FMNET Message 23 MAR 2018

FMNet Members:

1.“Tipping point is that thrilling moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire.”  (2018 Gladwell)  The Financial Management School (FMS) is ecstatic to announce that the number of subscribers is approximately 5K, from our modest start in December 2016.  We have a total Enterprise population of ~16K financial managers.  To that end, we are nearly two-thirds away from reaching and engaging our entire community via FMNet.  Here at the schoolhouse, we encourage all our subscribers to share this great news and recruit influential professionals to reach the maximum number of financial managers.  'Each One, Reach One'
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/utes/metrics)

2.On Friday March 23, 2018 milSuite will be migrating to the cloud, there is no expected changes in operation or availability of milSuite applications.  The milSuit team encourages all users to complete all work prior to Friday 23 March at 1700 EDT.  MilSuite will be back online Monday, March 26, 2018.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/milsuite/blog/2018/03/16/milsuite-is-moving-to-milcloud-on-march-23rd   https://www.facebook.com/milSuite/)

Training Opportunities:

1.FMNet highlights the Ultimate Training Environment System (UTES) Community of Interest (COI).  For all users who are not familiar with UTES or how to leverage this tool to conduct home station training, a blog posted within UTES COI provides an overview.  (https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/utes/blog/2017/11/27/utes-overview)  We encourage our users to leverage this superb tool; where financial managers (military and civilian) can train on identical systems used in real-time to provide Operational Contract Support (OCS)/Procure-to-Pay Business Process at home station.  Users can train together in the same room or across the globe. 
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nICwUuLGGUk)

2.USAFMCOM hosts mandatory Quarterly Electronic-Commerce Systems Training at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston for select personnel of FORSCOM deploying Financial Management Organizations.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/message/743396#743396    https://www.dvidshub.net/news/printable/135067)

3.Training Symposium, jointly hosted by Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy (DPAP) and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), in Orlando, Florida, at the Hilton Orlando from April 2 – 5, 2018.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/events/48892?sr=stream   https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/pdi/2018_procure_to_pay_training_symposium.html)

4.The National Professional Development Institute (PDI) is the premier training event of the American Society of Military Comptrollers (ASMC), and will take place on May 28-June 1 in Denver, Colorado (with Pre-PDI May 28-29).  Defense financial managers in the public and private sectors will converge for the three-day event to enhance their resource management knowledge and skills, as well as share best practices toward meeting the complex challenges of today’s fiscal environment.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/events/48893?sr=stream   http://www.asmconline.org/pdi/)

General News and Information:

1.Recommended reading, The Honorable Mark T. Esper Secretary of the Army and General Mark A. Milley Chief of Staff Final Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Posture Statement, which supports the FY 2019 Budget Rollout and Army Posture Testimony.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/blog/2018/03/19/2018-army-posture-statement   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7EkUu-Myho)

2.The FMS would like to request all of our subscribers to visit our Finance Certification COI and participate in the finance certification poll, to tailor the community with relevant material for all of the Finance Corps.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/polls/242296)
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/polls/242298)
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/polls/242299)
(https://www.facebook.com/groups/7945374196/)

3.S8s looking to enhance your toolkit?  The Brigade S8 latest discussion talks about shaping the procurement to pay process for individual units, providing a near real-time update to a multitude of budget metrics.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-455312?ru=771264&sr=stream)

4.The Financial Management and Comptroller (FM&C) Key Designated Billet (KDB) Selection Panel will meet 27 – 29 March 2018 at the United States Army Human Resources Command (HRC), Fort Knox, Kentucky, to consider nominations for projected Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) KDB positions.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/message/752802#752802)

5.A quick reminder to all of our subscribers that the UTES site will be down for schedule Maintenance on March 30 – April 7, 2018.  To review all upcoming scheduled maintenance days visit UTES COI.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-327660)

6.For all members of the Finance Corps Association (FCA) and have an eligible family member, or you are an Enlisted Soldier who meets the criteria, 2018 FCA Scholarship is upon us.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/blog/2018/02/26/fca-scholarship?sr=stream   http://www.fincorps.org/)

7.All financial managers attending the April 9, Planning, Programming, Budget, and Execution (PPBE) Course, please review the course syllabus on our PPBE COI.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/functional-courses/ppbe)

8.General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS) Cost Management course is gearing up for the upcoming class on April 16.  For all financial managers attending, please review the GFEBS Cost COI for the latest course information.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/functional-courses/gfebs-cost)

9.For all financial managers seeking accreditation of Continuing Education and Training (CET) requirements from the comfort of their desk.  Please review the list of available virtual training at DOD FM Certification COI.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/fm-certification/blog/2018/02/13/the-virtual-courses-pilot-has-been-extended)

10.For those individuals that may not know, the Army Financial Management School has created a partnership with the University of South Carolina (USC).  The FMNet is full of useful information for course interest and attendance.  Please follow the page and share this knowledge with other financial managers.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/usc   http://www.finance.army.mil/FMS%20and%20USC%20Partnership%20Article.pdf)

11.Why is there a Finance Corps museum?  The U.S. Army Finance Corps Museum is a blend of the traditional (static exhibit displays and artifacts) and virtual (museum website and museum weblog).  In concert with technological innovations, the museum functions as a learning conduit for Financial Management students and personnel by presenting an environment that fosters esprit de corps (identifying with Army values),  branch heritage training, and an understanding of American military history.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/finance-corps-museum/blog/2015/05/29/united-states-army-finance-corps-museum-operations-the-importance-of-branch-heritage-training)

12.For all subscribers looking for a TPU Vacancy, please consider the Total Force Integrator COI for a listing of TPU opportunities.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/tfi)

13.The USARC G8 Pay Management Division has an ADOS-RC opportunity for an E4-E7 36B at Ft Knox, KY.  Start date is as soon as possible, end date is 30 Sep 18.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-454881?sr=stream   https://www.facebook.com/groups/7945374196/)

14.Review the latest presentation detailing Intragovernmental (IGT) activities.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-403080?sr=stream)

15.Read the latest MILPER message on Active Component Selective Retention Bonus (SRB) program.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/message/752805#752805)

16.Recently Integrated Personnel and Pay System (IPPS-A) conducted a demonstration of end-to-end business processes and associated software, follow the associated link for details and outcome.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/thread/195028?sr=stream)

MILPER, ALARACT, Army Directives, DFAS, & FORSCOM Financial Management Messages:

1.MILPER messages available on the HRC MILPER web page at
(https://www.hrc.army.mil/Milper)

2.ALARACTs on AKO at
(https://www.us.army.mil/suite/page/550282.)

3.Army Directives are on the Army Publishing Directorate at
(http://www.apd.army.mil/Search/ePubsSearch/ePubsSearchForm.aspx?x=ARMY+DIR)  

4.DFAS MilPay Accounting Analysis Directorate Year End 2017 Processes
(https://dfas4dod.dfas.mil/centers/dfasin/yearend/FY2017/FY17.htm)

5.DFAS For DOD Library
(https://dfas4dod.dfas.mil/library/)

6.FORSCOM RMM 170041 “GCSS-A Wave II PBO Requisitioning Process (job aid)” and 170044 “Recent Changes to Mandatory GFEBS Training in ALMS” along with other messages are available.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-413486?sr=search&searchId=e38d9794-a5c8-41f8-9c75-530fa21c20c1&searchIndex=1.)   

 
Upcoming Events (all times Eastern Time):

1.The content from cpol.army.mil has transitioned to milBook.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/Civ-HR) 

  
2.Do you need help maintaining your Department of Defense (DOD) Financial Management (FM) and Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM) Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits, visit:
(http://www.asmconline.org/pdi/) 

3.American Society of Military Comptrollers (ASMC) 2018 National Professional Development Institute (PDI) is 30 May to 1 June in Denver, Colorado 2018.  Additional details are available.
(http://www.asmconline.org/beckeronlinecpes/)

Social Media: Share these links with your peers.

Join the FMNet by visiting the Army Financial Management School COI link and sign in to milSuite with your CAC (signing in establishes your milSuite account if you did not have one).  After signing in select milBook and navigate to the Army Financial Management School Community page, look for the “Join” widget on the left and click it.  Approval is automatic.  https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms    
FMtube: Visit the FMtube for video job aids https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrFUP9pi9QR6d4mDZ4-cW8Q    

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Visit us at the Home of the Army Financial Management School on the One Stop http://www.finance.army.mil/
This post identifies our total membership count for the FMNet (Army FM School Community of Interest) with 4,742 members as of March 16th compared to 4,646 as of the February update.