CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN (CTAP) WEBSITE

Text Box: United States
Department of
Agriculture

Office of the
Assistant Secretary
for Administration

Office of
Human Capital Management

1400 Independence
Avenue, SW
Washington, DC
20250-9600

CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN (CTAP) WEBSITE

This web site will assist human resources (HR) specialists within the Department of Agriculture (USDA) find surplus letters quickly. Below is a listing of the contact information on current CTAP letters, including state, city, human resources’ contact names (one primary and one alternate contact) and phone numbers, current series and grade, and date of eligibility.

In order to ensure that no CTAP eligible is overlooked, the following instructions are required:

Submission of Information

The USDA HR offices will be responsible for submitting the above-mentioned contact information when a surplus letter is issued, rescinded, or once the employee is separated. When a mission area/agency HR office receives updated information regarding the status of an employee, he or she must e-mail and/or fax the information to the Office of Human Capital Management (OHCM). The HR contact information needs to be received by OHCM within two business days of receipt of the surplus letter issued. OHCM will have three business days to post the HR contact information on the CTAP web site.

Mission area/agency HR staff needs to check the CTAP web site continuously, to ensure information is current and accurate. OHCM will ensure that the HR contact information is implemented, updated, and maintained on the OHCM web site. The CTAP information has been incorporated in the revised USDA CTAP Departmental Regulation.

Format of Contact Information

The format for submitting information may be just a straight list of the state, city, human resources’ contact names and phone numbers, current series and grade, and date of eligibility. It is imperative to identify your alternate. An example is shown below:

Current CTAP Letter Issuance

Date Request is Issued

State: DC

City: Washington

HR Contact: Jennifer Roberts, Phone Number: (202) 720-0000

Alternate HR Contact: Michael Smith, Phone Number: (202) 720-0001

Series: 201

Grade: 13

Date of Eligibility: June 1, 2007

Office of Human Capital Management Contact Information

HR Specialists should send additions and deletions to:

Cecilia Matthews

Fax: (202) 720-2044

E-mail: cecilia.matthews@usda.gov

SURPLUS LETTERS ISSUED

November 10, 2009

State	City	HR Contact and Alternate Name	HR Contact and Alternate Telephone Number	Series/Grade	Date of Eligibility
Alabama	Andalusia	Patty Sheppard	(334) 279-3426	1101/05	01/08/09
Alabama	Andalusia	Lisa Kamnikar	(334) 279-3405	1101/05	01/08/09
Alaska
Arizona	Maricopa	Shannon Montgomery	(612) 370-2010 ext. 2515	0701/12	08/27/07
Arizona	Maricopa	Yvonne Martin	(612) 370-2010 ext. 2578	0701/12	08/27/07
	Phoenix	Adele Dixon	(612) 336-3348	1980/09	09/27/09
	Phoenix	Martha Gravagna	(612) 336-3355	1980/09	09/27/09
Arkansas	Little Rock	Sheila Meehling	(612) 336-3361	0404/05	12/02/08
Arkansas	Little Rock	Barbara Lutz	(612) 336-3280	0404/05	12/02/08
California
Colorado	Greeley	Sarah Belt	(720) 544-2908	1165/12	09/01/07
		Laurie Batcheller	(720) 544-2922	1165/12	09/01/07
		Vickie Schofield	(816) 926-6668	1165/11	09/15/08
		Ranay Brady	(816) 926-6118	1165/11	09/15/08
	Colorado Springs	Vickie Schofield	(816) 926-6668	301/12	9/14/09
	Colorado Springs	Doug Dienhart	(816) 926-3152	301/12	9/14/09
Connecticut
Delaware
DC
Florida	Orland	Lynn McDonald	(612) 336-3358	1702/7	03/02/09
Florida	Orland	Cindy Edmond	(612) 336-3350	5048/6	03/02/09
Georgia
Hawaii	Honokaa	Shannon Montgomery	(612) 370-2010 ext. 2515	1862/09	06/10/07
	Honokaa	Yvonne Martin	(612) 370-2010 ext. 2578	1862/09	06/10/07
	Honolulu	Rita Atta	(301) 504-1550	0440/15	6/15/09
		Cindy Prucha	(301) 504-1581	0404/6	7/7/09
				0404/7	7/7/09
				0404/9	7/9/09
				0404/7	7/9/09
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri	Houston	Linda Zamarione	(314) 335-8556	1165/12	10/23/07
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico	Carlsbad	Laurie Batcheller	(720) 544-2908	1165/11	09/01/07
	Carlsbad	Sarah Belt	(720) 544-2922	1165/11	09/01/07
	Deming	Laurie Batcheller	(720) 544-2908	1165/7	09/02/07
	Deming	Sarah Belt	(720) 544-2922	1165/7	09/02/07
	Espanola	Laurie Batcheller	(720) 544-2908	1101/07	07/08/07
	Espanola	Sarah Belt	(720) 544-2922	1101/07	07/08/07
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina	Conway	Montsie Yarborough	(803) 253-3993	1165/09	12/18/07
South Carolina	Conway	Debbie Shealy	(803) 253-3038	1165/09	12/18/07
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington	Northbend	Frank Gomez	(505) 563-9269	0807/11	12/01/08
Washington	Northbend	Sandra Mathis	(360) 891-5071	0807/11	12/01/08
West Virginia
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	Frank Gomez	(505) 563-9269	0203/05	02/20/07
	Milwaukee	Greg Orr	(505) 563-9249	0201/09	02/20/07
	Waupun	Heidi Bock	(612) 336-3343	486/11	09/14/09
	Waupun	Brian Zingler	(612) 336-3371	486/11	09/14/09
	Waupun	Heidi Bock	(612) 336-3343	326/05	10/28/09
	Waupun	Brian Zingler	(612) 336-3371	326/05	10/28/09
Wyoming	Laramie	Keli Martin	(301) 504-1584	1640/11 0414/12 0404/01 0404/05 0404/06 0404/07 0404/08 0404/09 0401/11 0403/11 0403/13 0403/14 1105/06 0318/06 0525/05 0701/11 0701/12 0326/04	10/23/09
Wyoming	Laramie	Marilyn Stetka	(301) 504-1408		10/23/09