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DoD Civilian Acquisition WorkforcePersonnel Demonstration Project
(AcqDemo)
CAS2Net for Employees and Supervisors
Fall 2018
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Intended Audience and Expected Outcomes
• Intended Audience• Refresher course for Employees and Supervisors from existing organizations
who have received CAS2Net training before
• Expected Outcomes• Employees
• Transition to CAS2Net 2.0 and FRN Changes
• Understand how to use the Annual Review Self-Assessment module
• Understand how to view and print their Annual Assessments
• Supervisors
• Transition to CAS2Net 2.0 and FRN Changes
• Understand how to use the Annual Assessment module
• Understand how to view and print an Annual Assessment reports
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Agenda
• Transition to CAS2Net 2.0 and FRN Changes
• Access the CAS2Net website and Login to the system
• Use the Closeout Review module
• Use the Annual Appraisal module
• Review Reports
• Use the eDocuments module
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Transition to CAS2Net 2.0 - Employees
Event Timeframe Tool Actions
Start of FY19 AcqDemo
Cycle
1 October
2018
CAS2Net Users enter their FY19 Contribution
Plans and any Additional Feedback into
CAS2Net
Completion of FY18
AcqDemo Cycle
1 October
2018
CAS2Net Users enter their FY18 annual self-
assessments and generate related
reports in CAS2Net
CAS2Net Sunset 15 February
2019
CAS2Net none
CAS2Net 2.0 Fully
Deployed
February 2019 CAS2Net 2.0 Use CAS2Net 2.0 only
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Starting February 2019, the AcqDemo PMO will phase in the deployment of a new version of CAS2Net. You will benefit from a modernized application that will offer more functionalities, including a new look and feel. The new application will be known as “CAS2Net 2.0”. As we migrate to CAS2Net 2.0, it is important that you understand how to prepare for this transition.
Training will be available starting 2 October 2018. Please visit our website at acqdemo.hci.mil to learn more on CAS2Net 2.0 benefits, find training information, and understand how you can support this transition.
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Transition to CAS2Net 2.0 - Supervisors
Event Timeframe Tool Actions
Start of FY19
AcqDemo Cycle
1 October
2018
CAS2Net Users enter their FY19 Contribution
Plans and any Additional Feedback
into CAS2Net
Completion of FY18
AcqDemo Cycle
1 October
2018
CAS2Net Users conduct FY18 annual
assessments of employees, generate
related reports in CAS2Net, and
conduct other FY 18 cycle activities
CAS2Net Sunset 15 February
2019
CAS2Net none
CAS2Net 2.0 Fully
Deployed
February 2019 CAS2Net 2.0 Use CAS2Net 2.0 only
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Starting February 2019, the AcqDemo PMO will phase in the deployment of a new version of CAS2Net. You will benefit from a modernized application that will offer more functionalities, including a new look and feel. The new application will be known as “CAS2Net 2.0”. As we migrate to CAS2Net 2.0, it is important that you understand how to prepare for this transition.
Training will be available starting 2 October 2018. Please visit our website at acqdemo.hci.mil to learn more on CAS2Net 2.0 benefits, find training information, and understand how you can support this transition.
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Changes due to Federal Register (FRN) Changes
• Very High Scores
• Performance Rating
Note: Temporary Promotions are completed in Data Maintenance by your Pay Pool Administrator
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Login• Access the CAS2Net site by going to the following URL: https://acqdemoii.army.mil; (Note: CAS2Net is
hosted on an Army server but services all DoD AcqDemo participants)
• Contact your pay pool data maintainer if you can’t access the site
• The Usage Policy screen is shown
• Click “I Agree” button to continue
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Login• Select one of your installed CAC digital certificates and click the OK button
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• If prompted, enter your CAC PIN
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Successful Login Screen• CAS2Net successfully logs the user in and displays the “Welcome” screen.
• First time login requests for email address
• Navigation options are on the left and top right and the modules listed depend on user role.
• If you are an employee, you will see the “Welcome” screen with only the “Employee Menu” displayed on the navigation bar to the left
• If you are an employee and a supervisor, you will see the Employee Menu and Supervisor Menu on the left
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Change Own EmailOnce entered, you have an opportunity to edit your own email address from the “Welcome Screen”: click on “Change Email”, enter new email, then “submit”
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AcqDemo Website Link• AcqDemo Program Office web site is now linked from the logo atop
CAS2Net pages: click to access AcqDemo website
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Time Out Alert
After 10 minutes of inactivity, you will see this alert that the session is about to expire
Simply click OK to keep your session active
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Employee Self-Assessment• The self-assessment screen
displays information about the employee in the header and the current contribution plan (if any) in a box below the header. The Contribution Planning box is grayed out to indicate it cannot be changed using this screen.
• There is a tab for each factor for the employee to enter their self-assessment. The employee can enter up to 4000 characters for each factor (counting non-printable characters such as line returns).
• Hot links bring up separate screens with the descriptors and discriminators for the factor as well as the Performance Appraisal Quality Levels (PAQL)
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Descriptors and Discriminators
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• Review the Expected Contribution Criteria• Review the Classification Level and Appraisal Descriptors and Discriminators• Review the Very High Scores
NOTE: the level descriptors are written at the top of the level, but the Very High (VH) scores are written at the level specified: VH-L, VH-M, and VH-H.
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Performance Appraisal Quality Levels (PAQL)
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• View the PAQL• View the Performance Appraisal Quality Level Criteria
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Self-Assessment Report• The report shows the text for all three factors
• There can be up to 4000 characters per factor, including non-printable characters such as line feeds
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Supervisor Modules
• Here is the Welcome Screen for a supervisor
• Click on the Annual Appraisal link to start the appraisal process
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List of Employees Rated by Supervisor: Status of Self-Assessments Dashboard
• Employees who have been in AcqDemo for less than 90 days receive presumptive ratings equal to their expected score
• Employees who have been in AcqDemo, but who are at the workplace less than 90 days (schooling or deployed reservist) receive a presumptive score that is either their last score or expected score, depending on the supervisor’s input; note that one self-assessment is complete
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Supervisor Annual Assessment Screen
Note header information and Contribution Plan at the top.
Contribution Plan and Employee Self-Assessment are grayed out to indicate that they cannot be changed in this module.
Note one tab for each of the three factors.
Select PAQL from dropdown options.
Once the supervisor has entered scores or PAQL, the employee cannot modify his or her self-assessment.
Supervisor can restore rating to “unrated” to allow employee to modify self-assessment.
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Annual Appraisal
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When saved, the supervisor annual appraisal status dashboard and reports will show this information
The system prevents the supervisor from making the appraisal available to the employee too early
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Supervisor Annual Appraisal
The appraisal report will be released when certified by Pay Pool manager
The pay pool administrator must have checked the “release assessment reports to employee” box
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Supervisor List of Employees Showing the Annual Appraisal as Complete for One Employee
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Note that pay pool business rules determine who does the numerical rating. For this pay pool, numerical ratings are done in the sub-panel meeting
The Status report includes indicators for PAQL Status
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eDocuments Module
At year end, the Employee and 1st Level Supervisor will sign the Annual Appraisal and save it in the CAS2Net Document Repository. A manager’s signature is optional. Users may click the eDocuments link in the navigation menu bar to access the CAS2Net Document Repository
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eDocuments Module
• You’ll need to get the Annual Appraisal to attach your signature. For the first person to sign, CAS2Net provides a report link to generate the PDF file.
• Click the Generate Adobe PDF File link to produce an unsigned copy of the CAS2Net report “Appraisal Parts I,II, and III”
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eDocuments Module
If a signed copy of the Annual Appraisal has already been saved, you’ll need to add your signature to same document.
Right click the File Name link to download the previously signed copy of the CAS2Net report “Appraisal Parts I,II, and III”.
This example will now follow “ Aaron Arndt” through the rest of the process
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Use Adobe Pro to Sign the Appraisal
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• Use Windows File Explorer to locate the PDF file
• Right click on file name and select Edit with Adobe Acrobat
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Use Adobe Pro to Sign the Appraisal –
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• Click the Sign button
• Click Sign with Certificate under the Work with Certificates tab
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Use Adobe Pro to Sign the Appraisal
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The message box below appears.
• Click the Drag New Signature Rectangle … button
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Use Adobe Pro to Sign the Appraisal
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• Choose the certificate from the Sign As: dropdown box
• Click the Sign button
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Save the Signed File
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• At the prompt to save, either leave the file name as is or choose a new one.
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Upload the Signed File
Use the Browser to locate the file you just signed.
Click Upload File to make the file available for the next person to sign it or to make it available for sending to the employee’s eOPF
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