Since the implementation of IPAC, many governmentwide initiatives have begun
affecting the way intra-governmental transactions are processed. As a
result, FMS revised the IPAC bulk file layout in direct support of: (1)
FMS' Governmentwide Accounting Modernization Project (GWA), (2) Intra-governmental
Transaction Elimination Efforts and (3) OMB's Intra-governmental Transaction
Portal (IGTP). These layout changes include making several existing fields
required as well as adding additional fields to the bulk file layout.
Release 2.1 of the IPAC bulk file layout was implemented on
October 11, 2003. Release 1.0 of the IPAC bulk file layout
is no longer available for use. The RITS bulk file format has not changed.