REPT 17-09, New Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Cybersecurity Codes

Published: December 6, 2017
Effective: Pay Period 24, 2017

Summary

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has revised the Government-wide Cybersecurity Data Standard Codes in accordance with the Cybersecurity Workforce Assessment Act of 2015. As a result, the National Finance Center (NFC) will modify its systems/applications to accept these new codes.

Affected Systems

System

System Impact

Insight

A new field, Cybersecurity Code, will be added to three subject areas.

Reporting Center

A new field, Cybersecurity Code, will be added to two reports.

 

Additional Systems Affected

The systems identified below are also being affected by this implementation. For detailed information on these systems, please refer to the NFC Web site.

System

System Impact

EmpowHR

New fields, Cybersecurity Code 1, Cybersecurity Code 2, and Cybersecurity Code 3, will be added to the Position Information page.

Front-End System Interface (FESI)

A new field, Revised Cyber Security Code, will be added to the Individual Position record layout.

Position Management System Online (PMSO)

A new field, Revised Cyber Security, will be added to the Individual Position screen.

Implementation

A new field, Cybersecurity Code, will be added to Insight and the Reporting Center. This field will be created as three three-position fields for a total of nine positions. The existing two-position Cybersecurity Code field will remain for historical purposes.

Insight

The new field will be added to the following subject areas:

Reporting Center

The new field will be added to the following reports:

Resources

The procedure manuals for these applications, which are available online at the NFC Web site, are being updated to include the information in this bulletin. To view these procedures, select HR and Payroll Clients from the MyNFC drop-down menu on the NFC homepage. At the HR and Payroll Clients page, select the Publications tab and select the applicable category to access the procedure manuals within the category.

Inquiries

For questions about NFC processing, authorized Servicing Personnel Office representatives should contact the NFC Contact Center at 1-855-NFC-4GOV (1-855-632-4468) or via the ServiceNow Customer Service Portal.