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System Overview
The Remote Forms Queuing System (RFQS) procedure provides instructions for accessing and using RFQS. This procedure also illustrates and describes each form and tickler report available through RFQS. RFQS is an online report-generator system of the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Payroll/Personnel System (PPS).
RFQS is a computerized batch-processing system that uses information in USDA's PPS database to provide Agency personnel offices with electronic control in obtaining forms and tickler reports at remote sites.
Payroll and personnel forms and tickler reports currently available to Agencies in RFQS are categorized into three menus as follows:
- Forms menu
- Control Listings menu
- Notification Listings menu
Each of the RFQS menu categories listed above has a selection menu. The selection menu provides a list of all forms (by form number and title) or reports that are available for printing within that category. A timetable showing when RFQS forms and reports are available for printing is given later in this section. The selection menus can be accessed on remote terminals by following the sign-on instructions in this procedure.
The Forms menu lists the Standard Form (SF) 50B, Notification of Personnel Action; SF 1150, Record of Leave Data; and other payroll and personnel forms available for printing purposes. The Summary Counts option displays the number of forms that have been processed and indicates if they are ready for printing.
The Control Listings menu lists the tickler reports available for printing that relate to employee within-grade increases, performance appraisals, and probationary period report forms listed on the Forms menu. These forms include wage-system grade employee data. The Summary Counts option displays exactly how many pages are ready for printing.
The Notification Listings menu lists additional payroll and personnel tickler reports available for printing. The Summary Counts option displays exactly how many pages are ready for printing. Also available from this menu are the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) and Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) Employee Express status letters. Employee Express is a system that allows current employees to update their payroll data via touch-screen kiosks and touch-tone telephones in lieu of submitting payroll documents for processing to their personnel offices. The letters are issued to the employee through the personnel office to confirm enrollment and/or change in enrollment in FEHB and/or TSP program.
All Summary Counts options in RFQS display important information in requesting printouts of forms or reports and can only be viewed online. Summary Counts options should be selected first to inform the user of the number of forms or reports that have been processed and to indicate whether they are ready for printing.
Users can complete Form AD-961, Remote Forms Queuing System (RFQS) Election Form, to elect to print forms and/or tickler reports at remote sites through RFQS. A description and illustration of Form AD-961 is given later in this procedure.
Another category on the RFQS menu is the VPS - Printing Program. VTAM Printer Support System (VPS) is a part of the Time Sharing Option (TSO) software package and is used for printer control. VPS has an interface VPS Monitor and Control Facility (VMCF). For more information on VPS, see the Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF) procedure which is available online at the NFC Web site. To view and/or print this procedure, select from the drop-down menu on the NFC homepage. At the HR and Payroll Client page, press the tab in the center ribbon. Select the ISPF manual located under the Reporting publication category. Users with other types of printers should follow their normal procedures to retrieve and print reports.
For questions about payroll/personnel policies and regulations, contact your Committee for Agriculture Payroll/Personnel System (CAPPS) representative.
For questions about the National Finance Center (NFC) processing, authorized Servicing Personnel Office representatives should contact the NFC Contact Center at or via the Internet using the customer service portal.
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