Pay Period (PP) 13 Calendar Year (CY) 2019 PPS Release Notes

Project Number

Agency-Specific or Community-Wide

Project Title

Description of the Change

31099

Agency-Specific

Smithsonian Institute

Smithsonian Institute Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA) Remittance File Modification

System modifications will be made to the existing Mainframe TIAA remittance file to add Record Type 23, Overtime Travel Under Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Participant Dates, to replace Record Type 03, Liquidated Damages/Interest on Back Pay), and add Record Type 55, Student Loan Benefit/EABP Taxable Compensation to the existing file. In addition, the official Thursday pay day date for the Payroll Date will be populated in Record Types 33, Overtime Call Back No Work On Sunday, and 55.

31465

Agency-Specific

Department Of Commerce (DOC)

DOC New Suffix for Missed Meals

System modifications will be made to Table Management (TMGT) Table 032, Transaction Codes (TC), and webTA, to accept the new prefix 52 with TC17, Commute Use Government Auto, for Department Code (DC), Commerce (CM), Agency 54, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The combination of Prefix 52, TC 17 will be named, Missed Meals Allowance Nontaxable.

31933

Community-Wide

NFC Correct Spot Award for Nature of Action Code (NOAC) 849, Individual Cash Award NRB and NOAC 889, Group Award - Other

System modifications will be made to Bi-Weekly Examination Analysis and Reporting System (BEAR) 10, to ensure that the amount of the cash award in the Information/Research Inquiry System (IRIS) Program IR542, PERHIS Awards, matches the amount of the cash award in IRIS Program IR142, Awards, for all cash award NOACs.

33736

Agency-Specific

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Modify Annual Compensation Limit for FDIC Savings Participants

System modifications will be made to Mainframe systems for FDIC employees whose Entered on Duty (EOD) date is 12/31/94 and before, to terminate FDIC Savings Plan Contributions (plan codes 04, 08, 13, and 92) and Agency match when their year-to-date (YTD) Thrift Earnings reach $405,000. This limit is subject to change each year. Additionally, system modifications will be made for FDIC employees whose EOD is 01/01/95 and later to terminate FDIC Savings Plan Contributions (plan codes 04, 08, 13, and 92) and Agency match when their Thrift Savings YTD-Thrift-Earnings reach $275,000.

33946

Agency-Specific

Treasury/Small Business Administration (SBA)

Remove SBA from files to Treasury

System modifications will be made to Table Management System (TMGT), Table 102, Payroll/Personnel Download Table Profile Screen, to include a Last Effective Date that coincides with the last day that a file is needed to get a file to eliminate receiving files in the future.

35523

Agency-Specific

Treasury/Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)

OCC New Edit for OCC Parking, Flexible Spending Account (FSA) PB Plan Code

System modifications will be made to Mainframe systems for OCC to implement an edit for the Parking FSA plans. The edit will stop an employee currently enrolled in the Parking Plan Code PB from enrolling in the Parking Plan Code PK at the same time. Additionally, if an employee attempts to enroll in Parking Plan PK while already active in parking plan PB, they will receive an error message: DUPLICATE FLEXFUND PLAN CODE AND OPTION CODE.