News Headlines
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- Update – Bicycle Subsidy
- July 6, 2018
- The National Finance Center (NFC) is notifying customers that on December 22, 2017, the President signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into Public Law 115-97. Section 11047 of the Law, suspended qualified bicycle commuting reimbursement from an employee’s income for any tax year beginning after December 31, 2017, and before January 1, 2026. Read more...
- NFC Web Site Scheduled Maintenance
- July 6, 2018
- The National Finance Center (NFC) will be conducting maintenance on the NFC Web Site (https://nfc.usda.gov) after business hours on Monday, July 9, 2018, from 6:00 p.m. CST until 9:00 p.m. CST. During this time, the NFC Web site will be unavailable. This maintenance does not affect any NFC application, which can be accessed from the system maintenance page that will display instead of the NFC Web site until maintenance is completed. Read more...
- NFC Maintenance Schedule: July 7-8, 2018
- July 6, 2018
- The NFC will conduct system maintenance on Saturday, July 7, 2018 from 7:00 a.m. until 1:00 a.m. Sunday, July 8, 2018. Read more...
- NFC Upgrades Minimum Browser Requirements
- July 5, 2018
- To provide our customers with a better user experience the National Finance Center (NFC) is upgrading the minimum Web browser requirements needed to run NFC applications and the NFC Web site. Read more...
- Time and Attendance
- July 5, 2018
- This notice serves as a reminder to all Agencies of the requirement for the submission of Time and Attendance (T&A) data. Timely receipt of T&A(s) by the National Finance Center (NFC) is very important since it impacts the employee’s pay. Read more...
- Update - USDA Production SPPS Web Available
- July 3, 2018
- This is a follow up communication to the notification issued on Monday, July 2, 2018, stating that the USDA SPPS Web Application would be unavailable from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. CT for system maintenance. Read more...
- USDA Production SPPS Web Unavailable
- July 2, 2018
- USDA Production SPPS Web Application will be unavailable from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. CT for system maintenance. Read more...
- Network Maintenance
- July 2, 2018
- The National Finance Center (NFC) will be conducting maintenance on the network firewalls Wednesday July 4, 2018, from 12:01 a.m. CST until 6:00 a.m. CST. National Finance Center users may experience intermittent network outages during this time. Read more...
- Independence Day Holiday
- June 27, 2018
- In observance of the Independence Day Holiday, our offices will be closed on Wednesday, July 04, 2018, including the National Finance Center (NFC) Contact Center. All NFC applications will remain available during the holiday and payroll/personnel processing will continue as normally scheduled. Read more...
- Spot Awards Tax Withholding
- June 26, 2018
- The National Finance Center (NFC) recently discovered Spot Awards processed via the automated system were withholding at the 'old' flat tax rate of 25%. Read more...
- Update to EPP to Include Combined Federal Campaign’s (CFC) Give Back Link
- June 22, 2018
- The National Finance Center has completed Project # 34535 to add the Give Back Link to EPP. The CFC raises millions of dollars each year through pledges made during the campaign season. Read more...
- NFC Maintenance Schedule: June 23-24, 2018
- June 21, 2018
- The NFC will conduct system maintenance on Saturday, June 23, 2018 from 7:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., Sunday, June 24, 2018. Read more...
- National Finance Center Business Service Management - ServiceNow Upgrade
- June 20, 2018
- The National Finance Center (NFC) is upgrading ServiceNow this weekend June 23, 2018 8:00 a.m. Central Time until Sunday June 24, 2018 4:00 p.m. Central Time. During this time, the NFC ServiceNow portal will be unavailable. Users will be notified when the outage begins and when the system is back online. All participating testers will receive a separate detailed schedule by email. Read more...
- NFC Contact Center Limited Service
- June 20, 2018
- This notification is to inform all customers that due to an all employee meeting with senior leadership, the National Finance Center’s (NFC) Contact Center (NCC) (excluding the GISB Help Desk, which services DPRS, TIPS, and CLER) will have limited service Wednesday, June 20, 2018 between 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. CT. Read more...
- Announcing Upcoming HCUP Training
- June 14, 2018
- The National Finance Center’s (NFC) Training and Communications Branch (TCB) is now accepting enrollment for the instructor-led History Correction Update Processing System (HCUP) training course. Read more...
- Administrative Billings and Collections, RE: NFC Contact Center (NCC) Email Mailbox Closure
- June 8, 2018
- This Customer Notice is a follow-up to the Customer Notice issued on May 22, 2018, titled NFC Contact Center (NCC) Email Mailbox Closure. As stated in the notice, effective Sunday, June 24, 2018, the NFC Contact Center (NCC) will be transitioning away from accepting customer issue initial reports via email to the NCC email box, nfccontactcenter@nfc.usda.gov. Read more...
- Update: Insight System Maintenance
- June 1, 2018
- Insight System maintenance is completed. The application is now available for use. Read more...
- Revised - Stamped Signatures within Retirement Packages
- May 31, 2018
- This customer notification has been revised to update the contact information listed below. The National Finance Center is informing our customers that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) will not accept stamped or electronically printed signatures on documents within retirement packages. Read more...
- Insight Maintenance
- May 29, 2018
- Due to system maintenance, Insight will be unavailable Thursday May 31, 2018, from 6:30 am CT until 11:00 am CT. Read more...
- NFC Orientation
- May 25, 2018
- We are very excited by the tremendous response for the August 2018 session of our National Finance Center (NFC) Customer Orientation! We will be sending out confirmation emails shortly that will include details for travel arrangements. Due to limited seating we were not able to accommodate all requests. Read more...
- Bicycle Subsidy
- May 22, 2018
- The National Finance Center (NFC) is notifying customers that on December 22, 2017, the President signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into Public Law 115-97. Section 11047 of the Law, suspended qualified bicycle commuting reimbursement from an employee’s income for any tax year beginning after December 31, 2017 and before January 1, 2026. Read more...
- Memorial Day Holiday
- May 22, 2018
- In observance of Memorial Day, the National Finance Center (NFC) will be closed on Monday, May 28, 2018, including the National Finance Center (NFC) Contact Center. All NFC applications will remain available during the holiday and payroll/processing will continue as normally scheduled. Read more...
- NFC Contact Center (NCC) Email Mailbox Closure
- May 22, 2018
- Starting Sunday, June 24, 2018, the NFC Contact Center (NCC) will be transitioning away from accepting customer issue initial reports via email to the NCC email box, nfccontactcenter@nfc.usda.gov. Read more...
- Update: Insight System Maintenance
- May 17, 2018
- Insight system maintenance is completed. The application is now available for use. Read more...
- Insight System Maintenance
- May 17, 2018
- Due to system maintenance, Insight will be unavailable Friday May 18, 2018, from 7:00 am CT until 12:30 pm CT. Read more...
- NFC Contact Center Limited Service
- May 11, 2018
- This notification is to inform all customers that due to an important visit by USDA’s Deputy Secretary Censky, the National Finance Center’s (NFC) Contact Center (NCC) (excluding the GISB Help Desk, which services DPRS, TIPS, and CLER) will have limited service today May 11, 2018, between 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. CT. Read more...
- Invitation to NFC's Customer Orientation (Update)
- May 7, 2018
- Corrected: Unfortunately, the National Finance Center (NFC) will not be able to provide transportation for this event. Participants will be responsible for arranging transportation to/from the NFC. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Read more...
- Invitation to NFC's Customer Orientation
- May 4, 2018
- The National Finance Center (NFC) is excited to announce that we have open slots for the upcoming NFC Customer Orientation training to be held the week of August 20, 2018, at NFC in New Orleans, Louisiana. Read more...
- Update - Insight webTA 3.8 Data Implementation Status
- May 3, 2018
- The production implementation of Insight Daily Time and Attendance Data (webTA 3.8) is still in process. During this time, the webTA subject areas will not be available. We will update this Customer Notification when the implementation is complete. There is no action required on the part of the customers. Read more...
- Update - Insight Pay Period 07 Biweekly Process Completed
- April 25, 2018
- This is follow up communication to the notice issued on Monday, April 23, 2018, that stated the Insight Biweekly update process for Pay Period 08 was not completed. Read more...
- Administrative Billings and Collections System
- April 24, 2018
- As a reminder to our customers regarding bulletin REPT 17-08, Administrative Billings and Collections (ABCO) Forms Added to the Reporting Center, dated November 18, 2017, and a follow up to the Customer Notifications issued on January 18, 2018, and February 23, 2018, several ABCO forms have been added to the Financial Reports menu on the Reporting Center with the capability to view and/or print. Read more...