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The Division of Payment Management glossary contains important DPM terms.

272 Description:
See Federal Cash Transaction Report
1199 Description:
See SF 1199A
Account Number or Payee Account Number (PAN) Description:
A 5 or 7 character alphanumeric code assigned by the Payment Management System to identify recipient accounts. The Account Number or Payee Account Number is a required field for payment requests and optional field for processing Adhoc Grantee Inquiry. Generally, the last one or two characters of the Account Number are the Account Type Code. See Account Type Code. There can be more than one account for a PIN.
Account Type Code Description:
A code which represents the type of payee account. The expanded Account Type code includes a number to allow for up to 9 of each type of accounts per Payee Identification Number (PIN).

CURRENT PMS VALUE DESCRIPTION
  • G# General or Cash Pooling Accounts; reports quarterly using the Federal Cash Transaction Report; HHS Accounts only
  • P# Requires Subaccounts; Public Assistance Accounts for HHS; reports quarterly using the Federal Cash Transaction Report
  • B# Requires Subaccounts; Block Grant Accounts for HHS; no quarterly reporting using the Federal Cash Transaction Report
LEGACY PMS VALUE DESCRIPTION (Not currently used)
  • V# Reimbursable Accounts Reports via Federal Cash Transaction Report
  • D# Delay of Drawdown Accounts - may have the properties of either a B or P type account
  • A# Agency restricted Accounts - Reports via Federal Cash Transaction Report, awarding agency requires special reports and review
  • F# DPM Restricted Account - Reports via Federal Cash Transaction Report, DPM has determined that special review of activity is required
Automated Clearing House (ACH) Payment Description:
An electronic network for financial transactions. The Federal Reserve Banks are collectively the nation's largest automated .clearinghouse operator. ACH is a method of payment available to recipients whereby the recipient submits a payment request and receives cash via direct deposit to their bank account the next business day. If warehousing is used, (i.e. requesting payment for a future date), the deposit date can be up to 30 days following the request date.
Activity Description:
The code which identifies the budget activity for HHS grant award documents. It is the major activity as set forth by the budget office(s).
Agency Title Description:
The value of the Agency Title field varies depending on whether you are establishing a parent, awarding body, or awarding body subdivision.

PMS VALUE DESCRIPTION
  • Parent (Level 1): For Federal agencies, this is the name of the Department, Federal Agency or Commission
  • Awarding Body (Level 2): The name of the HHS OPDIV or the Agency/Bureau within the Parent Organization
  • Awarding Body Subdivision (Level 3): The name of the awarding agency or regional office within the OPDIV, Agency, Bureau of the Awarding Body
Appropriation / Appropriation ID Description:
The symbol which identifies the fund classification and symbol to be used by the Division of Payment Management (DPM) to report back to Treasury on the monthly SF-224 Statement of Transactions. It includes codes which represent the department or agency primarily responsible for administration of the fund; the fiscal year(s) during which the appropriation is available for obligation; and the basic fund group and numerical identification of the appropriation.
Approver Category Description:
An identifier for Division of Payment Management and Awarding Agency staff to designate authorization to approve, release, and confirm payee accounts respectively. For a given payee account the approver, confirmer and releaser must be different persons. The DPM approver and releaser have roles in approving bank accounts. The approver, confirmer, and releaser all have roles in processing payment request exceptions.
Award or Authorization Description:
A legal document, generated by an awarding agency which permits the Payment Management System to advance/reimburse a recipient for services.
Awarding Agency Code and OPDIV Code Description:
A 7-character alpha-numeric code used to identify the awarding agency. The Old Agency Code is a 3-character code also used to identify the awarding agency.

An OPDIV code consists of one (1) alpha-numeric character used to identify HHS Operating Divisions and Non-HHS Awarding Agencies.

Click here for a listing of the Agency Codes.
Award Number Description:
See Document Number
Bank Account Number Description:
A number assigned by the financial institution to identify the bank account.
Bank Account Type Description:
The type of bank account. Generally “C” = checking, a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks payable on demand, or “S” = savings, a bank account that accumulates interest.
Block Grants Description:
Grants that are primarily issued to general purpose governmental units in accordance with a statutory formula (Part 96 or 45 CFR). Such grants can be used for a variety of activities within a broad functional area. Funds are considered disbursed upon receipt by the recipient's bank, and therefore, are not required to report quarterly FFR.
Budget Period Description:
This is usually a twelve month period covered by an approved budget supporting an award. This term is used in connection with funding project period awards.
Budget Start and End Date Description:
The budget period start and end date of the grant award. The start date is the date a grant becomes effective; date funds are available; if a future date is entered then that is the date which the funds (incremental amount) become available. The end date is the date the budget period ends.
CAN - Common Accounting Number Description:

A seven-digit number composed of two parts where the first 3 characters is the awarding agency code; the last 4 characters is the internal organization code.

For HHS, the last four characters of the CAN is an internal accounting number which, when used with the fiscal year, classifies financial transactions by awarding agency programs, appropriations, budget activity structure, and Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.

For non-HHS activity, the last four characters of the CAN usually identify the funding code/source (or appropriation) as assigned by the awarding agency.

Cash Basis Description:
In general, grants are awarded on a reimbursement basis, meaning that grantees may only draw funds which are needed for immediate disbursement for purposes of the award. Under regulations found in 45 C.F.R. 74.52 and 45 C.F.R. 92.41, grantees are required to report their disbursements on a quarterly basis in the Federal Cash Transaction Report. The regulations are intended to ensure that federal cash is disbursed from the U.S. Treasury only when the recipient needs cash for immediate disbursements in order to minimize the negative impact of federal cash withdrawals on the public debt and related financing costs.
Cash on Hand Description:
The amount of Federal cash actually received by the grant recipient less the Federal share of disbursements as reported on line 10c of the Payment Management System Electronic Federal Cash Transaction Report. It is calculated by subtracting the Net Disbursements from the Cash Receipts. This balance must not include unpaid amounts for such items as accruals, accounts payable, etc. This amount may be positive to reflect the actual cash balance or negative to reflect reimbursement for funds already spent.
Cash Request Description:
Recipient act of connecting to a payment system to request funding. These funds may only be requested for immediate disbursement purposes. In general, the requested funds are delivered on a next day basis.
The Award or Subaccount Drawdown Amount is identified by the requestor on the payment request as necessary to indicate the cash requested for that individual subaccount or award as part of the total cash request.
CFDA Description:
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance as defined by OMB. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance is a government-wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services, and activities that provide assistance or benefits to the American public. Go to www.cfda.gov for a listing of your agency’s Federal programs.
CFDA Agency ID Description:
A two-digit code which identifies the Federal agency responsible for administering programs listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.
CMIA90 Description:

CMIA90 is the Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990. This act states that:

  • If a payee falls under this act, the payee will only request funds to meet immediate needs
  • If the payee has more cash in their bank account than is required to immediately pay their bills, the payee(s) must pay the Government interest on the excess cash
  • If payee(s) request money and the Government does not send the money to them, the Government owes the payee(s) interest on their cash shortfall

Confirmation Date Description:
The date when notification is received from the Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) or Treasury notifies DPM that the funds have been successfully transmitted. This is the date funds are available for grantee to disburse. (Also referred to as Debit Date or Paid Date)
Confirmation Number Description:
A unique system-generated number assigned to each payment request. Found in the column labeled “CONFIRM” on the grant recipient Payment Data inquiry report and the DPM and Awarding Agency user PAY, PAY-E, and PAY-EE inquiry reports. Displayed to grantee on completed payment request screen.
Central Registry or CRS Description:
A major function within PMS to register new EINs and payees, or make changes to name and address information for EINs and payees.
Debit Date Description:
See Confirmation Date
Direct Deposit Sign-Up Form Description:
Standard form used to collect the information necessary for the Payment Management System (PMS) to have Federal funds electronically deposited into the recipient's bank account. See SF 1199A
Disbursements Last Period Description:
A cumulative total of the Federal share of net disbursements made against the award authorization as reported by the recipient on its most recent Federal Cash Transaction Report processed through the Payment Management System. This amount is preprinted by DPM and furnished to the recipient.
Disbursement TC Code Description:
The code which indicates the transaction code on the disbursement transactions which are provided to the Awarding Agency twice each month.
  • TC 181 is for transactions in "B" Account types and TC084 is for all other account types
  • TC 905 for incremental disbursement amount from the Federal Cash Transaction Report; this includes all non B-Type Accounts
  • TC 705 for payments (which are considered disbursed as they are paid) on B-Type Accounts
  • TC 084 disbursement treated as an accrual
  • TC 181 disbursement treated as an expense
Disbursement Description:
Amounts paid for goods and services. Normally, federal funds are considered disbursed when checks have been released to pay for program and/or project costs.
Discretionary Award (Project Grant) Description:
This type of award covers a project that will be completed within a relatively short period of time, is non-severable into distinct stages, contains no commitment for future funding and is fully obligated by DHHS at the time of the award.
Document Status (DS) Description:
A code which indicates the grant award or document status for PMS inquiry reports.

PMS VALUE DESCRIPTION

  • O - The award document is open
  • C - The award document has been closed and the grant recipient has been notified on the Federal Cash Transaction Report, if applicable
  • R - The award document is closed, but will reopen on the next quarterly FFR
  • E - The award document has been closed by an 059 transaction; authorizations, disbursements, and charged advances are equal; but the recipient has not been notified. The recipient will be notified on the next quarterly Federal Cash Transaction Report if the field remain unchanged
  • P - The award document has been closed by an 059 transaction; authorizations, disbursements, and charged advances are not equal

Document Number Description:
Grant, contract, document, or award number used to authorize (obligate) funds in the Payment Management System. This number may or may not be the same as the Subaccount Code which is entered on the Payment Request screen and it may not be the same obligation number as it appears on your Notice of Grant Award. The document number must be at least 10 characters in length, up to 20 characters. (Also referred to as award or grant number)
Document Reference Description:
A 3-digit code which HHS uses to further identify particular type of document. For non-HHS it is agency assigned.
DPM Description:
Division of Payment Management.
Draw Description:
To request grant funds through the Payment Management System.
DUNS Number Description:
The Dun & Bradstreet D-U-N-S (Data Universal Numbering System) number is a unique nine-digit code (+4 digit optional code) that identifies entities doing business with the Federal Government.
DUNS + 4 Description:
DUNS + 4 is a four-character suffix assigned by the trading partner to identify a division or affiliate.
Effective Date Description:
The date a bank account becomes available for transactions in PMS.
EIN - Entity Identification Number Description:
The number assigned by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), or the Federal Interagency Committee on Education (FICE) code requested for registration. A three-part coding scheme of unique twelve characters used in PMS associated with a specific grantee PIN to identify organizations and individuals. For example, 1-234567890-A1.

PMS VALUE DESCRIPTION
  • 1 "1" Identifies the recipient as an organization, "2" Identifies the recipient as an individual.
  • 2-10 This is the standard Employer Identification Number (EIN) issued by the Internal Revenue Service and furnished to HHS by the organization. When this EIN is not available for use to HHS, a pseudo code will be assigned to the organization that is compatible, but does not overlap, with the EIN.
  • 11-12 "A1" thru "ZZ" for an organization to identify its various components, or blanks for an individual. The suffix is assigned by the Payment Management System for additions and is cited by the user on all changes or deletions for organizations. This field must be left blank for individuals.
Description:
Entity Type Description:
A composite data element consisting of a combination of 2-digit characteristics class code and a 2-digit special interest class code.

Click here for the Entity Codes listing.

Excess Cash Description:
A Federal cash balance on hand which should be returned to DPM. Federal Funds are to be drawn for immediate disbursement purposes only. Federal Funds are not to be drawn and then left in a recipient's account to earn interest. Interest should be returned along with funding. State, local and tribal governments may keep $100 per year for administrative expenses. Institutions of higher education, hospitals, non-profit, and commercial organizations may keep $250 per year for administrative expenses.
Executive Title Description:
The title of the person who is the DPM contact for the organization (i.e., Director of Financial Operations).
Expected Disbursement Amount Description:
The amount of disbursements the recipient expects to pay out upon the receipt of the payment. For advance payments, this amount should be positive and be equal to the sum of the payment request amount plus the cash on hand. For reimbursement accounts, this amount should be zero with the negative cash on hand amount being equal to the positive payment request amount.
Fiscal Year-CAN-Object Class or FCO Description:
These codes tie the grant number to awarding agency accounting codes.
  • “F” (Fiscal Year) is the basic prefix to the CAN; it represents the fiscal year of availability of the funds obligated. A 12-month period of time to which the annual budget applies.
  • “C" (CAN) is the link between a grant number and a Federal Appropriation Number
  • “O” (Object Class) is a further breakdown of funding under a CAN
Federal Cash Transaction Report Description:
Part of the Federal Financial Report (FFR). Recipient reporting record of disbursements. A required report for most all grantees DPM delivers funds to. Previously known as the "PSC 272 Report", grantees are required to file this report under 45 C.F.R. 74.52 and 45 C.F.R. 92.41. The Federal Cash Transaction Report (FCTR) is due within 30 days after the end of each quarter. It is a cumulative report so the only available report will always be for the period through the last quarter. You will submit the report electronically. It is important to note that if your quarterly report should be delinquent, requests for payments must be rejected until an available report is completed.
FED WIRE Description:
A "same day" direct deposit system through Treasury reserved for emergency, CMIA 90, and foreign payments.
Federal Register Description:
HHS grant rules must be published in the Federal Register. An official, daily publication communicating proposed and final regulations and legal notices issued by federal agencies, including announcements of the availability of funds for financial assistance.
FFY - Federal Fiscal Year Description:
The period beginning October 1 and ending the following September 30. A 12-month period of time to which the annual budget applies.
Financial Status Report Description:
The Financial Status Report or legacy SF 269 Report. The awarding agency decides if it will be filed electronically with DPM or with the awarding agency.
Fiscal Agent Description:
A bank or other corporate fiduciary which pays on behalf of the governmental unit.
Formula Grant Description:
An allocation of funds to a State or its subdivisions in accordance with distribution formulas usually prescribed by law or administrative regulation, for continuous activities not necessarily confined to a specific project.
FRB - Federal Reserve Bank Description:
The Federal Reserve System is the central bank of the United States made up of twelve Federal Reserve district banks. Most payments are next day direct deposit payments.
FRCS - Federal Reserve Communication System Description:
The FRCS is a nationwide telecommunications network connecting the Federal Reserve Board and member commercial banks that maintain accounts at Federal Reserve Banks.
Funds Available Description:
The net of the cumulative authorizations adjusted by the net amount of the cumulative draws, returned payments, and book entry adjustments.
General Ledger Account Description:
A book, file, or other device which contains the accounts needed to reflect - in summary and in detail - the financial position and the results of financial operations of a governmental unit.
Government Indicator Description:
This field idicates whether or not the recipient is associated with a federal government agency. Values = 'Y' or 'N'.
Grant Description:
Financial assistance mechanism providing money, property, or both to an eligible entity to carry out an approved project or activity.
Grant Closeout Description:
Discontinuation of an award after services have been provided, all funds drawn from PMS, all disbursements have been made and reported on the Federal Cash Transaction Report.
Grant Number Description:
See Document Number
Grant Pattern Description:
An awarding agency may use a grant/document pattern for a specific program. The document pattern is associated with and links to the Subaccount Code.
Grant Project Period Description:
Total period a project has been recommended for support which may include more than one competitive segment. For example, a project period for a grant begun in 2010 can be divided into competitive segments 2010 to 2014, 2014 to 2018, etc.
HHS Description:
United States Department of Health and Human Services.
ICN - Institution Control Number Description:
Recipient Accounting or Other Identification Number. This is an optional field used by the grant recipient to define as needed within their own accounting system. This data element may contain up to twelve (12) characters and is included for the convenience of the grantee. It may contain any combination of letters, numbers or special characters. Once the grantee has provided this identification number, it is pre-printed on subsequent reports by DPM and furnished to the grantee. The Federal Cash Transaction Report calls this a Recipient Account Number or "Rec Acct Num”.
Internal Organization Code Description:
For HHS agencies, it identifies numerous data elements varying in length and associated with an accounting transaction to identify the types of funds affected. Non-HHS agencies do not follow the same structure as HHS agencies; however it identifies the funding source for the award document. The Internal Organization Code is also the last four digits of the CAN.
Interest Income Description:

Interest earned on cash advances of Federal funds must be reported annually by all recipients except states, instrumentalities of states, and Indian tribal organizations. However, states must report interest on advances for research and development awards, but not other types of awards. Indian tribal governments are exempt from reporting interest on advances for awards made to them under the Authorities of Sections 102, 103, and 104 of the Indian Self-determination Act pending disbursement.

All recipients must limit Federal cash drawdowns to the minimum amounts needed and must time drawdowns to coincide with the actual immediate cash requirements in carrying out the approved program or project. This means that recipients receiving monthly cash advances must request only enough Federal cash to cover the Federal share of anticipated disbursements for the ensuing month - less any Federal cash that will be on hand when that month begins.

Recipients drawing down Federal cash "as needed" must schedule draws of Federal cash to coincide as closely as administratively feasible with the actual date of related cash disbursements. Any interest earned on Federal funds must be reported, except as noted above. If owed interest is reported using the FFR Interest Income node under the "Disbursement" menu in PMS, DPM will add the interest to the total available cash on the FFR for the next reporting period and will increase the recipient's FEDERAL CASH ACCOUNTABILITY by the same amount. Therefore, there is no need to remit money to DPM. (Note: Applicable to "G" accounts only.)

Interest earned on Federal funds received by a recipient from a third party (defined as interest earned on Federal funds not pending disbursement) must be accounted for to the Federal Government. States and Indian tribal organizations are not exempt from this requirement and such interest must be reported. Some Recipient(s) may be authorized to retain certain amounts of income as specified in Federal regulations.

Issue Date Description:
Issue Date of the Notice of Grant Award; can be other dates as determined by the agency.
Ledger Description:
A group of accounts in which are recorded the financial transactions of a governmental unit or other organization. A ledger is a summary of transactions reflecting the accounts affected.
OC – Object Class Description:
An extension of the major object and sub-object classes of transactions prescribed in Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-12 and special codes prescribed by Treasury Department Circular No. 1073. The object class code is essential to the automated accounting process, and the appropriate code must be used for every financial transaction recorded. Object classes represent further breakdowns of funding under a CAN.
OPDIV Description:
DHHS Operating Division, often referred to as an "Awarding Agency".
Payee Description:
The grantee receiving the payment from the agency.
Payee Identification Number Description:
Identifies the grantee receiving the payment. This is a four or five character alpha numeric code used by PMS to associate the Entity Identification Number with the recipient's business office where the financial responsibility and accountability for payments made to that organization rests. Each organization's business office is assigned a PIN and is referred to as a payee.
Payment Management System (PMS) Description:
Automated system for the delivery and tracking of funds which the Division of Payment Management (DPM) operates and maintains. PMS provides awarding Agencies and Grant recipients the tools to manage grant payment requests and file their Federal Financial Reports. PMS is a full service centralized grants payment and cash management system. The system is fully automated to receive payment requests, edit them for accuracy and content, transmit the payment to either the Federal Reserve Bank or the U.S. Treasury for deposit into the grantee's bank account, and record the payment transactions and corresponding disbursements to the appropriate account(s).
Quarterly Report Description:
See Federal Cash Transaction Report
Recipient or Recipient Organizations Description:
Any State or local unit of government, educational institution, or public or private nonprofit organization/individual that receives grants, contracts and/or loans from the Department of Health and Human Services and cross-serviced agencies.
SF 1199A Description:
Direct Deposit Sign-Up Form. Recipients submit information necessary for the PMS to have federal funds electronically deposited into the recipient's bank account.
SF 224 Statement of Transactions Description:
The SF 224 provides Treasury with a monthly statement of the payments and collections of Departments and agencies for which Treasury disburses, classified by appropriation, fund, and receipt accounts. The SF 224 is the basis for Treasury's monthly reports to Congress and the public on Federal revenue by source and Federal expenditure by appropriation or fund account.
SF 269 Description:
See Financial Status Report (FSR)
SF 425 Description:
Federal Financial Report (FFR) consisting of both the Federal Cash Transaction Report (FCTR) and the Financial Status Report (FSR) for expenditure grantee reporting. See Federal Cash Transaction Report
SmartLink Description:
Link to the Payment Management System. See Payment Management System
Status of Awards Description:

The following terms describe the status of awards/documents within PMS:

  • Active Awards are those for which the performance period has not expired
  • Expired Awards are those for which the performance period has expired
  • Open Awards may be either active or expired which have not been closed out
  • Closed Awards are those for which the performance period has expired; all disbursements have been made, and the Final Report of Expenditures has been submitted, accepted, and recorded by the awarding agency, in agreement with disbursements reported by the recipient to PMS

Subaccount Description:
PMS code that designates a major program or a grant within a payee account; accounts are subdivided into subaccounts for accounting and cash control. Subaccount activity does not apply to Cash Pools “G” type accounts.
Total Amount Requested Description:
The total amount of money requested at this time. This may make up for a reimbursement of funds (Federal Cash Balance On Hand is a Negative Number) or to anticipate a disbursement (Expected Disbursement Amount is a Positive Number). (Total Amount Requested = Expected Disbursement Amount - ()Federal Cash Balance On Hand)
Total Cash Available Description:
Balance of authorization available for payment. This is at the subaccount level and the account level. It is calculated as Authorized Amount minus Payments (prior payments, in-transit payments, any available amount which is canceled).
Warehousing Description:
A method of payment available to recipients whereby the recipient submits a payment request up to thirty calendar days before the payment is required to be deposited in the requestor’s bank. The payment is an ACH payment and the recipient’s PMS Account must be set up and marked as ‘warehousing’ payment type.

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