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The U.S. military has again decided to postpone the personnel platform military service. Integrated personnel and payroll system for the army, also known as IPPS-A, was initially supposed to begin to operate in December 2021. But unsuccessful system test forced the military authorities to postpone the launch date of the platform in the nine months. After the postponement of the platform waited 20 September, but now it will not start.
Interestingly, now the schedule of the launch of the platform is absent. That is, it is unclear when it will be operational and will generally function. The edition of the Army Times in August 2022 reported that the new delay the launch of the platform can be a result of the cancellation of a scheduled outage of a few old systems of personnel management.
The Pentagon latency platform recognized, but more information is not available. It is known that an earlier version of IPPS-A is used for the army National guard, and promising version was going to use in three branches of the armed forces.
Director of functional management platform Colonel Rebecca Eggers argues that currently there are problems with data transmission IPPS-A and other key systems used in the us army. So there are problems with data transmission to the bodies responsible for health insurance American soldiers, providing them with a variety of benefits. These issues greatly complicate the question of personnel management in the U.S. armed forces.
However, the basic functions of the system IPPS-A, including the calculation of salaries, staff requirements, and transfers from one place to another, working in normal mode. But senior military leadership decided the platform does not run. And rumor has it that the reason - its vulnerability to cyberattacks.
Washington Technology, in turn, reports that the Pentagon has extended the existing contract for ten years. The contractor eventually earn up to $ 500 million, and potential price platform will exceed $ 1 billion it is Expected that after the launch platform for the IPPS-A will increase the transparency of HR solutions in the United States army. This, in turn, will help the military Department effectively manage staff. So will be considered more extensive information about the soldier, including experience in the civilian sector, interests and Hobbies, personal qualities.