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CAPPS Charter

Membership

CAPPS membership consists of one member and one alternate from each Department or independent Agency serviced by the United States Department of Agriculture/National Finance Center Payroll/Personnel System. Representatives from outside of the personnel community may be invited to attend as ex officio members on an ad hoc basis to address auxiliary issues on the agenda. Functional specialists may be invited to attend meetings to discuss problems in their functional area of expertise.

Purpose

CAPPS provides the framework for providing an interface between the Payroll/Personnel System user community, the program staffs at departmental level, and the technical systems staff at NFC. The Committee interacts with the other system users and NFC in implementing, operating, maintaining, and continually improving the automated USDA Payroll/Personnel system. CAPPS provides leadership and guidance to user Agencies regarding the Payroll/Personnel system and ensures the integrity of the system.

Responsibilities

CAPPS Responsibilities:

Chairperson

The Chairperson of CAPPS will be a member of the NFC staff. Responsibilities of the Chairperson include:

Member Responsibility

Responsibilities of the representatives include:

Meetings

Meetings will be held on a quarterly basis every third Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. ET via Zoom for Government. Special meetings may be called as needed.

Agenda

The Chairperson should receive agenda items from members at least six working days prior to the scheduled meeting. Agenda items from members should be received by the Chairperson at least six working days prior to the scheduled meeting. The Chairperson will issue agenda items and a reminder of the meeting five working days before the meeting. With the exception of system problems requiring immediate attention, items not received by the due date will be deferred until the next meeting of CAPPS.

Examples of the agenda topics are:

Requests for changes to the application should include:

Last Updated / Reviewed: July 24, 2024