Manage Federal Groups

The Manage Federal Groups page allows agencies to maintain multiple ledgers by associating a natural account value set with a federal group to share across ledgers. In addition, users can define budget levels for a federal group that can be shared across ledgers with the same natural account value set.

Attributes on the Manage Federal Groups page include:

Attribute

Description

Name

Name of the federal group.

Description

Description of the federal group.

Natural Account Value Set

Natural account value set for ledgers that can be assigned to the federal group.

Freeze Budget Levels

Identifies if the budget levels for the ledger are frozen.

To define federal groups used in the federal budget execution process, perform these steps:

  1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, go to the Manage Federal Groups task:

    • Offering: Financials

    • Functional Area: U.S. Federal Financials

    • Task: Manage Federal Groups

  2. Click the Add Group icon.

  3. Enter values for the required attributes.

  4. Click Save.