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Government-Wide Accounting Program Initiatives

Government-Wide Accounting Program Initiatives. Federal Investments and Borrowings Seminar Becoming a GWA Player April 12, 2007. GWA Modernization – Time for Change. Evolution – What have we grown into?

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Government-Wide Accounting Program Initiatives

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  1. Government-Wide Accounting Program Initiatives Federal Investments and Borrowings Seminar Becoming a GWA Player April 12, 2007

  2. GWA Modernization – Time for Change • Evolution – What have we grown into? • The current accounting and reporting process has become Inefficient, Outdated, and Untimely. (IOU) • Present Day Requirements – Time to pay off the IOU. • Accelerated Reporting Requirements • President’s Management Agenda - Scorecard • Audited Financial Statements • The Future – Unknown….But we’ll be ready. • Consolidated, web-based system for the collection, processing, reporting, and storage of all financial information.

  3. GWA Key Goals/Objectives • Eliminate the two step classification process Capture the Treasury Account Symbol (TAS) and Business Event Type Code (BETC) at the earliest possible time for agency payment, collection and intra-governmental transactions and post directly to the fund balance with treasury. • Provide timely and accurate accounting information • Eliminate redundant reporting

  4. How is GWA going to accomplish this? • Fundamental Changes to the current process • Developed a New Database • Developing the infrastructure to Support GWA Players • ATM, Account Statement, CAFÉ, P224, SAM, IPAC, Collections, Payments • Automated Enrollment – User-based Access Control • Phase in GWA Players • Streamline GWA’s Architecture • Provide Agencies with GWA initiated Account Statement • Support NTDO GWA Players • Fully Replace Legacy Accounting System

  5. Implementation Strategy • Developed to provide a method to bring on the maximum number of agencies as soon as possible. • Take advantage of initiative to create a web based 224 application. • Provides for reclassification capability by using only section I of the 224. • Ability to turn off sections of the 224. • Incremental approach allows for efficient planning and scheduling of resource utilization and testing in manageable parts.

  6. Benefits • Touch transaction once • Most current fund balance always available • Fund balance detail available in one place • Reduced central agency reporting • Faster turnaround on processed data • Interfaces with FMS remain the same • Supports agency reconciliation processes • Safe and secure Internet access

  7. TAS Definition GWA Standard Transaction Classification • Acronym for Treasury Account Symbol (TAS) • The receipt, appropriation, expenditure and other fund account symbols and titles as assigned by the Department of the Treasury • A 27-character field – with 24 currently identified characters • Supercedes 21 position TAS and any other suggested formats

  8. BETC Definition GWA Standard Transaction Classification (cont) • Acronym for Business Event Type Code • An 8-character code that indicates the type of activity being reported (e.g. receipt, disbursement, etc) • BETC determines the transaction effect on the Treasury Account Symbol’s FBWT. • BETC replaces transaction codes and standard sub-classes but at a more intuitive level of detail

  9. Shared Accounting ModuleSAM

  10. SAM • Utility responsible to ensure a valid TAS/BETC is posted to all transactions entering the GWA System • Developed to assist agencies in complying with GWA standard transaction classification • GWA will provide SAM with a table of valid TAS/BETCs • Agencies will define in SAM valid TAS/BETCs for: • Default rules and • Classification (Ckey) translations

  11. Initial Impact to Agencies • Process changes to support new GWA reporting • System changes to support IPAC TAS/BETC implementation • System changes to support migration to GWA TAS/BETC • Update of Trading Partner agreements

  12. IPAC Impact

  13. IPAC Reporting Cheat Sheet

  14. The Bottom Line • Must work with your trading partners now. • Update Trading Partner Agreements (TPAs) • Communication is essential • All Agencies will transition to TAS/BETC reporting during October 2006 through August 2008. • The transition to a Single Standard TAS format instead of the current 6+ formats available today is coming. • F-Account Issue: Treasury will continue to work with Agencies to identify alternatives to using F Accounts.

  15. GWA Wants You! • Do you have what it takes to be a pilot? • ALC must be a 224 reporter • SOD’s must be clear • Be prepared to capture TAS/BETC info • Willing to participate

  16. What should my agency be doing to prepare? • Set up your Trading Partner Agreement with your customers • Communicate with your trading partners • Modify your accounting systems to provide and accept TAS/BETC on IPAC transactions • Submit request to become GWA Player • Work with SAM implementation team to set up profiles/default rules

  17. GWAMP Roll out Strategy

  18. GWAMP Roll out Strategy

  19. GWAMP Roll out Strategy

  20. Contact Information GWA Modernization Project • Michael Norman – (202) 874-8788– michael.norman@fms.treas.gov • Anna Hancock – 202-874-9868 – anna.hancock@fms.treas.gov • Web site –www.fms.treas.gov/gwa • Email box –GWA.Project@fms.treas.gov • Enrollment – GWA.Enrollment@fms.treas.gov IPAC Project • Susan Markland -(202) 874-9816 – susan.markland@fms.treas.gov • Lori Makle, (202) 874-8782 – lori.makle@fms.treas.gov GWA Project Agency Outreach • Carolyn Dunston - 202-874-7491 – carolyn.dunston@fms.treas.gov • Peter Moore – 202-874-6578 - Peter.moore@fms.treas.gov

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