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Common Questions
Q. What are the specific business drivers for building TRS?
A. The specific drivers for this project are:
- To facilitate the Collections & Cash Management Modernization (CCMM) by providing a single touch-point for all collections information
- To enable TRS to support reporting of classification information for the Governmentwide Accounting (GWA) Modernization initiative
- To provide business intelligence capabilities and to improve collections processes and management
Q. Will my agency still need to access CA$HLINK II to confirm deposits once it begins using TRS?
A. Your agency will continue to have a need to consult CA$HLINK II until all of your agency’s deposit information is being reported into TRS.
Q. Will any IPAC collections be in TRS? Will any payment information be in TRS?
A. TRS will only contain revenue collections information. Intra-agency transfers and payments will be supported by separate systems.
Q. When will my agency be able to get reports from TRS?
A. General transitioning of agencies from CA$HLINK II to TRS will begin in 2010.
Q. When will a specification for file transmissions be available?
A. A specification will be available at the end of 2009. When available, it will be posted to this website. The TRS Team encourages those interested in TRS to sign up to be notified whenever the website is updated.
Q. How current will the data in TRS be?
A. TRS will have data as soon as it becomes available from the various source systems.
Q. Exactly what data will be in TRS?
A. Financial transaction data and program data will be in TRS. Financial transaction data will include data on the following:
- Deposit vouchers – summarizing financial transactions involved in collections
- Financial transactions – providing detail of the financial instruments by which collections will be made
- Program data will provide agency-specific information regarding remittances.
Q. Will TRS have all the collections information needed by my agency?
A. As the single touch-point for all agency collections activity, TRS is expected to have the information agencies currently receive from their collections agents.
Q. How long will data be there?
A. Deposit voucher and financial transaction data will be retained for seven years. Program data will be retained for a minimum of 18 months. A longer retention period is currently under consideration for program data.
Q. Will the information currently housed in CA$HLINK II be transitioned for 7 years back, or will both systems need to be maintained simultaneously for information warehousing purposes?
A. FMS is currently working on a strategy to provide agencies with historical CA$HLINK II data. Once all of the collections systems are reporting to TRS, FMS does not plan to maintain both systems simultaneously beyond a short transition period.
Q. Will agencies be able to submit requests for new reports or enhancements?
A. The TRS Team is currently developing processes to provide agencies with a way to submit requests for reports and enhanced functionality.
Q. Can I reclassify TAS/BETC information through TRS? If not, why?
A. No. TRS is intended to be strictly a reporting mechanism. TRS will allow users to view classifications (i.e. TAS/BETCs and/or Classification Keys) that are reported by source systems. In order to reclassify collections, agencies will submit changes directly to GWA.
Q. Will agencies be able to change ALCs and voucher numbers in TRS?
A. TRS is a reporting tool. In the future, corrections will occur in the source systems and channel applications. Until the ability to make corrections is available in the source systems, CA$HLINK II (CLII) will retain the functionality for agencies to make corrections.
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