1. (NEW) The FMS Commandant COL Rick Hoerner would like to ask all of the FM community to assists the Executive Officer to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management & Comptroller) COL Andrew J. Hyatt in his request to solicit pictures from the field for the ASAFM&C website.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/blog/2018/09/13/fm-warrior-photos-for-asa-fmc-website)

 

2. Due to the impending Hurricane Florence, Mr. Morgan will not be speaking at the Senior Leader Lecture Series this Friday, September 14, 2018, at the Soldier Support Institute (SSI) Auditorium. The series has been canceled/postpone and will be rescheduled to a later date.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/thread/203366)

 

3. 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 October 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)

 

4. 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 through a 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)

 

 

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 Community of Interest (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)

 

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)

 

 

1. (NEW) As stated by a senior Financial Management (FM) officer, S8 and G8 (DIV to ASCC) need the Financial Management Tactical Platform (FMTP) to be successful.  With that thought process, a combined receipt of $2.2M from the Army Budget Office (ABO) and US Army Financial Management Command (USAFMCOM), the GFEBS Project Management Office (PMO) is pursuing the acquisition of 1,696 laptops through the Computer Hardware, Enterprise Software, and Solutions (CHESS) Consolidated Buy. Read the complete story on the FMNet.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/functional-courses/gfebs-financials)

 

2. (NEW) Read the latest news on the Business Process Standardization (BPS) team. 
 a. On 21 and 22 AUG 2018, the United States Army Financial Management Command (USAFMCOM) BPS Team hosted a workshop for the Government Purchase Card (GPC) and Contract Vendor Pay (CVP) process standards at the Emmitt J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis, Indiana.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/blog/2018/09/12/usafmcom-hosts-government-purchase-card-and-contract-vendor-pay-workshops)
 b. On 23 AUG 2018, Civilian Pay (CIVPAY) was signed into policy and officially became the second Business Process Standardization (BPS) process live on BPS’ Army Process Portal (APP). The APP hosts a number of CIVPAY-specific tools, resources, and outputs, including the process cycle memorandum, process details, and interactive process maps.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/blog/2018/09/07/civilian-pay-signed-into-policy-and-live-on-the-army-process-portal)

 

3. (NEW) The Chief of Staff of the Army Retired Soldiers Council is currently seeking nominees for Council membership. Read the complete message on the FMNet to see if you qualify.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-512338)

 

4. (NEW) Chime in on the conversation and help one of our subscribers locate RECON Plus software for Central Billed Account (CBA) Reconciliation.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/thread/203738)

 

5. (NEW) The Principles of Cost Analysis and Management (PCAM) course will be kicking off class 001 October 10, 2018.  For all attendees, please review PCAM COI for all appropriate course material.    
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/functional-courses/pcam)

 

6. (NEW) The Integrated Personnel and Pay System - Army (IPPS-A) milBook page has published the latest selection of IPPS-A videos listing:
 a. Top 10 advantages of IPPS-A.
 b. IPPS-A is coming to the Army National Guard (ARNG).
 c. IPPS-A is coming.
(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/apf/s1net/ipps-a)
 

 

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/)

 

 

Join the FMNet by visiting milSuite and signing in 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 (FMNet), 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    

 

One Stop: Visit us at the Home of the Army Financial Management School on the One Stop http://www.finance.army.mil/

 

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This post identifies our total membership count for the FMNet (Army FM School Community of Interest) with 5,301 members as of September 13th compared to 5,271 as of the August update.