System Alerts

This page lists the past System Alerts for the Payment Management System by the Program Support Center (PSC) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).


AMENDED PMS Payment Processing Schedule in December 2024: The purpose of this notice is to provide information regarding the payment requests to the Payment Management System (PMS) during December 2024. PMS payment processing schedules are as follows:

Tuesday, December 24th, 2024


Wednesday, December 25th, 2024 - Closed


Tuesday, December 31st, 2024


Wednesday, January 1st, 2025 - Closed


If you have any additional questions, please contact your PMS Liaison Accountant or the PMS Help Desk at PMSSupport@psc.hhs.gov.

Cancellation & End of Fiscal Year 2025 Payment Processing Deadlines: Awards funded from 2020 fixed appropriation will cancel on September 30, 2025. Undrawn award funding issued from 2020 fixed appropriation account funds will no longer be available for program expenditures, obligations or payment requests in the Payment Management System.

Awards funded from FY 2020 fixed year appropriation will need to be requested no later than the following dates:

* Please note, if the payment requires awarding agency approval, that you should you not wait until the deadline to enter the payment request. Waiting until the deadline may result in funds not being received.


More information about Cancelled Awards