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to the "POINTER VIEW"April 26, 2002
Return
to the "POINTER VIEW"
April
26, 2002
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Army News Service) -- Users visiting the Personnel Command home page, www.perscom.army.mil, will see a new look beginning May 6.
"Step one is to provide our users with a better organized and more user-friendly site," said Col. Chuck Triplett, PERSCOM Chief Information Officer.
The front page will still maintain popular links to promotions and school lists, Army Knowledge online, Assignment Satisfaction Key and Official Military Personnel File. The big changes will be in how we have organized the page Triplett added.
"It’s like reading a newspaper," Triplett said. "We want the most important information to be up front and above the fold. We know the Army depends on PERSCOM to have promotion and school information avaliable at all times."
The page will be broken down into officer, enlisted, and soldier, family and veteran information.
Officers can browse directly into branch newsletters, career field designation, Colonels division, evaluations, schools and training. Enlisted surfers similarly can find newsletters, drill sergeant information, evaluations and promotions, recruiting information, schools and training.
Soldier, family and veterans information will link to information such as PERSCOM’s awards and casualty branches, Army education, personnel records, and retiree services.
Some of the big improvements to the site will be a better and more friendly search feature, a PERSCOM guide for visitors and newcomers, and an A to Z listing, officials said.
All of the links into PERSCOM directorates will remain unchanged for the present, PERSCOM officials said. They have established a work group to continue to improve the Web site and said future versions will incorporate features such as a MyPERSCOM feature which will allow a soldier to customize and access personnel information in a way that best meets their needs.
In addition, the TAGD Online site for the adjutant general was just redesigned about six weeks ago. It can be accessed at www.perscom.army.mil or through PERSCOM Online by clicking on The Adjutant General Directorate.
Editor’s note: Information provided by PERSCOM public affairs.