What is the State of Georgia (GA) FIDM Program?
The State of Georgia introduced House Bill 284 in the 1997 legislative session which provided for the creation of an automated application system to meet the requirements of the federal Financial Data Match Program mandate. This bill was passed in mid 1997 and was incorporated in to the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (OCGA) as section 19-11-30. The Department of Administrative Services (DOAS) was chartered to develop the system on behalf of their internal customer agency the Department of Human Resources Office of Child Support Enforcement. In the fall of 1997 work on a preliminary system analysis and data model were started. A steering committee was assembled and met for the first time in November 1997. The steering committee is made up of representatives of financial institutions (Banks, Credit Unions and Insurance Companies), financial industry associations (Georgia Credit Union Affiliates, Georgia Bankers Association, Community Bankers Association of Georgia), financial industr
