PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-744
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 744
NOVEMBER 2014
57
PS 744
NOV 14
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eed to fnd Army policies on specifc topics, but the thought oF wading through
years oF oFfcial regs and pubs gives you hives?
Good news! The Logistics Innovation Agency (LIA), a feld operating agency
oF Army G4, with sponsorship by the OFfce oF the Administrative Assistant to the
Secretary oF the Army, created the Enterprise Policy Interactive Capability (EPIC)
search tool to solve these kinds oF problems.
EPIC is a web-based tool that makes searching multiple Army policies and
regulations a snap. It can save you tons oF time when you need to pluck specifc
inFo From All Army Activities (ALARACTs) messages, Army regulations, Army
pamphlets or Army directives, etc.
EPIC Functions like popular commercial search engines, but Focuses its search on
Army publications.
You can search by words or phrases, and EPIC retrieves any relevant paragraph(s)
From oFfcial publications.
Search results will show:
± ±
•
± the±primary±proponent±of±the±regulation±(G-1,±SecArmy,±etc).
± ±
•
± the±regulation’s±name/number.
± ±
•
± a±brief±synopsis±of±the±return±results.
Advanced Search
IF
you
want
even
more
control
over
your
results,
choose
the
Advanced
Search
button below the search
box. You can choose to
show only ALARACTs,
For example, limit the
number oF search results,
or do a more limited text
search.
Search Box
The
easiest
way
to
search EPIC is to enter
a word or phrase into the
search box at the top oF
any page. Then press the
SEARCH button on the
screen or press the Enter
key on your keyboard to
see a list oF excerpts From
documents that contain
the word or words From
your search.
On the home page, you
can quickly include or
exclude organizations to
narrow down your search
From the start.
Check the “Select All”
or “Deselect All” boxes
to
select
or
deselect
entire columns, or click
individual
checkboxes
to
include
or
exclude
individual organizations.
IF you don’t check any
boxes, your search will
include all organizations.
EPIC
:
The
Ultimate
Army Policy
Search Tool
EPIC
:
The
Ultimate
Army Policy
Search Tool
Advanced±search±options±help±narrow±results
Hover±mouse±over±
acronym±to±reveal±
full±name
Simply±enter±your±search±term±
in±EPIC’s±main±search±box
Logistics Management…
Must find…
armY policy…
Must find…
ARMy policy…
Sergeant
Cooper?
Sergeant
Cooper!
you can
break out of
that slow-mo
search mode
by using EPIC
instead. I’ll
show you how!
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