FMNET Message 5 JUL 2019

General News and Information:

1. (New) Diamond Saber 2019, recently allowed for the full display of UTES capabilities where the Financial Management School (FMS) supported the training and exercise portions of the procure-to-pay process.  Review the complete story and the related FT. McCoy article on UTES COI.
   1. (https://www.milsuite.mil/book/community/spaces/afms/utes/blog/2019/07/03/fms-and-the-ultimate-training-environment-system)
   2. (https://wxow.com/news/top-stories/2019/06/26/army-trains-in-finance/)
2. (New) Review General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS) Cost COI, to see how the automatic email notifications to end users affects you and the process for inactive users.

(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/thread/216217)

1. (New) We encourage all of our subscribers working with the Integrated Personnel and Pay System (IPPS-A) to subscribe and review the latest news stories on IPPS-A milBook site.   

(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-640694)

FMNet Members:

1. The Cohort 2021 Defense Comptrollership Program (DCP) is open for application submissions for Cohort 2021.  All applications must be received NLT 31 JUL 2019. 

(https://www.milsuite.mil/book/message/804284#804284)

Training Opportunities:

1. (Updated) Are you looking to demonstrate your proficiency with the industry-leading Microsoft Office program and gain real-world knowledge?  Then register now to achieve your Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Certification, with the highly anticipated FY19 Army Financial Management School (AFMS) Credentialing Opportunities and earn your MOS Certification.

(https://youtu.be/wQ0ARwBwe4w)

1. Upcoming Functional courses:

Title                                                                                                                        Class Number                              Start Date                          Finish Date

1. PPBE                                                                                                                              005-19                                08 July                                 19 July
2. GFEBS Financials                                                                                 005-19                         22 July                                 08 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. Basic Business Analytics Course                                     003-19                                22 July                               26 July
   2. Advanced Business Analytics Course              003-19                                05 August                       30 August

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

(https://www.army.mil/article/168209/finance_school_usc_extend_partnership)

1. Upcoming United States Army Reserve (USAR) Budget Manager Course (BMC):         
   1. Report Date                                                            Start Date                          Finish Date                       Location

25 Aug                                                                                     26 Aug                                 30 Aug                                      Fort Knox, KY

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

1. Upcoming Resource Management Training Center (RMTC) courses:

Title                                                                                         Start Date                          Finish Date                                                                    

1. Budget Analyst                                                      24 June                              28 June

 (https://www.pec.ng.mil/RMTC)

1. Army National Guard (ARNG) workshop:

Title                                                                                          Report Date       Start Date                              Finish Date                       

1. Budget Officer Workshop    29 July                                 30 July                                 1 August

(https://www.pec.ng.mil/RMTC)

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, 09 July

(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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 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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https://twitter.com/FMS29207  

This post identifies our total membership count for the FMNet (Army FM School Community of Interest) with 6,111 members as of July 3 compared to 6,089 as of the June update.