AKO Army iPERMS Review

This post features the review about the iPERMS or Interactive Personnel Electronics Records Management System. If it is your first time hearing the term, it is time for you to educate yourself by reading the entire post.

Definition

iPERMS is the abbreviation of Interactive Personnel Electronics Records Management System. This one is known as a record management system. The ones that usually use it are the army of the United States of America. Thanks to the system that is supported online, its accessibility is great.

As it has great accessibility, everyone, who is authorized, is able to access the system even if they are living at a place that is quite far away. The main purpose of this creation is to offer a great system for the army in the United States. It is designed to make sure that all the records related to all army divisions are included in the system. It is actually helpful as it makes it easier for the records to be stored in the system, meaning they are able to be accessed easily.

Almost every organization and almost everyone in the United States has all ensured that they support technology. The decision was made because the advantages of it are undoubtedly real. Every personal record related to all divisions of the Army are secure and stored well and there is no obstacle to access it. Everyone who is currently serving in the army can also take the advantage of this system as they are also allowed to get the access to the best services in place.

iPERMS is used by each and every department, including the human resource. It is the reason why the service delivery is swift and timely. The platform that is available on iPERMS can be used by the authorized staff in the army to access any information that is within the scope. It means there is no need for people to go to the physical location to get a certain file. Thankfully, the files and documents are arranged well so that finding a certain file or document will not take too much time. On the other hand, everything can be done remotely under high security. With that being said, it can be concluded that the files and the documents can only be seen by the authorized users only.

It is believed that iPERMS is the most secure way to save the records related to the army as the only ones that have the privilege to see them are the authorized users. In the past, the records were used to be placed in the files that could be accessed by anyone. Since then, the system has improved a lot by adding some features that make sure the records today that are saved in the system will not be taken by the wrong people. One of the things that have been added is the tracking system with the use to ensure that any changes made to the documents in terms of retrieval, importation and exportation are trailed. This one is also effective to prevent some cases from happening such as abuse of the entire process. It is basically useful to ensure the integrity of the documents.

iPERMS is currently considered as the best file management system in the army due to its role as a place to manage a lot of files in one place. This system has made a certain division to experience the perks of having technology. Years ago, it took a long time for the individual to get the service, making them feel stressed. The requests sent by the soldiers to the administration were a lot. In this modern era, everything is easier and the time to do everything is reduced.

Requesting for iPERMS Access

For those who want to get Active and Reserve iPERMS access, it is needed for you to submit a completed DD Form 2875 to usarmy.knox.hrc.mbx.iperms-accounts@mail.mil. As for the requests for the National Guard access, it can be sent to Ng.ncr.arng.mbx.ngb-perms-ngb-arng@mail.mil.

Each training requirement has to be completed and annotated on the DD Form 2875. In case there are any changes to your duties, scope or unit assignment, please get a new DD Form 2875.

In order to keep your access current, it is a must for you to log in to iPERMS at https://iperms.hrc.army.mil/rms for a minimum of once every 90 days. In case you lost the iPERMS access for any reason, you will have to resubmit a DD Form 2875 to be able to access it again. The blank DD Form 2875 is able to be found at here. Keep in mind that the supervisors have to be in the grade of E7/GS-11 or higher to be able to approve the requests for access to iPERMS.

Training Requirements

If you want to access iPERMS, the required training for the role that your position requires you has to be completed. You can complete one time iPERMS training requirements on the web based training site of iPERMS, which requires you a CAC for login. Remember to only complete the training that is required for the role that you will be requesting on the DD Form 2875.

In addition, you will also have to complete the Annual Cyber Awareness Training. For the National Guard Access, PII training is also required. For it, you can request the access by sending an email to Ng.ncr.arng.mbx.ngb-perms-ngb-arng@mail.mil.

System Requirements

Internet Explorer is the best browser for iPERMS. If you use the other ones such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or some other ones, your iPERMS session will have limited capability. The errors or distortions might happen.

Product:

Army Golden Master SHB-A Windows 10 Enterprise

Microsoft Windows OS – version 10 (Windows 10)

Internal Memory/RAM – 4 GB (minimum requirement)

Internet Explorer – version 11

Java – v.8 update 162 (or latest release) is preferred