P 082026Z FEB 13
FM DFAS CLEVELAND OH
TO AIG 4676
AIG 4678

SUBJ/CALENDAR YEAR CHANGES TO SPECIAL LEAVE ACCRUAL (SLA) FY 12
END PROCESSING//
MILITARY PAY ADVISORY 04/13//
REF/A/MSG/DFAS CLEVELAND OH/141748Z SEP 12//
REF/B/MSG/DFAS CLEVELAND OH/121818Z OCT 12//
NARR/REF A IS THE MILITARY PAY ADVISORY 42/12 WHICH PERTAINS
TO SPECIAL LEAVE ACCRUAL (SLA) FY END PROCESSING
INFORMATION. REF B IS THE MILITARY PAY ADVISORY 55/12 MODIFICATION
TO MPA 42/12 SPECIAL LEAVE ACCRUAL (SLA) FY 12 END PROCESSING
INFORMATION//
POC/CLIFF BROWNING/DFAS-JFLS/CL/FIELD SERVICES DIVISION/
TEL: DSN 580-5886/TEL:COMM:216-522-5886//
RMKS/1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ADVISORY IS TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE
FOR SUBMITTING SLA PROCESSING REQUESTS TO DFAS CLEVELAND AFTER
1 JANUARY 2013.
2. PER REF A, SLA REQUESTS APPROVED AFTER 31 DECEMBER 2012 CAN NO
LONGER BE SIGNED BY DIRECTION AND INSTEAD MUST BE SIGNED BY
COMMANDING OFFICER OR HIGHER, SUCH AS ECHELON II AUTHORITY.
3. COMMANDS SERVICED BY A PSD WILL SUBMIT INDIVIDUAL LETTERS AND
REQUESTS FOR EACH MEMBER (FOR SUBMISSIONS UP TO TEN (10) MEMBERS)
AUTHORIZED SLA IN THE FORMAT OUTLINED IN REF A.
4. FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND AUDIT READINESS PURPOSES, SLA MASS
TRANSACTIONS OF ELEVEN (11) OR MORE MEMBERS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED
VIA EXCEL SPREADSHEET FORMATTED WITH FIVE (5) XLS COLUMN HEADERS.
5. THE COLUMNS SHOULD BE LISTED AS SSN, FULL NAME, TYPE OF CASE,
RECEIVED VIA (ADSN) AND REMARKS (QUAL RSN AND NUMBER OF DAYS
CARRIED FWD).
6. MASS TRANSACTION SUBMISSIONS AND COMMAND LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED
VIA DWOWS TO DEPARTMENT JFLF AND CLERK CODE MST AS OUTLINED IN REF B
AND MUST BE FOLLOWED BY AN EMAIL TO CCL-MB-DWOWS@DFAS.MIL REQUESTING
TO LOAD EACH INDIVIDUAL SLA CASE INTO THE DWOWS SYSTEM VIA JMFI INPUT.
7. COMMANDS SERVICED BY A PSD WILL SUBMIT THE EXCEL SPREADSHEET
VIA TOPS TO THE PSD.
8. REQUEST WIDEST DISSEMINATION.//