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Electronic Leave Test Smooth; August Shore Roll Out Planned

Navy NewsStand

Story Number: NNS100430-21
4/30/2010

By Wm. Cullen James, Navy Personnel Command Public Affairs

MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) -- The Navy has just completed a beta test of its Electronic Leave (e-leave) system which included more than 1,700 Sailors stationed in the Millington, Tenn., area.

E-leave is a web-based program that Sailors will be able to access through their Electronic Service Record (ESR) Self-Service account, with roll out at shore commands expected in August.

The beta test was conducted March 1 – April 13.

"Based on the metrics collected, 99.3 percent of all transactions were accepted and processed," said John Courtney, Navy Electronic Leave program manager at Navy Personnel Command. "These results far exceeded the 80 percent threshold defined by the test and evaluation master plan."

Of the few rejected leave transactions, only four failed because of application issues. Other failures were due to user intervention. All application issues were fixed prior to the end of the beta testing.

The Navy originally announced plans to phase out paper leave chits in NAVADMIN 103/10. The message noted that 21.6 percent of all annual pay transactions are for leave processing. E-leave is projected to save man-hours, processing time and make the process more convenient for the Sailor.

"I have great confidence in the system, and I have great confidence that it will work even better once Phase II enhancements are applied for August 2010 implementation," Courtney said.

Shore commands are scheduled to have access to the application after July 31. According to Courtney, it could take anywhere from 15-30 days for commands to fully implement the new system. Proof-in-concept testing is scheduled for October for afloat commands. Once approved, Courtney estimates that it will take about 24 months to complete the afloat implementation.

The new method will allow Sailors to electronically route leave chits though the chain of command for approval. It automates the command's leave control and ensures pay and entitlements are properly credited.

Prior to the program being pushed out to shore commands in August, another beta test is in the works starting May 7. This additional testing is being done in New Orleans and Gulfport, Miss., and will include about 2,500 Sailors.

"Although it will take a little extra work getting everything set up, after that we anticipate smooth sailing," Courtney said. "We received a comment from an admiral who input his own leave request and commented: 'So easy, even an admiral can do it!'"

Sailors who have not yet established a Self-Service ESR can create an account at http://nsips.nmci.navy.mil or on the Navy Standard Integrated Personnel System (NSIPS) server on board ships.

For more information, visit www.npc.navy.mil and click on messages.

For more news from Navy Personnel Command, visit www.navy.mil/local/npc/.