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Administrative Wage Garnishment

Wed, Dec 10 2003 11:00:00 GMT

The General Services Administration (GSA) is amending its regulations to implement the administrative wage garnishment provisions contained in the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA). Wage garnishment is a process whereby an employer withholds amounts from an employee's wages and pays those amounts to the employee's creditor in satisfaction of a withholding order. The DCIA authorizes Federal agencies to administratively garnish the disposable pay of an individual to collect delinquent nontax debts owed to the United States in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury.

This part was previously titled Collection of Debts by Tax Refund Offset. Effective January 1, 1999, the Department of the Treasury started to conduct the tax refund offset program as part of the centralized offset program, known as the Treasury Offset Program (TOP), operated by the Financial Management Service (FMS), a bureau of the Department of the Treasury. Since GSA has a crossservicin

Salary Offset for Indebtedness of Federal Employees to the United States

Wed, Dec 10 2003 11:00:00 GMT

The General Services Administration (GSA) is amending its regulations to implement the salary offset procedures used to collect debts that are owed to the United States by Federal employees. The change conforms GSA regulations to the legislative changes enacted in the Debt
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Collection Improvement Act of 1996 and the amended procedures presented in the Federal Claims Collection Standards jointly issued by the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Department of Justice (DoJ). The change allows GSA to improve its collection of debts due the United States from Federal employees.

General Services Administration Property Management Regulations; Collection of Claims Owed the United States

Wed, Dec 10 2003 11:00:00 GMT

The General Services Administration (GSA) is amending and reissuing its regulations concerning the procedures used to collect debts owed to GSA by incorporating applicable provisions as required by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA) and the Federal Claims Collection Standards.