Front-End System Interface (FESI)

Personnel Action Remarks Record

The remarks record contains personnel action remarks codes. Each remarks code is a separate record.

TMGT Table 052, Remarks Code and Description, can be downloaded into your front-end system to edit remarks codes and to generate descriptions. Those remarks codes that require a fill-in literal description to complete the remark must include the fill-in literal so the complete remarks description will appear on the Standard Form (SF) 50-B, Notification of Personnel Action output.

The remarks usually generated by EPIC, EmpowHR, and the Bi-weekly Examination Analysis and Reporting System (BEAR) are not generated by NFC for Agencies using front-end systems; therefore, these remarks must be included in the Agency’s front-end system. See TMGT Table 101 for the required remarks codes for each nature of action code.

The fields below are contained in the remarks record and are listed in the order that they appear on the personnel file. A personnel action must exist in the personnel action file for the Social Security number, nature of action code, etc., to successfully transmit the personnel action and remarks record. Below is the format for which the data is to be transmitted and the specifications for each field.