Overview
The Intra-Governmental Payment and Collection (IPAC) Systems primary purpose is to provide a standardized interagency fund transfer mechanism for Federal Program Agencies (FPAs). IPAC facilitates the intra-governmental transfer of funds, with descriptive data from one FPA to another.
The IPAC System contains multiple components:
- the IPAC application;
- the Retirement and Insurance Transfer System (RITS);
- the Treasury Receivable Accounting and Collection System (TRACS)interface
IPAC Release 11.3
The Intra-governmental Payment and Collection System (IPAC) announces the scheduled Release 11.3 implementation on April 11, 2009.
IPAC Release 11.3 - January 2009
Release 11.3 includes three major modifications to the IPAC application:
- Sort by Document Reference Number (DRN);
- Sender Initiated Adjustments (SIAs);
- Business Partner Network (BPN).
FMS has revised the IPAC bulk file layout in direct support of several initiatives including: (1) FMS' Governmentwide Accounting Modernization Project (GWA) and (2) Central Transformation Team Efforts to Improve Intragovernmental Reporting. These layout changes include validations of the DUNS, DUNS+4 and the DODAAC fields only when values are entered. A new bulk file layout has been added for Sender Initiated Adjustments. Release 2.2 of the IPAC bulk file layout was implemented on April 11, 2009. Release 2.1 of the IPAC bulk file layout is no longer available for use. The RITS bulk file format has not changed. IPAC Bulk File Layout Release 2.2 - April 11, 2009
Tutorial
IPAC Tutorial ![HTML file](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508193706im_/http://fms.treas.gov/_images/file-html.gif)
The tutorial has been revised for Release 11.3. The tutorials are self-paced, interactive training modules designed to introduce the user to navigating through the graphical user interface screens.
Training Environment
A Training Environment is set up for agencies so they can become acquainted with the user interface by navigating through screens and performing regular transactions. This will give agencies an important opportunity to familiarize themselves with the look-and-feel of IPAC.
On-line Help
On-line Help provides users' assistance within the application on a broad range of topics for IPAC, RITS and TRACS.
Quick Links
Treasury Support Center
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