SIGMAStatewide Integrated Governmental

Management Application

MAIN VS SIGMA• SIGMA is new State

Accounting System

• CMS and MEGS+ still used by MDE and recipients for grants

• Recipients still use CMS to draw MDE grant funds

• Files sent to SIGMA starting October 2017

• MAIN is old State Accounting System

• CMS and MEGS+ used by MDE and recipients for grants

• Recipients used CMS to draw MDE grant funds

• Files to MAIN pre October 2017

NO WORRIES!

Recipients will still use CMS to draw MDE grant funds

MAIN VS SIGMA• Contract and Payment

Express (C&PE) was how payees could look up payments in MAIN and set up and change vendor information

• Login/Password for C&PE will not work in VSS

• Vendor Self Service (VSS) is now how payees can look up payments in SIGMA and set up and change vendor information

• Payee needs to go to VSS to receive new Login/Password for access

• michigan.gov/SIGMAVSS

HELP AND HELPFUL INFO

• Payees that received a payment from the State of Michigan in the last two fiscal years were converted to SIGMA

• Once CMS payment file is sent to SIGMA by MDE, payments are typically 3-5 business days

IT'S FINAL EXPENDITURE REPORT (FER) SEASON

• All grant approvals with end date of 9/30/17 have FERs due 11/29/17

• Any FER submitted where Paid amount is less than Total Expense of FER will create system generated Payment Request

• If certified fund request on grant is created, the FER will not be available for posting until fund request is processed

• Any FER not submitted by 11/29/17 will be submitted by CMS as zero FER (request reopening)

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS