The Payment Management System (PMS) provides essential tools and resources to help award recipients manage their federal funding effectively. Below you'll find links to key resources to help you navigate the system, from setting up your account to managing drawdowns, and completing required financial reporting. These resources are designed to streamline your experience and ensure compliance with federal requirements.
Browse our Grant Recipient FAQs for quick answers to common questions about the Payment Management System (PMS).
User guides for Payment Requests, Federal Financial Reporting, APEX Guides, and User Maintenance are available upon logging into your PMS account.
If you are a new grant recipient, you will need to obtain access to the Payment Management system prior to providing your banking information.
Several awarding agencies require their grant recipients to utilize the Federal Financial Report (SF-425) in the Payment Management System (PMS).
There are specific requirements for grant recipients returning both interest and principal funds.
A Journal Voucher is used to transfer funds between subaccounts in order to correct payments that were erroneously drawn on the wrong subaccount.
When funds have been drawn from the incorrect subaccount, the correction can be made within a payment request.
The Do Not Pay (DNP) portal, developed by OMB and Treasury, checks multiple databases to prevent improper federal payments to ineligible recipients. PSC has integrated this portal into its payment processes to support federal agency customers.