The NIH authoritative sources from which Beacon HR downloads data are HRDB, FPS, NED, and NVISTAS. For each of these sources, only IC specific information is downloaded.
HRDB (updated by CAPHR) is Beacon HR’s source for information about general hire employees, including General Schedule, General Wage, Commissioned Officers, and others. This information is downloaded bi-weekly, at the end of each pay period.
FPS (Fellowship Payment System) stores Information about visiting fellows, including their stipend and sponsorship information.
NED (NIH Enterprise Directory) is used as a source to download information about contractors and other special volunteers. Because these are not direct hire employees, there is no payroll or FTE information available for these employees. Beacon HR also pulls in locator information from NED for every employee that is active in Beacon HR and who has a corresponding NED ID.
NVISTAS stores the VISA information of foreign appointments directly from DIS.