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National Guard Technician Branch
This page provides essential information, forms and reference materials for Federal Technicians.
National Guard Technicians of the Army and Air National Guard represent an essential part of the federal workforce. Federal employees provide the day-to-day continuity in the operation and training of Army and Air National Guard unit members.
The National Guard workforce is comprised of military technicians, competitive technicians and Active Guard Reserve (AGRs). Military technicians are required to maintain military membership in the National Guard in order to retain employment. Military technicians perform full-time work in their units, perform military training and duty in their units and are available to enter active military service at any time their unit is called to active duty.
The state Adjutant Generals, subject to federal regulations, are the designated employer of technicians. The Department of Defense, the Army and the Air Force, and the National Guard Bureau all oversee dual-status technicians.
Download:
- Technician Personnel Regulations and Supplement
- Technician Handbook 2017 – HR Guide
- Position Descriptions
- How to Find your Position Description
2025 Federal Benefits Open Season (November 11, 2024 through December 9, 2024)
Health & Life Insurance (FEHB & FEGLI) *Coming Soon*
Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) *Coming Soon*
Benefits Web Tools *Coming Soon*
Performance Management and Appraisal Program
The DoD Performance Management and Appraisal Program:
- provides a framework for supervisors and managers to communicate expectations and job performance
- links individual employee performance and organizational goals
- facilitates a fair and meaningful assessment of employee performance
- establishes a systematic process for planning, monitoring, evaluating, and recognizing and rewarding employee performance that contributes to mission success and
- nurtures a high-performance culture that promotes meaningful and ongoing dialogue between employees and supervisors and holds both accountable for performance.
TECHNICIAN RETIREMENT
NGB FERS Overview_ABC-C_10152014
How To Get Your Retirement Estimate
ABC-C provides estimates 12 months prior to employees’ first date of eligibility for a voluntary retirement. A retirement estimate can only be produced once per 365 day period, and usually takes a couple of months to process, so we recommend you request an estimate at the first opportunity allowed.
Planning for Retirement
Retirement Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS / CSRS Offset)
Pre-Retirement Benefits Overview DCS Schedules
FERS Retirement Overview Brief (02 MAR 22)
Creditable Civilian Service
Deposit and Redeposit Service
Military Buyback Post-56 Deposit
Eligibility For Retirement
Disability Retirement
CSRS/CSRS Offset Retirement Forms
FERS Retirement Forms
General Retirement Forms
Disability Retirement Forms
Retirement Forms Preparation Briefs
Retirement POC
| Ms. Jessica Haleck | [email protected] | 808-672-1385 |
| Ms. Jasmine Imanil | [email protected] | 808-672-1244 |
Workers Compensation Program
Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) passed in 1916
- Provides compensation to civilian employees of the US for disability due to personal injury or disease sustained in the performance of duty.
- Provides benefits to dependents if a work-related injury or disease causes death.
- Funded through agency charge-backs.
FECA Overview
FECA is administered by the Office of Worker’s Compensation Programs (OWCP), U. S. Department of Labor. Each employing agency is serviced by a District Office; Hawaii is serviced by the San Francisco District Office (#13).
Individual cases are protected under the Privacy Act. Only employee, approved representative and agency may have access to information concerning compensation claim.
HIPAA does not apply to OWCP or employing agencies as it relates to information concerning the compensation claim.
No one may require an employee or other claimant to waive his/her right to claim benefits.
FECA is a non-adversarial system. Disputes under FECA are resolved through informal conferences or formal reconsideration at the district office level, through administrative hearings, or review by the independent Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board whose decision is final.
Benefits provided under FECA constitute the sole remedy against the United States for work-related injury or death. A Federal Employee of surviving dependent is not entitled to sue the United States or recover damages for such injury or death under any other law.
OWCP Form Titles and Descriptions
- CA-1 Federal Employee’s Notice of Truamatic Injury and Claim for Continuation of Pay/Compensation*
- CA-2 Notice of Occupational Disease and Claim for Compensation*
- CA-2a Notice of Recurrence
- CA-7 Claim for Compensation
- CA-7a Time Analysis Form
- CA-7b Leave Buy Back Worksheet
- CA-10 What A Federal Employee Should Do When Injured At Work
- CA-17 Duty Status Report
- CA-20 Attending Physician’s Report
- CA-35 Evidence Required in Support of a Claim for Occupational Disease
OWCP Training and Resources
- Supervisors ECOMP OWCP checklist_2015 JUN 8
- ECOMP Supervisor Training_2015 JUN 8
- Employee Quick Reference ECOMP Process_2015 JUN 8
- ECOMP Employee training_2015 JUN 8
- ECOMP System Requirements
- OWCP Overview Supervisor Training
- Continuation of Pay Supervisor Training
Points of Contact
- Injury Compensation Program Administrator (ICPA)
- Human Resources Specialist (Employee Benefits)
- Joint Forces Headquarters, Hawaii National Guard (HRO-M)
- HRO Fax (808) 672-1225
OWCP HRO Points of Contact:
- Primary POC: Mr. Frank Mejias, [email protected], (808) 672-1232
- Secondary POC: Ms. Jasmine Imanil, [email protected], (808) 672-1244
Electronic Personnel Folder (eOPF)
The eOPF allows each employee to have an electronic personnel folder instead of a paper folder!
Benefits of the eOPF include:
- Immediate access to personnel forms and information for a geographically dispersed workforce.
- Multi-level secure environment with security rules for sensitive information.
- No loss of official personnel documents due to filing and routing errors.
- Reduced cost associated with storage, maintenance, and retrieval of records.
- Electronic transfer of human resources data.
- Integration with agency’s human resources information systems.
- Compliance with OPM and federally mandated HR employee record management regulations.
How to access your eOPF:
- Go to https://eopf.opm.gov/nationalguard
- Click “Request your eOPF ID”.
- Enter your personal information, you should get an automated email.
- Once you get the email, click “Request your eOPF Password.”
- Enter more personal information, to include your eOPF ID.
- After your receive the password, you will able to log in and access your eOPF.
If further assistance is needed logging into eOPF, please send email to: [email protected] or call 866-275-8518.
Before separating or leaving your federal technician position download a copy of your own eOPF!
Employment Verification
DCPDS/MYBIZ/My Workplace
Defense Civilian Personnel Data System (DCPDS)
DCPDS Helpdesk: HRS (IS), 808 672-1006, ext 5
My Biz / My Workplace Log-on: DCPDS PORTAL Note: CAC Required
eSF52 – DCPDS Desk Guide for Managers: DCPDS Desk Guide for Mgrs
Updating MY BIZ Email Address to army.mil (HIARNG technicians/employees)
MYBIZ/MYWORKPLACE
- MY BIZ DEMO: MY BIZ with Audio (Employee)
- MY WORKPLACE DEMO: MyWorkplace with Audio (Supervisor)
- MY WORKPLACE MANAGEMENT REPORTS: Self Service User Guide MY WORKPLACE Mod 4 Ch 2
Performance Appraisal Application (PAA)
- PAA – Employee How to Guide: PAA Employee how to guide
- PAA – FAQs: PAA_FAQs Tips Status 2014JUL
- PAA – HLR How to Guide: PAA HLR how to guide
- PAA – Rating Official How to Guide: PAA Ratings Official how to guide V2
- PAA – Top Ten List: PAA Supv Top Ten Reminders 2014JUL
- Self-Service User Guide: SS_User_Guide_
eSF52
- Attachments to eSF52 or RPA (Adding attachments to eSF52)
- Authorizing eSF52 or RPA_APR15
- Civilian Inbox Views (Customizing Your Inbox View)
- eSF52 – DCPDS Desk Guide for Managers in its entirety: DCPDS Desk Guide for Mgrs
- eSF52 or RPA Overview_1
- NOA Alpha List of common requests_11FEB15
- Note Pad in eSF52 or RPA (Adding additional info to eS52)
Awards and Performance Management
Awards
- FY25 HING Performance Management Awards Bulletin
- FY25 HING FORM 32
- NGB Form 32 – Used for awards greater than $10,000.
- TPR 451 – Awards Program Hawaii National Guard
- DD Form 2906 DoD Civilian Performance Plan, Progress Review and Appraisal – Only to be used by Supervisors or Employees with no access to the electronic MyBiz+ MyPerformance appraisal tool.