As a result of the current Federal government funding situation, the information on this website may not be up to date or acted upon. Updates regarding government operating status and resumption of normal operations can be found at www.opm.gov . Despite the lapse in appropriations, IHS will continue to provide direct clinical health care services as well as referrals for contracted services that cannot be provided through IHS clinics. For more information on how IHS is impacted, visit: HHS Contingency Plan
Employee Resources
Example Documents for Hardship Notifications
- Sample Letters for Creditors, Mortgage Companies and Landlords [WORD - 85.5 KB]
- Sample Letter to Creditors from Employee in Excepted Status [WORD - 17 KB]
- Sample Letter to Creditors from Employee in Furlough Status [WORD - 17 KB]
- Access Management System (AMS) - ITAS, eOPF
- AFGE Labor Union
- Calendar of IHS Events
- VPN – Remote Access
- Concur Government Edition Travel System
- Directory
- Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF)
- Email Web Access (Note: Use this link to access your standard IHS email account)
- Federal Holidays
- HHS University
- Human Resources (HR) Information
- Help Desk
- Information Systems Security Awareness (ISSA)
- Information Technology Access Control (ITAC)
- ITAS for IHS (Requires network or VPN connection to access)
- Job Postings
- LISTSERV Email Groups
- myPay
- PRISM
- Privacy Act Office
- Report Fraud, Waste and Abuse
- Secure Data Transfer Service (Note: Use this link to securely transfer messages and/or large files)
- UFMS (Note: UFMS requires network or VPN connection to access)
- USPHS Commissioned Corps
- Webcident (Note: Webcident requires network or VPN connection to access)
OPM Federal
Government Status
All Federal Government, until further notice
Status: Due to a lapse in appropriations, Federal Government operations vary by agency.
Employees should refer to their home agency for guidance on reporting for duty.
Computer Security Incidents
If you become aware of a suspicious event or incident, you must immediately contact your site manager or local Information System Security Officer (ISSO) by email, phone, or in person. If you cannot reach your site manager or local ISSO, you can contact your Area ISSO or the IHS IRT.
You can report an incident using this Incident Reporting Form [PDF - 82 KB] or through the Online Incident Reporting Form [NOTE: IHS network access required].
