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Digest:
Zero Code - In addition to the specific changes listed below, minor editorial and technical
changes are made throughout chapter.
04.12 - Revises the caption from Director of Financial Management Systems to Director
Albuquerque Service Center, ASC-B&F and sets forth responsibilities.
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Digest--Continued:
04.13 - Adds new code and caption Director of Financial Management and sets forth
responsibilities.
04.21 - Removes caption Regional Foresters and text, and adds caption Regional Directors,
Natural Resource Management and sets forth responsibilities.
04.22 - Assigns the caption and direction previously found at section 4.23.
04.23 - Assigns the caption and direction previously found at section 4.24.
04.24 - Assigns the caption and direction previously found at section 4.25.
04.25 - Assigns the caption and direction previously found at section 4.26. Adds, at paragraph 1,
accuracy and timeliness to the responsibilities, and at paragraph 4, a requirement that all
adjustments to KV and SSF plan collection amounts be made prior to contract closure.
04.3 - Adds new code and caption Internal Control and sets forth direction.
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Table of Contents
01 - AUTHORITY...............................................................................................................4
02 - OBJECTIVES.............................................................................................................4
03 - POLICY......................................................................................................................5
04 - RESPONSIBILITY......................................................................................................5
04.1 - Washington Office.............................................................................................................5
04.11 - Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief for National Forest System......................5
04.12 - Director of Albuquerque Service Center, ASC-B&F..................................................5
04.13 - Director of Financial Management..............................................................................6
04.2 - Field Units.........................................................................................................................6
04.21 - Regional Directors, Natural Resource Management...................................................6
04.22 - Regional Automated Timber Sale Accounting Coordinators......................................6
04.23 - Forest Supervisors.......................................................................................................6
04.24 - Forest Automated Timber Sale Accounting Coordinators...........................................7
04.25 - Timber Sale Contracting Officer.................................................................................7
04.3 - Internal Controls................................................................................................................7
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The purpose of this handbook is to provide servicewide standards, procedures, and operating
instructions for maintenance and operation of the Automated Timber Sale Accounting (ATSA)
System. Direction related to other aspects of timber sale contracting is set out in FSM 1410,
Management Reviews, FSH 1409.11, Fiscal Review and Analysis Handbook; FSM 6560,
Bonding Administration and FSH 6509.11k, Service-wide Finance and Accounting Handbook,
FSM 2400, Timber Management, and FSH 2409.15, Timber Sale Administration Handbook.
01 - AUTHORITY
Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 215; 16 U.S.C. 528-531); Forest and
Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 476; 16 U.S.C. 1600-1614) as
amended by the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2949); and the Federal
Managers' Financial Integrity Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 814) regulate the policies and procedures
involved in selling and maintaining controls over timber. Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act of
1990 (Public Law 101-576).
02 - OBJECTIVES
The Automated Timber Sale Accounting (ATSA) System provides a standardized systematic
approach for managing the financial aspects of timber sale contracts, an approach that meets the
needs of both the Forest Service and timber purchasers. Specifically, the objectives are to:
1. Perform all required timber sale accounting functions as prescribed by the various
timber sale contracts, permits, and bonding documents.
2. Ensure that reliable information is reportable for internal and external users, such as
the Government Accounting Office (GAO), Office of Inspector General (OIG), and
Congress.
5. Collect timber volume and financial data for use in statistical reporting.
6. Ensure that reliable financial data interfaces with the Foundational Financial
Information System (FFIS).
7. Assure quality, production processing of timber sale accounting data received from the
Timber Information Manager (TIM), the General Ledger to TSA interface (GLTSA) and
the Regional Scale programs occurs.
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03 - POLICY
The Automated Timber Sale Accounting (ATSA) System is the official agency source for the
accumulation, recording, and reporting of financial information and related accomplishments. It
is Forest Service policy to:
1. Generate and record timber sale accounting information in ATSA in a reliable and
timely manner, for each administrative National Forest.
2. Utilize the ATSA System as the central accounting repository for timber sale
processes.
04 - RESPONSIBILITY
04.11 - Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief for National Forest System
The Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief for National Forest System are each responsible
for implementing and maintaining internal controls necessary to ensure the integrity of timber
sale financial data contained in the Timber Sale Accounting System.
The Director for the Albuquerque Service Center, ASC-B&F is responsible for:
1. Managing and compiling the reconciliation between timber sale accounting (ATSA)
and the financial system (FFIS), including Earned Revenue Reconciliation, Custodial
Liability Reconciliation, Down Payment Reconciliation, and TDTD Reconciliation.
2. Ensuring transactions interface appropriately, timely, and accurately among FFIS, TIM
and ATSA.
4. Reviewing and providing input on National Policy and procedures for TSA accounting
operations.
2. Establishing policies and standards for internal controls and financial reporting on
timber sale accounting transactions.
The Regional Automated Timber Sale Accounting (ATSA) System Coordinator is responsible
for:
3. Identifying and documenting financial system problems for action by the Washington
Office, Director of Financial Management.
The Forest Supervisors, through the appropriate staff officers, are responsible for:
1. Operating the Automated Timber Sale Accounting (ATSA) System within the
proclaimed Forest area.
The Forest Automated Timber Sale Accounting (ATSA) System Coordinators are responsible for:
1. Ensuring timber sale data is submitted timely to the ATSA system and verified.
1. Ensuring that all data relating to any timber sale contract within their authority are
processed accurately and timely into ATSA.
2. Reviewing and approving the financial status of the purchaser's account, prior to sale
closure and documenting, by signing and dating the final Statement of Account before
mailing to the purchaser.
3. Approving, when appropriate, all financial documents relating to contracts within their
authority.
4. Ensuring that all adjustments to trust fund accounts KV and SSF plan collection
amounts, and any redistribution of funds, are completed prior to the final closure letter
being sent to the purchaser.
5. Ensuring the timely and accurate reporting of sale and collection data, and the timely
deposit of any checks, cash, or other over-the-counter collections.
Refer to FSM 6500, Finance and Accounting, section 6501.23, Internal Controls.