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Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements for Agency Conversion What Agencies Need to Know to Convert to New End State Systems. Presented by:. Financial Management Service U.S. Department of the Treasury.
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Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency ConversionWhat Agencies Need to Know toConvert to New End State Systems Presented by: Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency ConversionWhat Agencies Need to Know toConvert to New End State Systems Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Welcome Lisa Taylor Acting Director, Agency Relationship Management Division 1
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency ConversionWhat Agencies Need to Know toConvert to New End State Systems Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Collections and Cash Management Modernization Gregory Till Director,Modernization Planning Office 2
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Collections and Cash Management Modernization(CCMM) • CCMM is an initiative to simplify and modernize FMS’s and Treasury’s collections and cash management programs • It began in 2006 and is expected to be complete by the end of 2012 3
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Collections and Cash Management Modernization (CCMM) • Several programs have ongoing CCMM changes that will impact agencies • Transaction Reporting System (TRS) • Over the Counter Channel Application (OTCnet) • Pay.gov • Credit Gateway • Treasury Collateral Management and Monitoring (TCMM) System • The changes caused by TRS and OTCnet are the most significant for agencies • In addition, CA$HLINK II is being decommissioned • These changes are mentioned in a recent letter from the FMS Commissioner to agency CFOs (available at: fms.treas.gov/ccmm) 4
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Collections and Cash Management Modernization (CCMM) Timeline of CCMM Changes 5
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Agency Benefits— Collections and Cash Management Modernization (CCMM) • An easier-to-understand mix of revenue collection programs • Consolidation of transaction and deposit reporting in a centralized location • Elimination of daily reconciliations to deposit reports (CA$HLINK II) • Capturing of TAS/BETC information at the time of transaction • Standardization of file format (XML) for transaction details • Improved access to collateral data • Better service in general 6
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Agency Preparation - Collections and Cash Management Modernization (CCMM) • Convert to the end-state systems sooner rather than later • Work with FMS to determine the Treasury Account Symbols (TASs), Business Event Type Codes (BETCs) and Classification Keys (C-Keys) that channel applications should capture when processing revenue collections • Stop using paper SF 215 deposit tickets and start using OTCnet’s electronic deposit processes • Re-program agency systems that receive automated files from CA$HLINK II (and ACH credit & Fedwire electronic lockboxes) to instead receive XML files from TRS • Inform Fedwire and ACH credit electronic lockbox remitters of the need to use new routing numbers 7
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency ConversionWhat Agencies Need to Know to Convert to New End State Systems Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury OTCnet Reginald McKinney Business Lead ,OTC Revenue Collection Division 10
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Over the Counter Channel Application (OTCnet) OTCnet is a web-based system that enables federal agencies to integrate check conversion and deposit reporting activities, so that all check and cash deposits are handled by one web-based application. OTCnet will improve over the counter collection by fully automating the collection, reconciliation, research, and reporting processes, in a single, secure web-based application. 11
Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Benefits of OTCnet • Easy to Use • Simple. A more user friendly, and easy to navigate system with a common look and feel and intuitive features • Convenient. One system to use for deposit processing • Accessible. Access information and reports anytime, anywhere • One System • Efficient. Use of Single Sign On—One secure username and password combination to access OTCnet financial services, and other FMS systems • Flexible. A new web-based application that can be accessed online and offline (Check Capture activities only) • More Control. Security Administrators from each agency will manage their users centrally • Training and Fully Compliant • Online Training. Integrated Web-based-Training (WBT) can be easily accessed by agencies and financial institutions • GWA Compliant. Accommodates deposit reporting and check capture "the GWA way” (check capture will be in a future release) • Secure. Compliant with FISMA , 508 regulations, and HSPD-12 and PIV standards 12
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury OTCnet • System Update • March 2010 – December 2010- Completed three successful rounds of User Acceptance Testing with select agencies during development of OTCnet • January 31, 2011 – Certification and Accreditation (C&A) completed for Release 1 • February 5, 2011 – OTCnet Release 1 into production, includes Deposit Processing and Online Check Capture • February 6, 2011 - OTCnet Pilot period (small number of agencies will participate as early adopters) 13
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury OTCnet Timeline of upcoming releases (release functionality) 14
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury OTCnet • Timeline for agency conversions • February 6, 2011 - OTCnet Pilot period (small number of agencies will participate as early adopters for Deposit Reporting and Check Capture) • March 19, 2011 - TGAnet Full Conversion to OTCnet (all agencies and financial institutions will be converted at one time) • April 2011 - PCC OTC Conversion to OTCnet (Individual agency conversion occurs between April 2011 through 2012) • April 2011- OTCnet Onboarding begins for New Agencies and expansions for existing agencies 15
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury OTCnet • Requirements for Agency Conversions • Technical System Requirements • Web Browser: Internet Explorer 7.0 or 8.0. • Operating system independent- compatible with Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 • Treasury Root Certificate: The Treasury Root Certificate must be installed in the “Trusted Root Certification Authorities“ certificate store on the “local machine” (all user profiles) for the workstation. • Entrust Root Certificate: The Entrust (2048) Root Certificate must be installed in the “Trusted Root Certification Authorities“ certificate store on the “local machine” (all user profiles) for the workstation. This certificate is normally installed by default with Internet Explorer. If it has been removed, you will need to have your agency re-install the certificate. • Internet Options Security Settings: “Use TLS 1.0” must be enabled in the advanced tab of Internet Options for all user profiles on the workstation. • Ports: Router/Firewall Administrators must ensure and verify that outbound ACL (Access Control List) has complete https access on port 443. • Workstation Memory: 1 GB physical memory is required; 2 GB is recommended. • Free Disk Space: 20 MB of free disk space is required. • Window Resolution: Windows Resolution should be 1024x768 or 800x600. 16
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury • Requirements for Agency Conversions • Additional System Requirements for OTCnet Check Capture functionality • ActiveX must be enabled in browser – This must be enabled for all user profiles on the workstation that use OTCnet. It may be enabled by default. • Scanner Drivers (.MSI installation file) - Scanner driver and firmware (provided in an .MSI installation file) must be installed on the workstation. • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.6.0_20 – The Java Runtime Environment 1.6.0_20 (Java SE 6 Update 20) must be installed and enabled on the workstation. • Adobe Reader – Adobe Reader version 7.x or higher must be installed on the workstation to support the optional receipt printing functionality. • OTCnet URLs Added to Trusted Sites Zone - OTCnet URLs must be assigned to the Trusted Sites zone for Windows Vista and Windows 7 for all user profiles on the workstation. Note that this requirement is not necessary for Windows XP workstations. OTCnet 17
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury OTCnet-Check Processing Hardware Requirements • OTCnet will be compatible with the suite of scanners and keypads currently in the field - Supported Hardware for Windows XP, Windows 7, and Vista - Scanners: RDM EC601x and EC7000i Panini Myvision and visionX - Keypads: Ingenico i3050 and eN-Crypt • Supported Hardware for Windows XP (vendor has discontinued support for scanner in Windows 7 and Vista) - Scanners: RDM EC5000i and EC6000i (non-Gen2) FMS encourages agencies using the RDM EC5000i and early versions of the EC6000i to transition to the current EC7000i model 18
Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion OTCnet Special Instructions for Agency Conversions Current TGAnet Agency to OTCnet Conversion Steps 19
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury OTCnet Special Instructions for Agency Conversions PCC OTC to OTCnet Conversion Steps 20
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury OTCnet Special Instructions for CA$HLINK II Agency Onboarding Non TGAnet Agency Onboarding Steps 21
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury OTCnet • Next Steps -Contact FMS OTCnet representatives and inform FMS of the best contacts to communicate CCMM and transition planning information to. An executive contact, technical contact, and business/program contacts are needed. - Pass on the OTCnet technical requirements contained in this presentation to your agency technical/IT support personnel. - Agencies making TGA, International TGA, and Federal Reserve Bank TGA deposits must contact FMS OTCnet representatives as soon as possible to be informed of your projected conversion date and the requirements to do deposit reporting in OTCnet. Cashlink II is being decommissioned in December 2012 and there will be no exceptions. - Take advantage of the OTCnet WBT and learn more about the fabulous new web-based OTCnet system. 22
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury OTCnet • Contact Information • - OTCnet Website: www.fms.treas.gov/otcnet • OTCnet FMS Representative: • Angela D. Smith 202- 874-4080 • Angela.smith@fms.treas.gov • OTCnet Agency Adoption Team • 703-377-5586 • fms.otcdeployment@citi.com • - OTCnet Business Lead: • Reginald McKinney 202-874-6893 • reginald.mckinney@fms.treas.gov • - OTCnet Project Manager: • Bonnie Ray 202-874-2138 • bonnie.ray@fms.treas.gov 23
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency ConversionWhat Agencies Need to Know to Convert to New End State Systems Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Transaction Reporting System (TRS) Monica Shelton Deputy Project Manager, TRS 24
Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Transaction Reporting System (TRS) • Program/System Overview • As FMS’s collections transaction broker, data warehouse, and reporting solution, TRS will benefit agencies by: • Providing a single touch-point for the exchange of all financial transactions across all collections systems • Offering a centralized repository containing detailed and summarized records of all revenue collections transactions processed by FMS systems • Supporting the reporting of classification information for the Government-Wide Accounting (GWA) Modernization initiative • Normalizing financial transaction reporting and standardize the availability of financial information across all settlement mechanisms and collections systems 25
Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Transaction Reporting System (TRS) • How TRS Benefits Enrolled Agencies • Agencies working to use TRS as their primary source of collections information will have the opportunity to: • View detail transaction data (that is not available in CA$HLINK II) and its associated voucher information in one location • Gain a clear understanding of how TRS works prior to the CA$HLINK II decommission date • Compare system usability and overall functionality • Have sufficient lead time to implement data downloads and system to system interfaces before CA$HLINK II decommission date • Provide feedback to the TRS Team. Numerous TRS enhancements and features are the direct result of feedback from agency users 26
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Transaction Reporting System (TRS) • System Update (Status of Data Availability) Note: Plan dates are current targets as of 1/21/2011 and subject to change 27
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Transaction Reporting System (TRS) • System Update (Timeline of Software Release Projects) Note: Plan dates are current targets as of 1/21/2011 and subject to change 28
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Transaction Reporting System (TRS) • System Update (Current Functionality) • TRS provides agency access to information in the following ways: Standard Reports and System to System XML Files • TRS Standard Reports - Formatted subset of data, predetermined by the report • Accessed online and may be downloaded into PDF, Excel and CSV formats • Agency Requirements • TRS supports the two most recent versions of Internet Explorer currently versions 7 and 8 29
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Transaction Reporting System (TRS) • System Update (Current Functionality, continued) • Available Transaction Reports • Voucher / Voucher Detail • Financial Transaction Summary / Detail • Fedwire Message Summary / Detail • Plastic Card Summary / Detail • ACH Summary / Detail • GWA Entries 30
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Transaction Reporting System (TRS) • System Update (Current Functionality, continued) • TRS XML Extract Files - Scheduled extract of collections data viewable online or for system-to-system interface • Created in the FMS XML Schema format • TRS XML Extract Files Specification http://www.fms.treas.gov/trs/documents/xml_spec.pdf • FMS XML Schema • http://fms.treas.gov/eda/xml • Agency Requirement • TRS standard for system-to-system interface is VPN over the Internet using Connect:Direct 31
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Transaction Reporting System (TRS) • System Update (Current Functionality, continued) • TRS XML Extract Data • Summary Only –Voucher-level information • Detail Only – Individual collection transaction-level information (credit card transactions, wires, ACH transactions) • Summary and Detail – Voucher-level information along with any associated detail transactions 32
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Transaction Reporting System (TRS) • System Update (Upcoming Functionality with ARI3) • Report updates to introduce optional prompts and scheduling • Creation of downloadable reports for the following: • Voucher Detail • Financial Transaction Detail • Fedwire Message Detail • Updates to the existing User Profile Summary Report to assist Security Users • Updates to the existing Voucher Report to view preliminary vouchers 33
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Transaction Reporting System (TRS) • Timeline for Agency Enrollment (High-Level) • As of January 21, 2011 • Target: 173 Agencies 34
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Transaction Reporting System (TRS) • Timeline for Agency Enrollment (Impact to Processes) ** Depending on the agency and the time of enrollment in TRS. Earlier enrollment allows agencies more time to address impacts. 35
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Transaction Reporting System (TRS) • Timeline for Agency Enrollment (Scheduling Criteria) • Data available in TRS • Needed real-time same-day Fedwire messages • Needed future-dated ACH items • Data available in TRS • Initial TRS Pilots • Agencies which have requested to enroll in TRS • Active in TRS feedback activities • Attended “Intro to TRS” session • Agencies with all collections reported through TRS • Agencies with ONLY over-the-counter collections • Remaining agencies 36
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Transaction Reporting System (TRS) • Agency Preparation • Visit the TRS website (http://fms.treas.gov/trs/index.html) and utilize a comprehensive set of resources: • Overview information about TRS • Information about preparing for TRS and enrollment • Time frames for data availability in TRS • Sign up for updates for TRS • And much more • Enroll in TRS • TRS Agency Enrollment Team works with Agency • Agency and FMS review and approve TRS Enrollment Configuration Summary • TRS Team creates access group and user profiles and emails User IDs and Passwords to Agency users • Users access TRS and web-based training 37
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Transaction Reporting System (TRS) • Next Steps (TRS Team) • Continue enrolling Agencies in TRS • Implement Pay.gov and ECP FRB Deposit Reporting and Agency Reporting Iteration 3 (ARI3) • Interface with OTCnet • Continue interaction with agencies through outreach efforts • Conduct new “Introduction to TRS” webinars • Continue conference participation • Conduct ARI3 functionality webinars • Encourage enrolled agencies to maximize TRS usage and participate in feedback activities 38
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Transaction Reporting System (TRS) • Next Steps (Agencies) • Assess what internal preparations your agency will need to make to support a smooth transition to TRS • Policies/ processes that may be impacted • Work redesign activities • Reports and data downloads that your agency may need to modify or develop • Budget modifications for system-to-system interface needs 39
Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Transaction Reporting System (TRS) • Next Steps (Agencies, continued) • Work with FMS to enroll in new Treasury collections systems • Develop procedures and modify file interfaces, if necessary, to use TRS in place of CA$HLINK II • Increase your reliance on TRS for deposit reporting • Ensure staff is familiar with how TRS fits into your agency’s financial management processes • Submit the TRS Request Form if interested in a system-to-system interface (once enrolled) • Sign up for TRS Website updates to stay informed 40
Collections 2011 and Beyond-Requirements forAgency Conversion Financial Management ServiceU.S. Department of the Treasury Transaction Reporting System (TRS) • Contact Information • TRS Website: • http://fms.treas.gov/trs • TRS Agency Outreach Team: • 301-699-6814 • TRSAgencyOutreach@pnc.com • TRS Call Center • 1-800-346-5465 or 301-887-6600 • trs@pnc.com • TRS Deputy Project Manager: • Monica Shelton 202-874-1346 • monica.shelton@fms.treas.gov 41
For additional information, visit ww.fms.treas.gov/ccmm or email ccmm@fms.treas.gov Questions? 42