PRODUCTS

PSC’s Products

PSC's product line consists of three highly specialized software systems expertly designed and targeted at military and civilian agencies who are required to adhere to federally mandated regulations. PSC has systematically developed and tailored these packages over the last 30 years to rigorously meet these federal requirements as well as boost productivity and enable strong management through reporting and workflow tools.

The Integrated Automated Travel System (IATS) is used throughout the Department of Defense and other civilian agencies to establish all travel documentation, computations, accounting interfaces, federal tax reporting, and payment by check or electronic funds transfer. It is a system than runs on multiple platforms and services military and civilian employees around the world. It is versatile and can be used in any situation, including large centralized travel offices or single computer mobile/offline situations. The system includes all the rules promulgated in the Joint Travel Regulation (JTR) and the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR).

IATS Specifications:

  • Process Temporary Duty Requests for Advances and Settlements...
  • Process Permanent Change of Station Request for Advances and Settlements...
  • Process Local Travel Claims (1164) and Local DITY Claims
  • Suspense and Collection Processing...
  • Interfaces to Accounting, Disbursing, and Payroll Systems
  • Interfaces to IRS, Federal Reserve, and US Treasury...
  • Import Claims from T-PAX
  • Maintain/Display complete Travel History of all transaction
  • Generation of Management Reports...
  • Maintenance and Configuration
  • Monthly Rate Updates
  • Email Interfaces...
  • Miscellaneous...

The Travel Processing and Automated Examination (TPAX) system is a specialized front end to IATS. TPAX is designed to enable individual travelers to easily request travel authorization, enter travel claims, and track the status of their claims as they are processed. TPAX handles all forms of travel ranging from simple local travel expenses to complicated long term temporary duty (TDY) trips, military permanent change of station (MILPCS), and civilian permanent change of station (CIVPCS).

TPAX supports a wide range of travel types and workflows. This support is, however, customized rather than dictated by PSC to meet the needs of each office. Although most sites already use IATS they almost always have unique approaches to how travel is planned, authorized, and eventually reported to the disbursing office for settlement. PSC works with each customer when possible to tailor the TPAX user experience to preserve that existing workflow while obtaining as much benefit from the IATS integration and paperless processes provided by TPAX.

Below is a list of key features that make TPAX especially valuable to some or all of our users.

TPAX Specifications:

  • Authorizations and Orders…
    • Traveler initiated Requests for Travel.

      Multiple request formats are available which included a simplified fillable 1610 and a format customized for cases where multiple individuals travel together.

    • Automatic Travel Order Number Assignment

      Travel Order Numbers (or standard document numbers) are automatically assigned based on customized business rules.

  • Routing and Approval…
    • Workflow customized to customer's needs.
    • Request for travel are autmomatically and dynamically routed for approval. The approval process is customized to meet individual customers' needs. Examples of dynamic routing that have been implemented include custom routes for foreign travel, different routes based on the traveler's unit, and routing based on the availability of approving officials in a unit.
    • Requests for travel and be denied and returned to a previously approval step in the workflow or returned to the traveler. Approved travel requests automatically move to the next step of the workflow.
    • Examples of approval options include Supervisor/Reviewer, Authorizing Official, Medical, Budget Analyst, and Legal
  • Budgeting and Availability of Funds…
    • Users with the Budget Analyst role receive Automated notifications when travel requests are routed to them. The Budget Analyst is required to supply the line of accounting to be used to obligate funds.
    • Budget Analysts can only utilize accounting associated with their unit based on customer requirements.
    • An optional funding checkbook an be used to fund the lines of accounting, track obligations, and block the budget analyst from approving the request without adequate funding.
  • Obligation Accounting Upload Interface…
    • The travel system interfaces to multiple obligations accounting systems via a custom flat file interface. Travel requests that have been fully approved and funded are uploaded to the obligation accounting system.
    • TPAX and IATS do have support for the GFEBS obligation system based on customer feedback. This includes support for the GFEBS FMZ and MPA file formats. TPAX and IATS also enable the import of Document Reference Numbers assigned when obligations are uploaded.
  • Submission of 1351-2, Settlements, and Advances…
    • Travelers can submit 1351-2 forms after travel has been completed.
    • Travelers can also submit 1164 travel via TPAX.
    • Submissions can include not only first/final submissions but also partials and supplementals.
    • Submitted 1351-2 forms are automatically routed for approval by the Reviewer and AO.
    • Fully approved 1351-2 forms can be imported into IATS and processed as settlements. All the traveler supplied information is transmitted to IATS and eliminates the need for the Travel Examiner to reenter that data. Most claims submitted this way can be simply reviewed in IATS and queued for disbursement.
  • IATS Integration…
    • Settlements against orders issued through TPAX but without a 1351-2 automatically utilize the trip as indicated on the orders as well as the accounting which was assigned.
    • Settlements disbursed from IATS automatically generate obligation adjustments to ensure that the obligation accounting system is matches the actual amount finally disbursed.
    • Prior payments and advances processed by IATS are automatically taken into account when travelers submit new 1351-2 documents

Professional Software Consortium has developed the Army and Air Force Active Pay System (AAPS), previously known as the Defense Entitlement Pay System, for use within the Department of Defense. AAPS is a military pay computation system used within the Department of Defense to calculate Military Pay entitlements for "short term" periods and is used to calculate payroll for individuals that cannot be paid by normal Military Payroll Systems.