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U . S . D e p a r t m e n t o f t h e T r e a s u r y

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The OST Completes Its 

Transition to Treasury 

In January, the Kansas City Financial Center (KFC) and the Office of the Special Trustee for 

American Indians (OST) completed the fourth and final phase of transition to Treasury. Each 

year, OST provides annual income statements (IRS 1099s) and similar annual non-tax reporting 

documents to approximately 15,000 recipients after the end of the year. Following several 

months of planning, development, and testing, OST’s 2015 reporting was printed and mailed from 

KFC, marking the completion of several years of projects and four phases of services for OST 

that have transitioned to KFC.

OST is responsible for managing trust accounts for individual Indians and tribes, and works 

closely with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Office of Natural Resources Revenue, and other 

parts of the Department of the Interior to support its American Indian beneficiaries. OST manages almost 400,000 individual Indian accounts and about 3,000 accounts for over 250 tribes. 

OST makes payments from those accounts, both by check and EFT, and since the start of fiscal 

year 2015 all of those payments are Treasury disbursed, and many of those payments include 

explanations of payment (EOPs). In addition to payments, OST provides IIM and Tribal account 

statements to account holders, they issue invoices for the leasing of Indian-owned lands, and 

they provide annual income reporting for the account holders. All of these documents are now 

printed, matched, and mailed from KFC.

OST and KFC have developed a great working relationship through the four transition phases 

that moved OST payments and printing to Treasury. KFC is honored to provide its services toward the important work that OST does for its beneficiaries. Big thanks and congratulations go to 

the many people who came together over the last several years to bring OST on board with 

Treasury!
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New Certifying 

Officer Training 

The Bureau of the Fiscal Service released a new training resource for Federal Agency certifying 

officers (CO) on April 11, 2016. Based on input from the federal payments community, Fiscal Service enhanced the CO training resources as part of the effort to improve the tools available to COs 

and those involved in payment-related activities throughout the federal government. The training 

was developed for newly appointed certifying officers as well as those who currently hold the position, and is a supplement to the instructions in the Treasury Financial Manual (TFM) Volume 1, 

Part 4A, Chapter 3000.

The new CO training offers visually enhanced computer-based training modules designed for ease 

of understanding, navigation and future reference. Fiscal Service developed the training with the 

vision of providing an on-demand resource for all responsible officers and anyone involved in making federal payments. The course is comprehensive and provides a certificate upon completion.

Federal disbursements through Treasury exceed $3 trillion annually and the American public expects those payments to be made appropriately, legally, and with fiscal integrity. This is why the 

federal payment process relies on a CO at the front end of the process: not only is the CO needed 

to process a payment, but the CO role directly supports the integrity behind the payment. Given 

the importance of the CO in the payment process, it is critical that COs—and those who manage 

and support COs—understand the legal aspects of their responsibility and accountability.

For these reasons, COs across the federal government are strongly encouraged to complete the 

new computer-based training. It is part of the Fiscal Service performance enhancement strategy to 

incorporate the training into the certification credentialing requirements for delegations and designations and the renewal of delegations an designations.

Certifying officers and other payment staff can access the certifying officer training at 

https://fiscal.treasury.gov/training/ (found in Training Opportunities on the Training & Events 

our Fiscal Service website). menu on 

Fiscal Service looks forward to supporting the important work of Federal Agencies with this newly 

developed CO training.

Questions about CO training can be directed to 

the Payment Management (PM) Call Center at 

the Kansas City Financial Center, at (855) 868-

0151 (option 2, option 0).

03/25/2016

Joe Smith
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ASAP.gov 

The Automated Standard Application for Payments (ASAP) helps recipient organizations quickly, 

accurately and securely receive payments from pre-authorized accounts established by federal 

agencies. ASAP.gov is where the Department of the Treasury provides this service at no cost to 

federal agencies and their recipients. Our free electronic payment programs are:

 The Grant Payment Program disburses and accounts for payments to grantees.

 The Debit Card Payment Program provides federal agencies a flexible yet secure alternative to 

cash payments.

 The Letter of Credit Payment Program reimburses financial agents for financial services performed on behalf of a federal agency.

To learn more visit www.fiscal.treasury.gov/ASAP or call (855) 868-0151 (option 2, option 3).

What’s New in Release 22

ASAP.gov placed release 22 into production on March 26, 2016. This release added the following 

fields to the application to provide greater transparency in the areas of federal spending and inflight payment activity.

 Grant Indicator—This new field indicates if an account is a grant. If it is, agencies are required 

to provide a Federal Award Identification Number and a Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number.

 Federal Award Identification Number (FAIN)—This new field is created by the awarding 

agency in accordance with the Office of Management and Budget’s memo for Agency Chief Financial Officers dated June 12, 2013. This memo requires agencies to assign each financial 

assistance award a FAIN. When an account is identified as a grant, ASAP.gov will require and 

report the FAIN, but will not validate it with external systems.

 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number—Data entry in this existing field is 

required when an account is identified as a grant. ASAP.gov validates that the CFDA number 

is active.

These fields enable Federal Agencies to more fully comply with the Federal Funding Accountability 

and Transparency Act (FFATA) of 2006. ASAP.gov passes this data to the Payment Information 

Repository (PIR) to ensure reliability and data quality. Available immediately to Federal Agencies 

that use ASAP.gov to create and maintain accounts, these fields are required for new accounts 

and data entry is optional for existing accounts.
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Schema Recertification

Is your agency currently submitting batch files to create and maintain accounts? Release 22 required a change to our XML schema, so you will need to finish your development and testing prior 

to September 1st. Information packets were sent to batch-filing agencies in January. In addition, 

an ASAP.gov Schema Recertification Scheduling Conference was held on March 9th. During this 

meeting, Fiscal Service analysts coordinated agency testing preferences and confirmed contact 

information. Fiscal Service will continue coordinating with Federal Agencies to ensure schema 

recertification is successful.

Cash Management Forecasting

ASAP.gov was tasked with improving in-flight visibility of payment activity. The Treasury Account 

Management and Monitoring Information (TAMMI) is an important tool to decision makers and analysts responsible for management of the Treasury General Account (TGA). Release 22 includes 

automated and periodic payment updates to TAMMI that greatly improve visibility of account debits 

throughout the day.

Streamlining Batch Filing

There is an ASAP.gov project currently underway called Communication Transport Infrastructure 

(CTI). Its purpose is to streamline ASAP.gov’s existing mechanism for transporting batch files. 

Connect Direct is responsible for sending batch files to and from ASAP.gov, so it will continue to be 

the data transmission platform as we refine the technology.

When processing requests, returning acknowledgements, and sending End of Day Reports, there 

are two connectivity nodes ASAP.gov’s batch files pass through. The original connectivity node 

and supporting software was developed in 1996. The software is outdated and its original purpose 

is no longer required; thereby creating an unnecessary and redundant node in the file transport 

path. With CTI, batch files will be sent directly to ASAP.gov. This will increase the performance 

and efficiency in which connectivity issues are diagnosed and resolved between Federal Agencies 

and ASAP.gov.

Federal Agencies will soon receive a schedule of events and detailed technical instructions. To 

ensure a seamless transition to CTI, the ASAP.gov team will be providing each Federal Agency 

technical guidance and personal assistance.

Upcoming Events:

 Payment Outreach | What’s New June 28-29 | Denver, CO

 Fiscal Service Advisory Council (FSAC) 2016 Payments Forum June 14-15 | Kansas City, MO
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Welcoming Another DoD Agency

Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) 

 

Transitions to Treasury Disbursement 

The Kansas City Financial Center (KFC) continues to increase business with the Department of Defense (DOD)!! In January, the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) transitioned to 

become the latest agency within the DOD utilizing KFC to process payments. 

There are 4 phases to the DLA transition. Phase one included ACH payments for a select 

group of ten vendors totaling just over one hundred ACH payments each month. The first 

two months of phase one was the pilot portion of the transition that concluded the end of 

February 2016. Beginning in March and continuing through the summer DLA will add more 

vendors each month to Treasury disbursing. It is projected that by the end of the calendar 

year 2016 all domestic ACH payments for DLA will be disbursed by Treasury as a full CARS 

reporter. Treasury will be responsible for disbursing more than 240,000 domestic, ACH payments annually. Currently, DLA is working on phase two of the transition, US dollar check 

printing with matching Advice of Payment (AOP). 

Throughout this transition many individuals from Treasury, DLA, and the Defense Finance 

and Accounting Services (DFAS) have worked together to make this happen and KFC would 

like to recognize the efforts of those involved. KFC has developed a strong partnership DLA 

and DFAS and look forward to working with them in the years to come.
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Each spring, NACHA – The Electronic Payments Association, the governing body for ACH 

payments, hosts the premier educational event for the payments industry, known simply as PAYMENTS. At the 2016 conference, held April 17-20 in Phoenix, Arizona, the Bureau of the Fiscal 

Service participated as an exhibitor, handing out educational materials and Fiscal Service representatives provided information and responded to questions on an array of topics, including: EFT 

payments, post-payment services (e.g., reclamations and returns), the Direct Express mobile application, myRA, and many others. In addition to representing Treasury at the exhibit hall, Fiscal 

Service led or participated in a number of educational sessions, covering subjects such as the cutting-edge products becoming available for federal agencies to receive payments, technology advancements and improvements in customer service for unbanked benefit recipients, and the ever

-evolving arsenal of tools available for combatting fraud in electronic payments from the government.

In addition to the sessions and keynote speakers, PAYMENTS is known for the opportunities it provides to see new products first-hand, to share new ideas and innovations, and to engage 

and network with other industry members in a vibrant, thought-provoking environment. It is a 

chance to see familiar faces and to meet new ones, and an opportunity for the Fiscal Service to 

continue and expand its excellent and important relationships with financial institutions, regional 

payment associations, Federal Reserve Banks, and other educators, decision-makers, and innovators in the payments industry.

The PAYMENTS 2016 theme, “New World – New Ideas – New Conversation,” echoed 

throughout the conference. As in past years, Treasury represented a cornerstone in conversations around the future of payments, and Fiscal Service was able to be there on the ground to represent Treasury—and its commitment to excellent customer service—throughout the conversation 

this year.

April in Phoenix with Fiscal 

Service at PAYMENTS 2016 
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What’s New in 2016 – FOMF 

transmissions from PAM 

Fiscal Service generates the Financial Organization Master File (FOMF) containing information 

on Routing Transit Numbers (RTNs) of all valid ACH participants on a monthly basis. Currently a legacy 

application is used to transmit the files to agencies that requested a copy of the Master, History, 

Change, or Cross Reference FOMF. The current process is time consuming to update and maintain. 

Fiscal Service has added functionality to PAM to support the delivery of FOMF files to the agencies. 

The PAM process is easy to update and maintain, allowing Fiscal Service to be more responsive to 

agency requests for new or modified transmissions. In addition, PAM supports a weekly transmit of 

the FOMF Master with Supplemental changes included for those agencies that require this functionality. Please note that there are NO changes to the existing FOMF file formats with this new transmission 

from PAM. 

In 2016, the PAM team will use a phased approach to contact current FOMF recipients for conversion 

to the new PAM transmission process. This will support the future decommissioning of the legacy 

FOMF transmission process. 

Agencies not currently receiving the FOMF that would like to learn more about the format or benefits 

can register to attend one of the following PAM and FOMF Technical webinar sessions. 
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We look forward to seeing you at the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Payment Management FSAC 

Payments Forum on June 14th and 15th in Kansas City, Missouri. The forum provides a unique 

opportunity for agencies to hear first-hand updates related to federal government payment products, services, and initiatives. In addition to the key not speakers, the forum will have presentations, breakout sessions and program exhibition booths from various Fiscal Service program areas.

Agenda Topics*:

 Keynote—Environmental Aspects of Technology and Demographics & their Impact on Payment

Systems

 Certifying Officer Training

 Payment Program Updates and Enhancements 2016+

 Post Payment System (PPS)—Payments Integrity’s Next Generation

 Data and Fraud Analytics—Supporting Payment Integrity

 Delinquent Debt Collection Process

 Keynote—The Future of Faster and Secure Payments

 Nontraditional Alternative Payments (NTAP)

* Please note the aforementioned topics are subject to change.

Please take this opportunity to join us and to stay apprised of the future direction of payments.

Visit the Forum website to register or to get program schedules and updates:

https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/events/.

If you have questions please email: KFC.Customersupport@fiscal.treasury.gov

FSAC Payments 

Forum 

14 15

2016 Fiscal Service Advisory Council (FSAC) Payments Forum 

*Collaborating on the Future of Payments*
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2016 Fiscal Service What's 

New Sessions 

The agency outreach team for Fiscal Service is out on the road again for 2016 to give Federal 

Agencies and vendors an overview of "What's New" with each program area. 

The team is comprised of:

Automated Standard Application for Payments (ASAP)

Certifying Officer (CO) Training

Do Not Pay (DNP)

Government Wide Accounting (GWA)

Invoice Processing Platform (IPP)

International Treasury Services (ITS.gov)

Payment Automation Manager (PAM)/Payment Information Repository (PIR)

Post Payment System (PPS) 

Secure Payment System (SPS)

Katie Roberts from Operations & 

Support Branch (OSB) - PAM/PIR at the 

Kansas City Financial Center is leading 

the coordination effort. The audience 

can include Data Entry Operators 

(DEO's), Certifying Officers (CO's), Accountants, Testers, Project Managers 

and Software Vendor Representatives 

(i.e., Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, CGI Federal). Each of the sessions are scheduled for 2, possibly 3 days (depending 

on demand) with each day being the 

same material, but different audience 

participants to reach more of the Federal 

Agency community. 

The next sessions are:

June 28 & 29 Denver, CO

August 2 & 3 Washington, DC. 

The session held in April was originally a 2-day session, but sold out in 3 days, resulting in a 

third day being added. The Social Security Administration is one of the agencies attending who 

reported "bussing in" a dozen or so of their team members to one of the days in April. We look 

forward to a successful, informative session for Federal Agencies. 
Gary M. Beets 

Executive Director Business Hours: 

Susan Robinson 

Deputy Director Mailing Address: 

Julie Nielsen 

CSB Manager 

Vacant 

SCRB Manager 

Francie Abbott 

DPSB Manager 

Overnight Delivery: 

Cynthia M. Sheppard 

OSB Manager 

Toni Mussorici Website Address: 

7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Central Time

Department of the Treasury Bureau of 

the Fiscal Service Kansas City 

Financial Center 

P.O. Box 12599-0599 

Kansas City, MO 64116-0599 

4241 NE 34th Street 

Kansas City, MO 64117-0599 

https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fds

PMOB Manager 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE 

Gary M. Beets, Executive Director (816) 414-2001

Susan Robinson, Deputy Director (816) 414-2002

General Information (816) 414-2000

Facsimile Machine (816) 414-2020

CUSTOMER SERVICE BRANCH (CSB) 

Julie Nielsen, Manager (816) 414-2102

Tony Byers, Customer Relationship Management Section (CRM) Supervisor (816) 414-2176

Crystal Duckworth, Administrative Officer (816) 414-2057

Facsimile Machine (CRM) (816) 414-2192

Facsimile Machine (General) (816) 414-2066

KFC Payment Call Center Payments@fiscal.treasury.gov (855) 868-0151 Option 2, Option 0

(816) 414-2100

Functions: The Customer Service Branch consists of two sections: the Administrative Support Section and the Customer Relationship Management Section. 

The Administrative Support Section is responsible for procurement, ordering and storage of check stock, physical security, human resources, labor relations, budgeting, warehouse, supplies, building and grounds maintenance, time and attendance, and 

more. 

The CRM section conducts project analysis and process reviews for Fiscal Service initiatives and includes the KFC Payment Call 

Center that provides research on a variety of payment services, including Treasury disbursed payments and general inquiries. 

This area is actively participating in Non-Treasury Disbursing Office (NTDO) agency conversions and is responsible for providing 

customer outreach, research, and support to Regional Payment Associations, financial institutions, Federal Agencies, and the 

general public. The 

CRM section also participates in the Fiscal Service Advisory Council and manages the KFC public website. 

STATISTICAL COLLECTIONS AND REPORT BRANCH (SCRB) 

Vacant, Manager (816) 414-2251

 Facsimile Machine (816) 414-2180

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ing in support of Payment Management. SCRB provides agency outreach to Federal Program Agencies in support of data quality. 

SCRB also provides data mining, analysis, and payment management expertise for other Fiscal Service initiatives. 

DIVERSIFIED PAYMENT SERVICES BRANCH (DPSB) 

Francie Abbott, Manager (816) 414-2151

Vacant, Diversified Payments Processing Supervisor (816) 414-2125

Facsimile Machine (General) (816) 414-2180

Facsimile Machine (DPSB) (816) 414-2120

Fedwire Help Desk KFCFedwire@fiscal.treasury.gov (816) 414-2341

ASAP Help Desk KFC.ASAP@fiscal.treasury.gov (816) 414-2145

ITS.gov Help Desk ITS.Operations@fiscal.treasury.gov (816) 414-2125

ITS.gov Enrollment ITSEnrollment@fms.treas.gov (816) 414-2150

Functions: The Diversified Payment Services Branch (DPSB) consists of two sections: the Diversified Payments Processing Section 

and the ASAP Project Support Section. 

The Diversified Payments Processing Section is responsible for the payment operations, customer outreach, and agency support for 

two unique payment types: international payments and Fedwire payments (same day pay). Additional section duties include Invalid

RTN verification, Supplemental FOMF updates, International ACH Transaction (IAT) payment support, and Limited Depository Account

(LDA) verification. 

The ASAP Project Support Section’s key responsibilities includes maintaining the ASAP.gov application requirements, acceptance testing, release planning, and development oversight. The ASAP Help Desk also resides in this section which provides customer phone 

support from 6:30am-5:30pm CT to federal agencies and recipient organizations needing assistance processing payments or troubleshooting the application. 

OPERATIONS SUPPORT BRANCH (OSB) 

Cynthia M. Sheppard, Manager & PAM Project Manager (816) 414-2301

Ed Barlett, Supervisor – Payment Applications Support Section (816) 414-2304

Jesse Chavez, Supervisor – SPS Project Manager (816) 414-2108

Aric Wright, Supervisor – PIR Project Manager (816) 414-3606

Tequilla Baskin, Production Support Help Desk Supervisor (816) 414-2340

General Information (816) 414-2300

Facsimile Machine (816) 414-2367

PAM Help Desk PAM.Help.Desk@fiscal.treasury.gov (816) 414-2340

SPS Help Desk KFC.SPS.Help.Desk@fiscal.treasury.gov (816) 414-2340

PIR Help Desk PIR.Help.Desk@fiscal.treasury.gov (816) 414-2340

Functions: The Operations Support Branch (OSB) consists of three project management sections supporting the Payment Automation 

Manager (PAM), the Secure Payment System (SPS), and Payment Information Repository (PIR), the Maintenance Operations Execution 

(MOE) and the Payment Production Support sections. 

The Project Management section provides program management oversight to the PAM, SPS, and PIR systems. The Project Management sections are responsible for governing reporting, budget execution, change management, managing and overseeing all aspects 

of PAM, SPS and PIR programs. The project Management sections also provide program agency outreach support to Federal program 

Agencies and Vendor payment providers. 

The Maintenance Operation Support Section key responsibilities include maintaining the PAM, SPS, PIR and Digital Storage and Security Verification (DSSV) application requirements, performing user acceptance and agency testing, release planning, development 

oversight, and software design and architecture. The OSB Production Support Section provides administrative, Help Desk and production support to the PAM, SPS and PIR systems. 

PAYMENT & MAIL OPERATIONS BRANCH (PMOB) 

Toni Mussorici, Manager (816) 414-2204

Carol Matthews, Deputy Manager (816) 414-2181

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Donald Watts, Operations Supervisor (Day Shift) (816) 414-2206

Dwayne Michaels, Mail Operations Supervisor (816) 414-2205

Vacant, Printing, Check and Enclosing Supervisor (816) 414-2204

James Lee, Operations Supervisor (Evening Shift) (816) 414-2307

Payment Operations Section (816) 414-2350

Facsimile Machine (Mail) (816) 414-2217

Facsimile Machine (Operations) (816) 414-2373

Functions: The Payment and Mail Operations Branch (PMOB) is responsible for processing ACH payments to the FRB and 

printing check payments for Treasury disbursed agencies as well as several Non-Treasury disbursed agencies. Additionally, PMOB also prints and mails various letters/statements for customer agencies. The PMOB consists of operations, printing, enclosing, special handling, mailing, and the Printing and Check Enclosing project management team. 

PAM & SPS are also hosting several functional webinars for 2016 with a focus on new Treasury 

Disbursed customers. 

Please mark your calendar for a dates above

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PAM & SPS are also hosting several functional webinars for 2016 with a focus on new Treasury 

Disbursed customers. 

. 

Registration Website:

 https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fstraining/training/
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Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Kansas City Financial Center 

P.O. Box 12599-0599, Kansas City, Missouri 64116-0599 

Phone: (816) 414-2100 

Fax: (816) 414-2192 

KFC employs a staff with diverse talents and skills sets that allow us to meet and exceed 

the opportunity to serve our customers. Professional certifications achieved in 2016 

include: 

PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL: 

Nathan Douglas, Operations Support Branch