<p> TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION DATE: October 1, 2015</p><p>CHAPTER 600 – MISSION SUPPORT</p><p>70 – Personnel</p><p>70.1 Request for Personnel Actions</p><p>70.1.1 Abbreviations and Acronyms.</p><p>TIGTA – Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration</p><p>BFS/ARC – Bureau of the Fiscal Service/Administrative Resource Center</p><p>HR – Human Resources</p><p>LWOP – Leave Without Pay</p><p>70.1.2 Introduction. This section establishes procedures for managers to request personnel actions. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) personnel actions are processed by the Bureau of the Fiscal Service/Administrative Resource Center (BFS/ARC). Managers initiate these actions in HR Connect.</p><p>70.1.3 Authorities. 5 Code of Federal Regulations 300, 316, and 335.</p><p>70.1.4 Management Responsibilities. Management will prepare a request for personnel action and forward it to BFS/ARC following internal routing processes established by each functional office, e.g., Audit, Investigations, etc. All requested actions must be received by BFS/ARC no later than the Monday before the proposed effective date. </p><p>Managers may designate office Managers and/or office Assistants as “proxies” to initiate actions on their behalf in HR Connect. To assign proxy rights to an office Manager or office Assistant, the manager should initiate these rights without granting approval rights. When manager’s proxy initiates a position description classification request or a recruit request, the manager will receive an email message notifying them that the action was submitted, as long as the proxy enters the manager’s full email address in the email field within the action.</p><p>Managers should also designate at least one (1) fellow manager as their delegate to approve personnel actions in their absence. The manager will need to use the “Pick a Proxy” feature to select the delegate who will act in the manager’s absence by selecting the “Approval” role. Delegates should notate in the “Comments” area that they are serving as a delegate when approving personnel actions.</p><p>Operations Manual 1 Chapter 600 TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION DATE: October 1, 2015 An online “Manager Self Service User’s Manual” is located on TIGTA’s BFS/ARC customer access page. This Manual provides instructions on how to use HR Connect to request personnel actions. </p><p>70.1.5 BFS/ARC Responsibilities. The BFS/ARC personnel will review all requests for personnel actions submitted by management, and will contact the requestor if additional information is needed. BFS/ARC will also provide advice and assistance to management in the completion of requests and required attachments and/or documentation, if needed.</p><p>70.1.6 Employee Responsibilities. Employees will provide applicable supporting documentation for resignations, retirements, LWOP actions, name change requests, etc. Employees will also provide a forwarding address to their managers for resignations, retirements, or LWOP actions.</p><p>Operations Manual 2 Chapter 600</p>