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- Visit CDC.gov for Coronavirus (COVID-19) Public Health Updates
As Public Health Service Officers and America’s Health Responders, we stand ready to preserve public health and national security during national or global health emergencies. Our mission is to be out the door as soon as requested, as this is an “all hands on deck” situation. All Corps officers were placed on involuntary deploy or "alert" status effective Wednesday, March 25, 2020, irrespective of the 'on-call month' status. Under Commissioned Corps Directive 121.02, "Deployment and Readiness," as directed by Assistant Secretary for Health, Commissioned Corps Headquarters will deploy Commissioned Corps officers assigned to HHS OpDivs/StaffDivs, either voluntarily or involuntarily and without supervisory approval, who are not considered mission critical, for deployments, under the current National Emergency. Mission critical requests sent to CCHQ are not final until the request is approved by the CCHQ Director as per the POM 821.76 ”Deployment Procedures”. An officer with a non-HHS organization may be deployed in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement/Understanding between the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the non-HHS organization.
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Promotion Information
Commissioned Officer’s Effectiveness Report (COER)
COERs are used by Promotion Boards to evaluate and score Precept 1: Performance. Therefore, the importance of having all required Annual COERs on file for at least the last 5 years (as applicable) cannot be overstated. All officers are strongly recommended to ensure that the most recent COER is on file, even if an Annual COER was not required. For temporary grade promotion, officers must have all required Annual COERs on file in the eOPF for the last 5 years (as applicable). For permanent grade promotion, the most recent COER must be on file and satisfactory or marginal. For non-competitive promotion, all required Annual COERs must be on file, the current COER must have an overall score of satisfactory or marginal.
The COER is located in the COER section of the eOPF. ALL officers (regardless of date of entry onto active duty) who are eligible for competitive promotion are strongly recommended to have a recent Annual COER in their eOPF.
All Paper COERs must be processed through the HHS OPDIV/STAFFDIV or non-HHS organization channels and Commissioned Corps Agency Liaisons who will send to DCCPR. COERs must be received submitted to CCHQ no later than the deadline on the Promotion checklist to ensure availability for the Promotion Boards. Please note, agency liaisons may put in place earlier deadlines than the promotion checklist.
It is the officer’s responsibility to ensure that all required COERs are on file in his/her eOPF. Officers are encouraged to access their latest COER in the eOPF and review each page to ensure that the document has been satisfactorily archived. Officers should also ensure that COERs from the last 5 years (as applicable) are on file in their eOPF. For temporary grade promotion, missing COERs within the last 5 years will result in not being promoted regardless of score and ranking, and may affect the ability to receive awards or special pays. For all types of promotion, failure to have the required annual COERs on file will result in removal from the promotion pool at the end of the Promotion Board review, regardless of score and ranking.
Promotion-related questions about the COER may be directed to PHSPromotions@hhs.gov.
For further guidance regarding the COER, contact your Commissioned Corps Liaison.
Promotion Instructions are available on the Commissioned Corps Issuance System (CCIS).
- Select "Commissioned Corps Issuance System" from the link bar at the top of this page.
- Click on "Table of Contents."
- Click on the "+" next to "Book 3: Personnel Management."
- Click on Chapter 3: Promotions and Reductions.
- Click the "+" next to the topic of interest related to promotions. The section title will turn blue.
- Double click the blue section title and refer to the policy governing this process.
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COMMISSIONED CORPS NEWS
January 2021: United States Public Health Commissioned Corps Doctrine
The link above will take you to the Noncompetitive Promotion Roster for Promotion Year 2020.
October 1, 2020 Noncompetitive Promotion Results are Available!
The link above will take you to the Noncompetitive Promotion Roster for Promotion Year 2020.
2020 Temporary Grade Promotion Results are Available!
2020 temporary grade promotion lists are now available on the Promotion Results webpage...
FAQs Practice Hours and Special Pay Changes
This is first in a series of FAQs, more FAQs will be forthcoming on Practice Hours and Special Pays.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Mission - Deployments Readiness Updates
As we position ourselves to assist with controlling the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), please note that we’re in an “all-hands on deck” status. Messaging has gone out from the Assistant Secretary for Health reminding Commissioned Corps officers of their deployment responsibilities...
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