FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION MEMORANDUM NO
October 4, 2006
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION
MEMORANDUM 2006 – 014(II.J)
To: Bureau
Assistant Directors, Administration
Chief Executive Officer, National Business Center
Bureau Finance Officers
Director, Office of Acquisition and Property Management
From: Mona S. Williams /s/
Focus Leader, Asset and Debt Management
Office of Financial Management
Subject: Administrative Wage Garnishment
The purpose of this Financial Administration
Memorandum (FAM) is to distribute the Department’s
policy on implementing the Administrative Wage Garnishment (AWG) program.
According to the Department of Interior Credit and Debt Management Handbook, AWG
is a tool for collecting delinquent debt. In general, AWG is a process whereby
an employer withholds amounts from an employee’s wages and pays those amounts to
the employee’s creditor in satisfaction of a wage garnishment order. The Debt
Collection Improvement Act authorizes Federal
agencies to garnish the wages of a delinquent debtor for a debt owed to the
Federal Government. Treasury Financial Management Service (Treasury FMS)
provides additional guidance and information for wage garnishment at
http://www.fms.treas.gov/debt/awg.html.
Should you require additional information
regarding this FAM, please contact Jonathan House on (202) 219-4096.
Attachment
Department’s policy
on implementing the Administrative Wage Garnishment (AWG) program
