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Explorer. The web browser “popup blocker” MUST be turned off in order
for you to edit or view some eGrants pages. It is not necessary to accept
cookies or to have a Flash viewer loaded to view eGrants.
Sponsors who experience technical difficulties with
making a payment using the Pay Now functionality in
eGrants should contact the AmeriCorps Hotline for
assistance by calling 800-942-2677, or visiting
https://questions.americorps.gov/.
The Pay Now functionality in eGrants is actually a gateway to Pay.gov which is
managed by the U.S. Department of Treasury and the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank
system. Launched in October 2000, Pay.gov is a secure government-wide, web-
based collection portal. Note that the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Pay.gov
system, the host of AmeriCorps’ Pay Now functionality in eGrants, requires that
cookies be turned on/enabled for optimal system performance.
The following information outlines Pay.gov’s security features:
• Pay.gov’s primary, fully redundant and replicated contingency, and test
environments are hosted in the Treasury Web Application Infrastructure
(TWAI), a highly secure environment provided by the Federal Reserve
Information Technology (FRIT) to support several enterprise-wide Treasury
applications. The TWAI is physically located at three Federal Reserve
Banks. The TWAI is built using a zone structure, with firewalls and routers
separating each zone, and complies with the Federal Information
Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2.
• All communication between Pay.gov and federal agencies (such as
AmeriCorps) is conducted through dedicated lines, virtual private
networks, or 128-bit, hardware-based (on Pay.gov’s side), version 3-only
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption. The scripts used for invocation of
the collections’ services require encryption, can provide for authentication
of the agency, allow the agency to authenticate Pay.gov, and facilitate the
handling of collection and reporting information. All sensitive data stored
within Pay.gov is encrypted.
• Pay.gov’s security plan meets all FISMA requirements and the business risk
assessment is reviewed annually. The U.S. Treasury conducts full
certification and accreditation of Pay.gov including environmental and
application penetration testing per FISMA requirements.
• For more information on Pay.gov security, contact Pay.gov customer
service, Monday - Friday, 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM Eastern Time (closed U.S.
government holidays) at 800- 624-1373 (select Option #2), or at