Payment Application Modernization (PAM)

2013 PAM Webinar Sessions

Webinar Objective
These webinars are being held to provide Federal Program Agencies (FPAs) with training on the payment application changes related to the Governmentwide Accounting (GWA/CARS) Treasury Account Symbol/Business Event Type Code (TAS/BETC) reporting requirement which will impact their payment processing.

First Hour Overview of PAM:

• Overview of the PAM project including upcoming releases, time-lines, data flow, and Agency outreach efforts.
• Identify Agencies who need to become CARS Reporters and who need to start reporting TAS/BETC’s to GWA/CARS by October 2014 utilizing the PAM Standard Payment Request (SPR).
• Recommended participation for Overview of PAM:
• Individuals who need a high level overview and understanding of PAM.
• Individuals responsible for the allocation of resources in order to comply with the October 2014 mandate.
• CFO Letter March 2012
• Individuals who need more information on Treasury’s 2013 Agency TAS/BETC preparedness.

Second Hour Technical Walkthrough:

• Educate Agencies who are currently submitting bulk payment files to Treasury, by providing an update on the programming requirements required to convert to the SPR format.
• Walkthrough of the SPR format including a detailed discussion of each data element that is used to create the SPR bulk payment file.
• Recommended participation for Technical Walkthrough:
  
  
• Individuals who have direct knowledge of the current format used to submit bulk payment files to Treasury.
• Individuals responsible for making programming changes to your payment file formats.
• Subject matter experts who understand the payment processes.
• Individuals responsible for testing the new TAS/BETC programming changes.

Available Dates for Participation:

To Register, click here.

Webinar Materials and Access:

Presentation Materials, Webinar Access and Conference Line Number will be provided to registered participants via email two days prior to the scheduled webinar date.

Primary SPS Webinar Coordinator:
Lori Meyer (816) 414-2337
E-Mail: Lori Meyer

Secondary SPS Webinar Coordinator:
Katie Roberts (816) 414-2345
E-Mail: Katie Roberts