Author: Joel Schofer, MD, MBA, CPE
NMFDC Newsletter – January 2022
ALCON,
On behalf of the Naval Medical Force Development Center (NMFDC), please see the attached January 2022 NMFDC Newsletter:
This month’s newsletter includes a “Year in Review” statement from Mr. John Zarkowsky (Deputy Assistant Deputy Chief, BUMED M5), a spotlight on the upcoming Navy Medicine high reliability organization panel at the 2022 Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Virtual Annual Meeting, instructions on how to access and utilize the NMFDC Max.gov page, a status update on the current Naval Medical Readiness Criteria (NMRC) revalidation and Reserve Component integration efforts, information on the upcoming NMRC tasker in DoN tracker, and details on how to schedule an NMFDC virtual site visit.
Please feel free to share this newsletter with other relevant Navy Medicine stakeholders and those interested in the NMFDC’s efforts.
Very Respectfully,
The Naval Medical Force Development Center
Congrats to RDML(s) Matt Case (MSC) and RDML(s) Guido Valdes (MC)
As per the Senate Confirmation page:
2022-01-31 PN1724 Navy
The following named officers for appointment in the United States Navy to the grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 624: Capt. Matthew Case, to be Rear Admiral (lower half) Capt. Guido F. Valdes, to be Rear Admiral (lower half)
You can see the specific nomination here.
21st Century Sailor Office – Call for New or Innovative Initiatives and Best Practices
The 21st Century Sailor Office (OPNAV N17) is collecting and recognizing best practices developed or implemented throughout the fleet. All innovative or new policies, programs, practices, or processes that address Sailor or family wellbeing are welcome, no matter how small.
Individuals may submit directly via online form accessed by the URL or QR code on the attached 21st Century Sailor Office –Innovative Initiatives Lesson Learned or Best Practices flyer:
Continuous MC Symposium Lecture Series – Q&A with the OMO/GME Detailer – Friday, FEB 4 at 1200 and 1500 EST
Leaders,
Please join us for the next installment of the Continuous Medical Corps Symposium Lecture Series on Friday 04 Feb at EITHER 1200 or 1500 EST on MS Teams:
We will be having a Detailer Q&A session with our OMO/GME detailer LCDR Derek Chamberlain and our operational specialty leaders. We strongly encourage anyone who is planning on doing an OMO tour in the coming year to attend and have your questions answered. Please email questions for the session to CDR Robyn Treadwell (contact in the global) by Wednesday 02 Feb. The session will be recorded and posted on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw_CJNfldCcO1sszYnSt9Cw) for anyone who is not able to make the live sessions. Please disseminate widely throughout your communities and feel free to email me with any questions.
+1 410-874-6749 (Toll)
Conference ID: 477 739 301#
Very respectfully,
Jennifer Eng-Kulawy, MD, FAAP
CDR, MC, USN
Plans and Policy Officer
Office of the Medical Corps Chief
TSP Outlines Strings Attached to Upcoming Investment ‘Window’
This link explains the rules for the forthcoming “window” that will allow some TSP investors to invest in funds outside of the traditional TSP funds. Personally, I think this is a bad idea as you really don’t need anything beyond the funds that are already available and there are a bunch of fees you will be paying, as you can read here. If you want to invest in other things, do it in your IRA, other retirement accounts you have access to, or taxable brokerage accounts at Vanguard, Fidelity, etc.:
More eNavFit (New Fitrep/Eval System) Info
Here’s some info I thought you might find useful or interesting that was sent to me:
eNavFit is not changing how performance is evaluated, it is just streamlining the process behind reporting. Despite being an interim change, eNavFit boasts many benefits for the Navy and its Sailors including electronic routing and submission, digital signature, validation and CUI/PII reductions.
There are 4 roles:
Rater (R), Senior Rater (SR), Reporting Senior (RS), and Trusted Agent (TA) – generally Admin Officer/Senior Admin staff; you may have more than 1 trusted agent. The Trusted Agents are like your Command Leave Administrators, they are designated in writing by the RS. They will have the ability to see all correspondence being reported on a Sailor’s performance in eNAVFIT, and be able to make adjustment and administrative changes, but will not have signature authority. All other roles will have the usual responsibilities.
If a command completes individual “appraisals” the TA gets to see it once the RS is assigned; similar appraisals that meet the same criteria, i.e., ending date, paygrade or type of report will automatically roll up into that summary group once created – in this regard, eNAVFIt will ensure appraisals for personnel TAD, recent check in, etc., are not forgotten and are added to that summary group, the TA will also ensure accuracy.
Helpful Hints
– Sailors need to update their email addresses in BOL to their official NAVY EMAIL ADDRESS – this helps the eNavFit notification and search features to function properly.
– BOL will timeout after being idle for approximately 15 minutes. Users operating eNavFit will need to stay active in BOL or will be forced to login again.
– Navigation note: When starting an appraisal or summary group, users can use the “next” or “back” buttons or click on the tab names that are at the top of the screen (Your Information, Reporting Senior, Summary Group, Members, Reviewers, etc.). When reviewing an appraisal or summary group, users can click on the tabs on the left-hand side to navigate through the various sections of the appraisal.
– eNavFit will highlight errors in red, and if all information is entered correctly, will show in green. This will help to ensure accuracy.
– Additional reviewers can be added, based on specific command structure. See the user guide for detailed instructions.
– The eNavFit interface allows the user to input the DODID or email address (must be in BOL) in the field when searching for members to add to a summary group.
– When searching for an Admin Assistant (Trusted Agent), the name must be entered as: Last Name First Name without a comma, and with a space between the Last Name and First Name (i.e. “Smith John”).
– When a member is verifying/reviewing their appraisal, the interface allows the user to enter any missing information and provides input descriptions that correspond to the EVAL/FITREP form blocks as hover-over text.
BUPERSINST 1610.10E is being updated to reflect changes that will accompany the deployment of eNavFit as well as training materials such as a User Guide, Tutorial Videos, and Quick Reference Cards. Additional information can be found at: https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Career-Management/Performance-Evaluation/
Videos below and attachment are other source of information.
Vid 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q85uRUSK6sA
Module One: Understanding The Essentials
Vid 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjnYQr1yz1E
Module Two: eNavFit Accessing the Interface
Vid 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXTE0MebDak
Module Three: eNavFit Reporting Senior Acknowledgement
Vid 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjO9MLkCuq0
Module Four: eNavFit Appointing a Trusted Agent
Vid 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC-SiFqH0no
Module Five: eNavFit Online Summary Group Creation
Vid 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdYlY5GBE2o
Module Six: eNavFit Routing Reports & Reviewer Inputs
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