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                    | Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF) |  
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                  | Your electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF) will be available to the Promotion
                      Boards for review. The eOPF includes documents such as your Commissioned Officers'
                      Effectiveness Reports (COERs), Promotion Information Report (PIR), Curriculum Vitae
                      (CV), license and certifications, and educational information. Please review
                          your eOPF for accuracy as soon as possible! To ensure documents are included
                      in your eOPF for promotion board review, you 
                          must fax materials to OCCO to either one of
                      the following eOPF fax numbers no later
                          than the deadline on the 
                              Promotion Checklist: |  
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                    | Fax:        301-480-1436       or
                                   301-480-1407 |  
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                    | Please include your name, PHS number, and category on the upper right-hand corner
                            of all sheets. The fax cover sheet
                            should have the officer’s name and PHS number, as well as the types of documents
                            being faxed. The faxed documents enter an electronic workflow (no paper
                        copies are produced). Thus, the resulting images are only as good as the fax machine
                        used to submit the documents (streaks, crooked pages, etc., originate with the officer’s
                        machine). Documents with various shades of contrast, highlighter marking, etc.,
                            do not fax well and cannot be read. OCCO relies on each officer to
                        serve as the "quality assurance" check for his/her own eOPF. Officers are encouraged
                        to print a fax confirmation sheet from their fax to verify documents were successfully
                        faxed to OCCO. |  
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                    | Do not fax your documents mixed with
                            documents from another officer. Mixed documents are very difficult
                        for our file technicians to identify and index to the correct eOPF. |  
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                    | Officers are strongly encouraged to
                            review the images in their eOPF to ensure that documents submitted were received
                            (please allow 2-4 weeks for documents to appear in the eOPF), and that the eOPF
                            is in proper order. NOTE: OCCO will 
                                NOT accept photographs, publication reprints, program agendas, and general
                                promotion recommendations other than the Reviewing Official’s Statement for inclusion
                                in the eOPF. Please submit documents as early as possible as the
                        eOPF lines are extremely busy at the end of December. |  
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                    | If an officer believes that his/her eOPF contains errors, email concerns to OCCO
                        at phsopffix@hhs.gov. |  
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