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instead of going through time-consuming manual
searches to find required data.
l The SDS allows its users to report gains, losses,
and other events with a single entry that updates the data
base. By reporting events on a single entry, often
duplicate reporting is eliminated. For instance, in the
past, members reporting for duty to a command would
require the completion of both a NAVCOMPT Form
3068 and a diary entry. This reporting can now be done
with a single SDS event entry. Master data bases at
BUPERS and DFAS - Cleveland Center continually
provide updates to the local data bases, so that PNs,
DKs, and other users of the system can provide Navy
members with accurate reflections of their official
records.
SOURCE DATA SYSTEM BENEFITS
The development and implementation of SDS
required a major investment of Navy resources. The
benefits, however, have continued to be far-reaching.
The improved timeliness and accuracy of BUPERS and
DFAS - Cleveland Center data affects every Navy
member and every naval activity. As a result of SDS,
the Navy is able to do the following:
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Calculate pay correctly at DFAS - Cleveland
Center, avoiding the need for field override of
pay
Prevent overpayments of separating members
Improve the distribution of Navy members and
manning of Navy activities
Realize efficiencies in the management of
Military Pay Navy (MPN) appropriation
Improve planning and management of Navy end
strength and recruiting goals
Improve pay and personnel service to every
Navy member
Navy men and women, such as yourself, when
serving in PASS offices, Naval Reserve activities, or
shipboard personnel and disbursing offices are part of
a large Navy team dedicated to the improvement of pay
and personnel support.
SDS is a tool to help you
provide this personnel support that your shipmates
need.
SOURCE DATA SYSTEM OVERVIEW
Whether located on a ship, in a PASS office, or GSS,
users of SDS operate the system through KVDTs and
printers located in their work spaces. On a ship,
terminals are connected to the Uniform Microcomputer
Disbursing System (UMIDS). (NOTE: Before
UMIDS, they were connected to onboard Shipboard
Nontactical Automated Data Processing (SNAP) Phase
I and II computers.) As technology advances, a better
system for transmitting information from units afloat
should be developed.
Terminals in PASS and GSS offices are linked by
telemmmunications to computers located at regional
processing centers, such as naval computer
telecommunication stations (NCTSs) and naval
d a t a a u t o m a t i o n f a c i l i t i e s ( N A V D A F s ) .
Telecommunications also link these regional
processing centers to the headquarters pay and
personnel systems.
The pay system, known as the Navy Joint
Uniform Military Pay System (JUMPS), is
managed by DFAS - Cleveland Center.
The personnel systems are the responsibility of
BUPERS and include Manpower and Personnel
Management Information System (MAPMIS)
and the Inactive Manpower and Personnel
Management Information System (IMAPMIS).
SOURCE DATA SYSTEM OPERATING
CONCEPTS
The SDS design recognizes the interdependence of
pay and personnel matters and provides a single,
integrated system to support both functions. SDS is a
standard system that supports both active and Reserve
forces, afloat and ashore. To help you understand SDS,
some basic concepts are explained in this section.
The Data Base
Information stored on the computer that supports
each PERSUPPDET, GSS, or shipboard office is
contained in a data base. The automated data base,
known as the Mini-Master, has a record for each Navy
member for which the PERSUPPDET, GSS, or ship is
responsible.
The data base contains both pay and
personnel information and is linked electronically to
BUPERS and DFAS - Cleveland Center, permitting the
field and headquarters to exchange information rapidly.
The data base contains data elements that the field users
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