FMNet Members:

1. (NEW) The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller (ASA (FM&C)), Comptroller Proponency Office is now accepting applications for the Defense Comptrollership Program (DCP) Cohort 2020 NLT 18 OCT 18.  The DCP is a long-term training (LTT) opportunity for Civilians and Military personnel from all services and career programs.  The DCP is open to grades GS-11-13. However, GS-14 personnel may apply.  Army Military selection priority is for Active and Active Guard Reserve (AGR) Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers (NCO) in ranks senior Captain-Major, Sergeant First Class, Master Sergeant, and junior Sergeant Majors.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/thread/202312?sr=stream    https://www.facebook.com/groups/7945374196/)

2. 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    https://www.facebook.com/groups/7945374196/)

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 (FM) 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.facebook.com/groups/7945374196/)

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. 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)

2. 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)

3. (NEW) The Business Process Standardization (BPS) Team hosted a joint Process Standardization Kickoff Meeting on 17 JUL 2018 in Washington, D.C. to launch the standardization of both the Acquire to Retire (A2R) and Environmental Liabilities (EL) processes. Follow the link to read the full article.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/blog/2018/08/07/usafmcom-business-process-standardization-bps-hosts-an-acquire-to-retire-and-environmental-liabilities-kickoff-meeting-on-17-jul-2018)

4. (NEW) Join in on the discussion about Global Combat Support System (GCSS) Army Credible turn-ins, on the FMNet.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/thread/202299?sr=stream&ru=107327)

5. (NEW) Help a fellow FM looking for answers with running reports in the General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS) 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, about the value added by participating in the GFEBS Financials course.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/functional-courses/gfebs-financials)

7. (NEW) Now posted on the FM Certification COI a Quick Guide for navigating the FM LMS, due to recent updates there are new ways to search for courses and assigning primary and alternate tracks.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/fm-certification/blog/2018/08/06/news-flash-fm-lms-catalog-update?ru=383719&sr=stream)

8. (NEW) Share your wealth of knowledge, to help answer the question about a TPU Soldiers permitted 60 days non-attendance at Battle Assembly (BA) after Reenlistment and Release from Active Duty (REFRAD) for Outside Continental United States (OCONUS) mobilization, n the Total Force Integrator COI.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/tfi)

9. 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) 

10. (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)

11. (NEW) For all FM looking for a reference on Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Policy and Plans, please review the SOP posted on the Financial Management Support Center (Theater) milBook site.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-497053?sr=stream)

12. (NEW) For all FM looking for practical exercises involving the Deployable Disbursing System (DDS) review the training material posted on the United States Army Financial Management Command (USAFMCOM) milBook site.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-497350)

13. (NEW) Review the latest Analysis of Statement of Differences (SOD-A) presentation, as posted on the United States Army Financial Management Command (USAFMCOM) milBook site.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-497441?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 5,218 members as of August 9th compared to 5,167 as of the July update.