Working Together in Government Makes All the Difference
FMS’s Deputy Commissioner, Dave Lebryk, discusses the bureau’s successful partnerships with federal agencies on the Debt Collection Improvement Act (DCIA), Governmentwide Accounting, and the Collections and Cash Management Modernization (CCMM), as well as his commitment to his predecessor’s legacy.
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FMS and FRB Collaborate to Create Successful PAM Project
The PAM Project, which successfully processed over four million ACH SSI payments, valued at over $2 billion, is a Treasury/FMS initiative developed jointly by FMS and the Federal Reserve Banks to modernize outdated applications and develop new techniques for payment processing. [more]
Transaction Reporting System (TRS) Update
FMS Completes Another Major Step Toward the New Deposit and Transaction Reporting Process and Reporting Collections the “GWA Way.” [more]
Federal Agencies Ask: What’s TRS and How Will it Impact Us?
Recently, Christina Cox, Project Manager for FMS’s new Transaction Reporting System was asked to help answer agency questions about TRS and its upcoming impact. [more]
GWAMP Transitions to Improved Accounting
Does your agency want to improve its reconciliation processes? Would you like to eliminate your month-end reporting? FMS’s Governmentwide Accounting Modernization Project (GWAMP) will change the cyclical business processes governing FPA reporting of financial transactions on a monthly basis.
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Judgment Fund Deploys New Internet Claims System
FMS’s Management division worked with Information Resources (IR), federal agencies and users to develop a new internet claims system which allows agencies to now view claim information from the time of submission to the actual payment. Producing fast and prompt payments, JFICS is also FMS’s first RAD Project released. [more]
TGAnet Release 2.5 Readies Agencies for TRS
TGAnet’s newest release includes even more functional upgrades designed to assist agencies with GWA reporting requirements and the handling of foreign items. It also prepares them for FMS’s new Transaction Reporting System. [more]
ASAP.gov Implements Two Factor Authentication & Digital Signature
Disbursing over 450 billion dollars annually to grantee organizations, ASAP.gov recently implemented PKI technology in order to achieve a strong level of authentication and non-repudiation. Federal Agency Certifying Officers now need a Datakey iKey token in addition to knowing their pin or password. [more]
New Treasury Offset Program (TOP) Web Client
FMS’s Debt Management Services is currently replacing their TOP dial-up network connection with a new web-based application. Need training on this? TOP Web Client training sessions will be available at Liberty Center in July, August and September. [more]
Hyattsville Regional Operations Center (HROC) Moving to Philadelphia and Kansas City
Beginning this summer and continuing through CY 2009, FMS will be de-commissioning its Hyattsville, MD Regional Operations Center. If your agency or organization exchanges bulk files with FMS at HROC - you will now need new connectivity to KROC and PROC. [more]
64 Million Tax Filers Choose Electronic Tax Refunds
Once again this year, the majority of tax filers received their tax refunds by direct deposit, and, in addition, if eligible, taxpayers who filed a 2007 tax return automatically received their stimulus payment.
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CRMs: Agencies Central POC for Collections
The Agency Relationship Management Division of FMS provides Federal Program Agencies with Customer Relationship Managers (CRM) who serve as the central point of contact regarding modernizing and improving the cash management of collections. Do you know your agency’s CRM? [more]
FMS 2008 Organizational Chart
Who’s who at FMS? This newly-created visual organizational chart in PDF identifies FMS’s senior leadership as well as each of the Assistant Commissioner areas and their respective divisions. [more]
Upcoming FMS Events
Payment Management Customer Conference
Presented by the Regional Financial Centers
August 26 - 27, 2008, Chicago, IL
JFICS Information Sharing Seminar
September 23 - 24, 2008
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