[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR1315.18]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER III--OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
 
PART 1315_PROMPT PAYMENT--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1315.18  Inquiries.

    (a) Regulation. Inquiries concerning this part may be directed in 
writing to the Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service 
(FMS), Cash Management Policy and Planning Division, 401 14th Street, 
SW. Washington, DC 20227, (202) 874-6590, or by calling the Prompt 
Payment help line at 1-800-266-9667, by emailing questions to FMS at 
prompt.inquiries@fms.sprint.com, or by completing a Prompt Payment 
inquiry

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form available at www.fms.treas.gov/prompt/inquiries.html.
    (b) Applicable interest rate. The rate is published by the Fiscal 
Service, Department of the Treasury, semiannually in the Federal 
Register on or about January 1 and July 1. The rate also may be obtained 
from the Department of Treasury's Financial Management Service (FMS) at 
1-800-266-9667. This information is also available at the FMS Prompt 
Payment Web Site at http://www.fms.treas.gov/prompt/index.html.
    (c) Agency payments. Questions concerning delinquent payments should 
be directed to the designated agency office, or the office responsible 
for issuing the payment if different from the designated agency office. 
Questions about disagreements over payment amount or timing should be 
directed to the contracting officer for resolution. Small business 
concerns may obtain additional assistance on payment issues by 
contacting the agency's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business 
Utilization.