Program Letter 2008-09

Program
Letter

United States
Railroad Retirement Board

Office of Programs
Quality Reporting Service Center

Letter No. 2008-09
Date: March 13, 2008

Phone: (312) 751-4992
Fax:
(312) 751-7190
E-mail: qrsc@rrb.gov

TO:
SUBJECT:

Certification Contact Officials
Pay.Gov to Replace RRBLink for RUIA Contributions

Notice–RRBLINK WILL BE SHUT DOWN ON MARCH 14, 2008 FOR RAILROARD
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT (RUIA) CONTRIBUTIONS. ALL ELECTRONIC
RUIA CONTRIBUTIONS SHOULD BE MADE THROUGH PAY.GOV.
Pay.gov is a free payment service offered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. It is:
• Secure. Pay.gov uses the highest current industry standards for secure transactions.
• Easy to use. You can access Pay.gov anywhere with an Internet connection.
• Convenient. You can schedule payments 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
To learn more about Pay.gov, please visit Frequently Asked Questions at www.Pay.gov
To make RUIA Contributions
Go to www.Pay.gov and login with your Pay.gov username and password. If you do not have a
Pay.gov username and password, select the ‘Click here to Register’ link from the home page and
follow the directions offered.
After you have logged into Pay.gov, go to the option ‘Find Public Forms” and click on ‘By
Agency Name’ >’Railroad Retirement Board’>and then ’Employer’s Payment of Unemployment
Contributions’. If you have questions about making RUIA contributions, please call the
Railroad Retirement Board at (312) 751-4668.

1

To make RUIA Contributions and file Forms DC-1, “Employer’s Quarterly Report of
Contributions”
You will need an assigned Pay.gov username and password. You will receive a Pay.gov user
account via e-mail by mid-March from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, the Pay.gov
fiscal agent, IF your business:
•
•
•

Has a designated Contact Official for Services and Compensation (COSC);
Was enrolled in RRBLINK; and
Has an e-mail address on file with RRB.

To set up an individual to be a COSC or to add an e-mail to a COSC’s contact information, an
employer must complete Form G117a, “Designation of Contact Official’s”. The G-117a is
available at www.rrb.gov under the option “Employer Forms and Publications”. After
completing the form, please send it to:
US Railroad Retirement Board
CESC-QRSC
844 North Rush Street, 6th Floor
Chicago, IL 60611
You can also fax the Form G-117a to the RRB at (312) 751-7190. Please allow up to two weeks
for processing contact information changes. If you have questions about Form G-117a, call the
RRB’s Quality Reporting Service Center at (312) 751-4992.
Once you receive the Pay.Gov e-mail please contact them immediately to receive your
initial login identification and password.
If your company does NOT have any of the three required elements explained above or you
have NOT received the Pay.Gov e-mail, you should contact the RRB at 312-751-4310 to obtain
your initial login identification and password.

2