Overview - Transitioning from CA$HLINK II

• TRS - What It Is and What It Will Do
• Transitioning from CA$HLINK II
• Reports
• File Transmissions
• Agency Involvement in TRS

A Comparison: TRS to CA$HLINK II (CLII)

Many people think that TRS is a replacement for CLII. However, the systems have different data, functions and features. TRS is solely a reporting mechanism for deposits and detail of collections transactions, while CLII supports multiple functions. CLII does provide deposit reporting, but it also allows for Fedwire and Remittance Express (REX) transaction processing, cash concentration and voucher corrections. Under the design or architecture of CCMM, functions of CLII which will not be provided by TRS will be performed in other Treasury systems.

While CLII reports only on deposits, TRS will be a single source for all collections data, including both summary and detail. TRS will also provide data across collections sources, enabling FPAs access to all information from a single source.

TRS will also support reporting of Treasury Account Symbols (TAS) / Business Event Type Code (BETC) or Classification Keys (C-Key) , facilitating reporting to GWA.

For a detailed comparison of data, features and functions of TRS and CLII used by Federal Program Agencies, select this link.

Sunset of CA$HLINK II (CLII)

The sunset of CLII was announced by Fred Lehnhoff, then-director of the Accounting and Data Management Division of FMS/Federal Finance, in a 2007 letter to agencies. Because of the complexity of the complete rearchitecting of Treasury systems in CCMM, a precise date for the sunset of CLII is not currently available. When all functions of CLII reside and are operational in modernized Treasury systems, CLII will sunset. Currently, FMS has a proposed target sunset date of 2012.

Availability of Data in TRS

TRS is being deployed using a phased-implementation strategy. Using this approach, different collections sources will begin reporting financial transaction information over a two-year period. For instance, TGAnet commercial data was available in TRS in June 2008, and Fedwire data became available through TRS in June 2009. Additional collections sources will begin reporting data to TRS throughout Calendar Years (CY) 2009 and 2010. By the end of 2010, all major collections sources will be reporting data to TRS. The TRS Collections Data Availability Plan is here.

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