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28 Section 4. The Employer agrees that the use of time off from work as an incentive is an excellent tool for increasing the productivity and creativity of BUEs by rewarding their contributions to the quality, efficiency, or economy of government operations. Time off awards shall be administered and scheduled in accordance with applicable law, rule , and regulation. Section 5. The Employer agrees to administer all recognition and awards evenly and fairly as to not discriminate against any BUE. ARTICLE 18 EMPLOYEE RECORDS Section 1. Electronic Official Person nel Folder (eOPF) The electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF) is the electronic version of the hardcopy employee official personnel folder, the official record of the employee Federal work career. The eOPF system contains the employee personnel docu ments in a secure environment, allowing immediate access and capability to search for documents located in the employee record. eOPF is in compliance with Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and federally mandated HR employee record management regulations , integration with the agency Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) (e.g. Defense Civilian Personnel Data System (DCPDS) and Employee Benefit Information System (EBIS)). The long - term records in the file are included to protect the legal and financial rights of the government and the employee. Section 2. Access to your eOPF is by Government computer only. eOPF allows each employee to have immediate electronic access to their personnel folder; provides e - mail notification to employees when documents a re added to their eOPFs; and the ability to view or print all documents from the eOPF. Employees are able to view their own eOPFs through the eOPF application at https://eopf1.nbc.gov/army/ . For technical ass istance for the eOPF the employee may contact the eOPF Helpdesk at 1 - 866 - 275 - 8518 or via email eOPF_hd@Telesishq.com . Employee guidance and information is posted at the CPOL website: http://cpol.army.mil/libra ry/general/eOPF/ . Section 3. Material placed in office records shall comply with the applicable provisions of the Privacy Act and its implementing regulations and this Agreement.

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