lane
Rockville,
MD 20857-0001
CLARIFICATION OF "THREE AND FREEZE" POLICY, Posted
6/22/06
• Messsage
from John O. Agwunobi, ADM, USPHS, Assistant Secretary for Health
• Published
in CC E-Bulletin 6/22/06
• Lack of
"Readiness" will generate "Not Recommended" outcome from
Temporary Grade Promotion
Board and referral to Retention Board
• See special
concerns for Officers who score in bottom quartile or decile
in any promotion year
READINESS STATISTICS BY CATEGORY AND AGENCY
• OFRD Readiness
Statistics updated periodically by OFRD
ALL OFFICERS MUST COMPLETE 4 ONLINE NIMS TRAINING
COURSES BY 6/2006 Posted 5/16/06
• Course and registration
instructions are available on the OFRD web site
• IS-100
Introduction to Incident Command (ICS)
• IS-700
National Incident Management System (NIMS), an Introduction
• IS-800
National Response Plan (NRP), an Introduction
• IS-200
Basic Incident Command System (ICS) for Federal Disaster Workers
• Instructions from
OFRD/CCRF Posted 5/20/2006
• Memo
about training from VADM Richard Carmona, MD, Surgeon General
Posted
on CCInformation-L
List Serv on 5/16/2006
• Officers must retain course
certificates of completion
• These are FEMA courses. They
provide officers with better understanding of and
ability to use ICS, NIMS, NRP
concepts in leading, managing, and participating in
emergency responses
ALL OFFICERS MUST REGISTER FOR PHS DEPLOYMENT ROLE BY MAY 12, 2006
• New "Commissioned
Corps Tiers of Reponse Teams" Program Posted 04/28/2006
• Indicate your
deployment role and all other roles you qualify for
• Officers must register
request deployment role and describe skills in online
form
• Response
Team Roster Assignment Schedule: RDF, APHT, MHT, ICRT, Tier 3, EMG
• Memo from OFRD: On-call
Rosters
Posted
on CCRF ListServ
5/17/06
• Memo
from VADM Richard Carmona, Surgeon General
Posted
on CCInformation-L
List Serv 5/15/2006
• Memo from Secretary Michael
Leavitt to Heads of Op Divs and Staff Divs 5/5/06
• Memo
from ADM John Babb 4/28/2006
• Login at the
OFRD/CCRF web page to update your Officer Summary Data
•
Check to see that the summary page lists you as Basic Ready.
•
If you are not Basic Ready, click "Details" link to indicate what is
missing
•
Acquire those elements that will qualify you as basic ready.
• Review new
immunization documentation procedures below.
• Officers wishing to deploy in a
clinical role...
must work a
minimum of 80 hours per year in that role
REGULATIONS: TRANSFORMATION AND READINESS
• Commissioned
Corps Implementation Plan 10/19/2006, 188 pages
• Extension of
Manual Circular 377 11/3/06
IMPORTANT
• Changes
in readiness regulations about immunizations, required online training
modules,
relationship of basic readiness status to: promotion, retention in the
CC,
eligibility for special pays
• Update of fitness
testing standards and procedures 10/4/2004
Personnel Policy
Memorandum (PPM 04-003) is a
supplement
and modification to Manual Circular 377
of 07/02/2004
• Basic Level of
Force Readiness for the CC 07/02/2004
Manual
Circular 377
• Force Readiness for
Officers Detailed to the Armed Services 08/18/2004
Personnel
Policy Memorandum (PPM 04-006)
HOW TO DOCUMENT DEPLOYMENTS IN YOUR CV: Posted
1/09/2006
Special
note for PY2006 from OFRD:
• The deployment information on the
OFRD website is NOT part of your eOPF or PIR.
The best mechanism of informing a
promotion board about your deployments is via
your awards and documentation on
your CV
HHS SECRETARY MICHAEL LEVITT'S EVENT: "TRANSFORMATION OF THE USPHS CC"
01/18/2006
• Event
Audio mp3 sound file
• Press
release from HHS
• Webcast
streaming audio and video (.wmv file, requires Windows Media Player)
• Summary
in the CC E-Bulletin 03/01/2006
• Background documents: Pdf format, html format
|
