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GTAS Production Date

July 2012 CFO Letter: “. . . FMS and OMB are 

extending the GTAS formal test period to 

November 2013.”

• FACTS II is an important source of data for House Sub-Committees reviewing 

unobligated balances

• About 60% of agencies were prepared to report to GTAS in 2012 .... Excellent 

work!

• However, 40% of agencies are struggling with system implementations, business 

process changes, and compliance with new reporting requirements.

• FMS could not compromise OMB’s ability to provide complete and accurate data 

to Congress

• FMS and OMB jointly decided to minimize risk to the overall implementation of 

GTAS by delaying for one year and allowing for EXTENDED TESTING.

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2013 Reporting

• Agencies must report FACTS I, FACTS II, and IFCS 

• There will be no changes to data formats in 2013

• Agency Identifier will not become 3 digits until 2014

• USSGL Account will not become 6 digits until 2014

• No new attributes for FACTS I or II

• Only new edit in Facts II is FBWT – every period

• IPAC will require the Component TAS in 2014

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Extended GTAS Testing in 2013

• Mandatory Testing in FY 2013

• Validate access to the system

• All TAS (expenditure, deposit, and receipt accounts) must be reported

• All TAS must pass validations and fatal edits

• Major Milestones:

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Milestone Date

Preparer and Certifier from each 

agency accesses GTAS production

Sept 30, 2012

Commitment to Testing Timeframe 

(see next slide)

Sept 30, 2012

Agency Testing in GTAS 10/1/12-6/30/13

Final Recommendation on Go-Live to 

OMB and Fiscal Service 

Management

July 1, 2013
Making Your Testing Commitment

• Agencies must select one of the following testing 

opportunities by Sept 30:

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Data Set Dates for Testing

Q4 2012 Oct 1 – Feb 28

Q1 2013 March 1 – April 30

Q2 2013 May 1 – June 30

Success Criteria: All TAS pass validations and fatal edits by the 

end of the testing window!

GTAS URL for mandatory testing: www.gtas.fms.treas.gov
Getting Access to GTAS

• Who can have access?

• Agency users who prepare and upload trial balances

• Agency users who certify trial balances in 4th quarter

• Agency users who review data and run reports

• Shared Service Providers who upload trial balances on behalf of agencies

• How do I get access?

• Your supervisor must be set up to approve access requests. Supervisors must first fill 

out a form and submit to FMS: http://www.fms.treas.gov/gtas/forms.html

• Users can then request access through ITIM:

 https://reg.fms.treas.gov/itim/self

• Users must request a role (preparer, certifier, executive)

• Users must submit the TAS to which they need access

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Agency User Roles

• Preparer 

• Uploads bulk files

• Certifies ATB periods 2, 3, 6, 9, 10 and 11

• Explains material differences periods 3, 6 and 9 

• Certifier

• Certifies ATBs period 12 

• Agency CFO or designee certifies material differences report periods 3, 

6, and 9

• Executive 

• View and print reports 

• Each user can have only one agency role

• More than one user can be assigned to a TAS

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Bulk File Highlights

• Bulk File Only

• Always a full proprietary AND budgetary trial balance

• Daily interfaces with GWA Central Accounting System for balance 

and transaction data

• Open 24x7 for agency use

• Required reporting 7 months per year

• The bulk file cannot exceed 5 MBs in size

• 1 TAS or Multiple TAS on each file (up to 1,000 unique TAS)

• GTAS requires the Component TAS

• Common bulk file errors
How GTAS Processes the Bulk File

• The entire bulk file must pass formatting and other up-front 

verifications. 

• Attribute validations will run by individual TAS. All validations 

are fatal. 

• Edits will run by individual TAS. Edits are either fatal or 

proposed analytical (non-fatal). 

• GTAS will provide error reports for the upfront errors, 

validations and edits. 

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GTAS Home Page – My ATB Status

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 My ATB Status - Failed Validations

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Failed Validations –View Details
Edits

Edits compare USSGL account balances in the ATB to 

• Authoritative data from CARS, BPD and FFB, 

• Financial statement lines 

• Other USSGL account balances in the ATB

60+ edits will run in GTAS. 

GTAS will provide edit error reports by TAS.

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My ATB Status – Failed Edits
Failed Edits –View Details
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ATB Submission Statuses

• Not submitted

• Failed validations

• Failed required edits 

• Passed required edits

• Pending certification

• Certified
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GTAS Intra-governmental

• Authoritative fiduciary data from BPD and FFB will be used to edit ATBs

• Intra-governmental Module

• Provides capability to run reports by reciprocal category that compare 

your agency information with your trading partners’ info

• An agency preparer will explain material differences by selecting an 

explanation from a dropdown menu. 

• Certifier (Agency CFO or designee) will certify material differences 

after the ATB reporting window closes but before the next reporting 

period begins. 
Need information??

• GTAS Help Desk:

 GTAS@stls.frb.org 1-877-448-9476

• GTAS Home Page:

http://fms.treas.gov/gtas/index.html

• How to get a GTAS ID:

http://fms.treas.gov/gtas/forms.html

• Bulk File Pilot Testing:

http://fms.treas.gov/gtas/bulkfile-test.html

• Mandatory Testing URL:

www.gtas.fms.treas.gov

• MAX ID

https://max.omb.gov/maxportal

• MAX –Agency Status transitioning from FACTS II to GTAS

https://max.omb.gov/community/display/Budget/Agency+status+transitioning+from+FA

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Contact Information

Shannon Redding

202 874-1562

Shannon. Redding @fms.treas.gov

Rita Cronley

202 874-9902

Rita.Cronley@fms.treas.gov

Nikcola Yorkshire

202 874-9873

Nikcola.Yorkshire@fms.treas.gov

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