FMNET Message 2 AUG 2019

FMNet Members:

1. (Update) The Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller (ASA (FM&C)), Comptroller Proponency Office has extended the application deadline for the Cohort 2021 Defense Comptrollership Program (DCP) to Friday, 04 OCT 19. 

The DCP is a long-term training (LTT) opportunity for Civilians and Military personnel from all services and career programs open to grades GS-11-13 and certain, 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://whitman.syr.edu/programs-and-academics/programs/whitman-mba-experience/dcp/index.aspx)

General News and Information:

1. (New) Subscribers can join the discussion on the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army Financial Operations (DASA-FO) Goods Receipt Policy.

(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/thread/217558)

1. (New) The Army is changing, proof of this is the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is working with the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) team, which delivered five BOTs on April 2019, designed to improve the Support Agreement Manager (SAMs) agreement workload. 

 (https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-649102)  

1. (New) Review current USAFMCOM Operational Support Team training material:
   1. Debt Management
   2. In and out processing
   3. Military Pay processing
   4. Military Pay support overview

(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/groups/ost-usafmcom)

Training Opportunities:

1. (Updated) Are you looking for a certification that trains individuals to identify and eliminate the eight kinds of waste within an organization?  Then register now for the FY19 Army Financial Management School (AFMS) Credentialing Opportunities and apply for your Lean Six Sigma certification.

(https://youtu.be/wQ0ARwBwe4w)

1. Upcoming Functional courses:

Title                                                                                                                Class Number                    Start Date                          Finish Date

1. GFEBS Cost Management                    002-19                                               12 August                       23 August

For registration, information see: https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-234603 or visit the Functional Courses Community of Interest (COI).  

1. Upcoming University of South Carolina courses:
   1. Introduction to ERP                                                           004-19                                        19 August                           23 August
   2. Basic Business Analytics Course                      004-19                                               09 September   13 September

For registration information, course syllabi, travel memorandum, and other schedules see the USC COI.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI7Ko1c2Uhc)

1. Review the Updated United States Army Reserve (USAR) Budget Manager Course (BMC) schedule, with upcoming class:    

Report Date        Start Date                          Finish Date                        Location

1. 25 Aug                                        26 August                           30 August                           Fort Knox, KY

(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/tfi/blog/2019/02/22/usar-courses)

1. Review the updated Resource Management Training Center (RMTC) course schedule, with upcoming classes:

Title                                                                                                                       Start Date                              Finish Date                                                                    

1. Budget Analyst                                                                                    05 August                    09 September
2. ARNG USPFO Financial Manager       19 August                           23 September

(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/tfi/resource-management-training-center)

1. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) personnel involved in managing reimbursable, buy/sell, intragovernmental transactions (IGT) are invited to learn more about DLA's new IGT business processes and US Treasury's G-Invoicing system by participating in four, free web-based, instructor-led courses.
   1. Next session - Tuesday, 13 August

(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-626951)

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)

1. ALARACTs

(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/thread/209012)

1. Army Directives are on the Army Publishing Directorate at

(http://www.apd.army.mil/Search/ePubsSearch/ePubsSearchForm.aspx?x=ARMY+DIR)  

1. DFAS For DOD Library

(https://dfas4dod.dfas.mil/library/)

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https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms       

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