FMNET Message 3 Aug 2018

FMNet Members:

Submit your application now for Training with Industry (TWI) Program, a work-experience program designed to provide extensive exposure to managerial techniques and industrial procedures within corporate America to competitively selected officers and non-commissioned officers. Training received usually is not available either through the military school system or private university system. Following the participants' tenure at the commercial company, they are placed in a validated utilization assignment for two years. Participants also incur an active duty service obligation of three for one computed in days.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/thread/201942?sr=stream)

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. 
Additionally, UTES provides several training resources for all Finical Warriors.  Recently added to the site are:
- GTA 07-71-001 Combat Skills for Small Unit Leaders
- GTA 63-01-001 Sustainment Unit Training Resource Guide
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/utes    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nICwUuLGGUk)

2. Update to the US Army Financial Management Command (USAFMCOM) training Guidance, for all wishing to attend the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) E-Commerce Training event.  The training is for select personnel of FORSCOM deploying Financial Management Organizations.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/message/753730#753730    https://www.dvidshub.net/news/printable/135067)

General News and Information:

1. Read the latest version of Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Defense Bill, where the Committee on Armed Services, authorizing the appropriations for FY 2019 military activities of the Department of Defense.  For prescribing military personnel strengths, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with amendments and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
(https://rules.house.gov/sites/republicans.rules.house.gov/files/CRPT-115HRPT-676.pdf)

2. (NEW) Review the completed Financial Management Support Center (FMSC) Training Readiness Guide (TRG), on the FMNet home page within the Financial Management Training Readiness Guide Library.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/blog/2018/06/15/fmsd-library?ru=398125&sr=stream)

3. The Planning, Programming, Budget, and Execution (PPBE) instructors here at the FMS are eager to start, course 006 beginning August 13, 2018.  Please review the Welcome letter and associated material on PPBE COI.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/functional-courses/ppbe    http://www.finance.army.mil/CourseCatalog/FMSCourseCatalog.pdf)

4.(NEW) Join in on the conversation within the Financial Management (FM) Company Grade Officer COI on leadership, professionalism, goal setting, personal, and professional during current enlistment through retirement.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-370537?ru=361567&sr=stream)

5. (NEW) Looking for Subject Matter Experts within the General Fund Enterprise Business Systems (GFEBS) to provided valued input for a current FMNet Subscriber looking for GFEBS account posting logic on GFEBS Cost COI.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/functional-courses/gfebs-cost)
 
6. (NEW) Review and chime in on the discussion within GFEBS Financials, in reference to cleaning-up cost center labor variance.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/functional-courses/gfebs-financials)

7. 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    http://stayarmyreserve.army.mil/cmo/How%20to%20Search%20for%20TPU%20Vacancy%20Positions%20V2.pdf)
 
8. FM Soldiers looking to enhance their capabilities, with Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Certification, or as a Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM), please visit our Finance Certification COI.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/fco    https://www.youtube.com/embed/oAd6KX0wRhA)
 
9. Now posted on the FM Certification COI is the countdown clock for December 31, 2018, which is the date CETs are due for the even cycle.  Individuals certified in 2016 or 2014, their CETs are due no later than 31 December 2018.  Additionally, find the latest how-to guide on recording CET.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/fm-certification/blog/2018/06/05/the-countdown-is-on?ru=383719&sr=stream)

10. (NEW) Review the newest video of the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) on the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Facebook page.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/thread/202087?sr=stream    https://www.facebook.com/groups/7945374196/)

11. (NEW) The Cash Accountability and Traceability (CASH) milBook site will be conducting meetings this month on CivPay TDD Deployment Requirements, and MilPay Leads.  For all organizations and working groups engaged in the effort to establish a recurring, weekly discussion on the status of each topic.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/groups/cash)

12. (NEW) As posted on the Military Pay messages Defense Finance and Accounting Services and United States Army Reserve (DFAS and USAR) milBook site, the July 2018 Unit Commander’s Pay Management Report (UCPMR) is available in for downloading.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-494154?sr=stream)
 
13. (NEW) As posted on the Integrated Personnel and Pay System – Army (IPPS-A) A complete briefing, which provides the answers to the most asked questions about IPPS-A's functionality, provisioning, training and deployment, and infrastructure.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-493491?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 Processes
(https://dfas4dod.dfas.mil/centers/dfasin/yearend/)
 
5. DFAS For DOD Library
(https://dfas4dod.dfas.mil/library/)
 
Relevant Financial Management sites:
1. American Society of Military Comptrollers wants to help Defense financial management professionals looking for Continuing Professional Education (CPE) courses for professional development and earn the CET credits required to maintain DoD FM Certification Program (DFMCP), CDFM, CPA, CGFM, CMA, CIA and other professional certifications.
(http://www.asmconline.org/pdi/)
 
2. EagleCash card, an alternative to cash, ATM card, credit cards, and checkbooks.  An EagleCash card can replace all of that for you when you are in a deployed location.
(https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fsservices/gov/pmt/eagleCash/eagleCash_home.htm)

3. United States Department of the Treasury, The Treasury Department is the executive agency responsible for promoting economic prosperity and ensuring the financial security of the United States. The Department is responsible for a wide range of activities such as advising the President on economic and financial issues, encouraging sustainable economic growth, and fostering improved governance in financial institutions.
(https://home.treasury.gov/)

4. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) serves the President of the United States in overseeing the implementation of his vision across the Executive Branch. Specifically, OMB’s mission is to assist the President in meeting his policy, budget, management, and regulatory objectives and to fulfill the agency’s statutory responsibilities.
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/)
 
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This post identifies our total membership count for the FMNet (Army FM School Community of Interest) with 5,178 members as of August 3rd compared to 5,167 as of the July update.