Grants Tracking System
The Grants Tracking System (GTS) is a Windows-based database
program developed by NHTSA to assist the states in the financial
management of federal grants. GTS was designed primarily to automate
the financial information process, produce the required federal
financial documents at the program area level, and electronically
transmit this information to NHTSA’s accounting department.
In FY 2018, NHTSA began assigning a
unique Federal Award Identification Number (FAIN) to every financial
assistance award. The new FAIN for each state is incorporated into
GTS by NHTSA. A FAIN is comprised of numbers and letters.
GTS handles five major types of automated transactions. Each
transaction type depends on the order of completion, validity, and
accuracy. The five transaction types are:
- Obligation Limitation.
- Obligation Cost Summary.
- Advance of Funds.
- Advance Reduction.
- Voucher.
Explanations of each of these transaction types follow under
separate subheadings.
NHTSA is developing a new Grants Management Solutions Suite
(GMSS) and will switch to the new system when it becomes available.