Main The Department of Treasury has mandated that at least 96% of payments must be processed via Electronic Funds Transfer (see press release below). Treasury has documented in 2010 that further increased use of EFT payments could save the Government 400 million dollars and 12 million pounds of paper in the next 5 years. In addition, EFT payments are much more secure than paper checks. <a href=http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/tg644.htm target=”_blank”> http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/tg644.htm</a>. Percent

FY 2010 Overall: 98%

Oct 2009 96 98 Nov 2009 96 96 Dec 2009 96 98 Jan 2010 96 97 Feb 2010 96 97 Mar 2010 96 98 Apr 2010 96 98 May 2010 96 98 Jun 2010 96 98 Jul 2010 96 97 Aug 2010 96 98 Sep 2010 96 98

FY 2011 Overall: 97.71%

Oct 2010 96 98.56 Nov 2010 96 98.86 Dec 2010 96 97.80 Jan 2011 96 97.06 Feb 2011 96 97.25 Mar 2011 96 97.79 Apr 2011 96 96.31 May 2011 96 97.35 Jun 2011 96 97.59 Jul 2011 96 98.45 Aug 2011 96 97.15 Sep 2011 96 97.98

FY 2012 Overall: 97.92%

Oct 2011 96 97.93 Nov 2011 96 98.27 Dec 2011 96 98.15 Jan 2012 96 97.71 Feb 2012 96 97.22 Mar 2012 96 97.32 Apr 2012 96 97.63 May 2012 96 97.42 Jun 2012 96 98.55 Jul 2012 96 97.56 Aug 2012 96 98.82 Sep 2012 96 98.07 Sub The percentage of vendor payments processed via Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Number column 0

FY 2010 Total: 87,085

Oct 2009 5,820 Nov 2009 5,782 Dec 2009 7,367 Jan 2010 5,115 Feb 2010 5,814 Mar 2010 7,920 Apr 2010 7,636 May 2010 7,816 Jun 2010 8,110 Jul 2010 5,741 Aug 2010 9,460 Sep 2010 10,504 0

FY 2011 Total: 87,546

Oct 2010 5,269 Nov 2010 8,823 Dec 2010 8,325 Jan 2011 5,313 Feb 2011 6,432 Mar 2011 8,240 Apr 2011 6,674 May 2011 6,056 Jun 2011 7,821 Jul 2011 7,005 Aug 2011 8,215 Sep 2011 9,373

FY 2012 TOTAL: 86,232

Oct 2011 6,344 Nov 2011 7,380 Dec 2011 7,153 Jan 2012 6,346 Feb 2012 5,879 Mar 2012 6,568 Apr 2012 6,465 May 2012 7,559 Jun 2012 7,347 Jul 2012 7,523 Aug 2012 8,770 Sep 2012 8,898 Sub The percentage of vendor payments processed via Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Number column 0

FY 2010 Total: 89,272

Oct 2009 5,921 Nov 2009 6,003 Dec 2009 7,505 Jan 2010 5,291 Feb 2010 6,014 Mar 2010 8,117 Apr 2010 7,822 May 2010 7,980 Jun 2010 8,277 Jul 2010 5,932 Aug 2010 9,689 Sep 2010 10,721 0

FY 2011 Total: 89,601

Oct 2010 5,346 Nov 2010 8,925 Dec 2010 8,512 Jan 2011 5,474 Feb 2011 6,614 Mar 2011 8,426 Apr 2011 6,930 May 2011 6,221 Jun 2011 8,014 Jul 2011 7,115 Aug 2011 8,458 Sep 2011 9,566

FY 2012 TOTAL: 88,062

Oct 2011 6,478 Nov 2011 7,510 Dec 2011 7,288 Jan 2012 6,495 Feb 2012 6,047 Mar 2012 6,749 Apr 2012 6,622 May 2012 7,759 Jun 2012 7,455 Jul 2012 7,711 Aug 2012 8,875 Sep 2012 9,073 http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/Transparency/track/ucm206310.htm FDA-TRACK Office of Operations Dashboard ਍††਍਍਍਍਍਍਍