FMS Payments Functional & Technical Sessions

Purpose

Why Should I Attend?

On March 23rd, 2012, Commissioner Dave Lebryk, signed a follow-up memo to the January 14th, 2011, memo emphasizing the deadline of October 1, 2014. All FPAs will be required to submit valid component TAS/BETC information on all transaction types, including payments. To comply with this requirement, Agencies will be required to define TAS/BETC information in any FMS payment applications. In addition, Agencies will be required to submit payment data using standard input formats. The formats will report your agency's TAS/BETC information to Governmentwide Accounting (GWA/CARS) in order to satisfy the CARS reporting requirements. To view the memos: http://fms.treas.gov/cfo_lttr.html

Functional vs. Technical Sessions

Functional: Focus on high-level application overview, time-line, and changes to internal application screens. The target audience: Individuals who have access and work with the payment application(s) on a day to day basis.
Technical: Focus on technical changes for each application, including a walkthrough of file format data elements for the application upload files. Target audience: Individuals who are responsible for making the program changes.

Which Session Should I Attend?

Functional: Certifying Officers, Accounting Staff, Disbursing Officers, Data Entry Operators, Management, or those who need a high level understanding of the October 2014 mandate or FMS 2012 Agency Outreach efforts.
Technical: Programmers and Subject Matter Experts who understand the payments process, or individuals who have a direct knowledge of the current format used to submit bulk files to Treasury.

Participating Applications

Functional: Governmentwide Accounting (GWA/CARS), Secure Payment System (SPS), International Treasury Services (ITS.gov), Automated Standard Application for Payments (ASAP), Do Not Pay, and GoDirect.
Technical: Governmentwide Accounting (GWA/CARS), Secure Payment System (SPS), Payment Application Modernization/Payment Information Repository (PAM/PIR), and International Treasury Services (ITS.gov).

Session Dates: We recommended that you only attend ONE session based on your knowledge base. Your agency counterparts may attend the other.

Session Materials and Logistics

Presentation materials and logistical information will be provided to registered participants via email one week prior to the scheduled Functional or Technical session.

How to Register

Register for the one day session online using the form below.

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