If you are new to the agency you will be interested to know that the DOT has completely automated your personnel folder on an electronic platform. Anytime you change pay bands, receive awards, designate new beneficiaries, or just about any other job related modification you can expect it to be recorded in your personnel folder.

Be advised, you can only access this account from work, it is intranet only. So, in order to access your eOPF, you must first visit the DOT entry portal here.
After reviewing the information click the accept button to go to the Login page. It’s pretty self-explanatory from here. Although I don’t think it’s required, you should have your FAA webmail up and going. Why? Because every update made to your eOPF will automatically trigger a handy message to your FAA NextGen Webmail address. You will find navigation help on this handout, and general answers to common questions here. You can always get additional help from your immediate supervisor or new hire sponsor.

From our "How To" help file...Your personal FAA email account is going to be a very important tool to communicate with coworkers, managers, and the extensive contacts you will make in your FAA career. So let's get started...

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One of the attributes of blogging is the ability to access information quickly. In addition to our comprehensive listing of employee and public websites on the right side of our page, we would like to offer a quick link option on our site.

In the next few days we will be begin to build this list. With your help, we would like you to send in your "TOP TEN" most important and useful ATO related links, such as the ATO Employees Web Site, Employee Express, TSP etc. Enjoy...

Quote of the Day:

It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever -- the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.
Vince Lombardi

Everyone knows what URET and ERIDS stands for right? How about Techops, and Sysops. Care to try, JPDO or AMASS?

My Point? The ATO has a distinct language all its own and the sooner you can adapt to that language the better.

For now we have included a frequently used acronym link on the blog, and we hope to expand this section with your help. Please check the link in the nav bar on the right. If you cannot find what you are looking for send us a comment and we will spread it across the blog for more exposure.

In addition the ATO employees web site has an extensive list here to help you get started. Or simply go to the NAS Architecture Navigation site to do your own search.

The New Hire Café is devoted to daily news circulating around the ATO. We will draw from many sources and ask you, the new ATO employee to generate dialogue on what's hot and what's not. We invite you to sit down and enjoy a cup with us each week to share your thoughts in a constructive effort to improve our organization.