Getting to Know our Chapter Members Inside this issue: President’s Message 1 ASMC National News 2 Chapter Info 3-4 July Mtg. Recap 5 Conference Pictures 6 CDFM Awarded 7 Executive Staff 8 August Issue Volume 3 * 2011 In pursuing the Chapter’s vision for this year, “events envisioned and created by you, the mem- bers,” we released a survey in July to collect your thoughts. A per- sonal thank you goes out to all 85 members who submitted their responses, including several of the leading Comptrollers on the is- land. Our executive committee reviewed all the responses and discussed how we can best meet your expectations this year. So all in all, some of the things you should expect to see this year are… More roundtables The majority of our events offering CPE credit CDFM training Inspirational speakers from Hawaii, both from within and outside the FM world Community service projects involving veterans and/or wounded warriors And much more…. While we’ve mapped out the year now, we’ll share the specifics as our invited speakers confirm their availability. On a side note, this month we com- pleted a very well-received Re- gional Professional Development Conference from 15-17 August. Special thanks go out to LCDR Jose Vargas, our ASMC Partnering com- mittee Chair, for coordinating a large number of Chapter volunteers and helping our portion of the ASMC/AGA conference go off smoothly and successfully. We’ve included a few pictures from the event in this issue. Please tell us about your experience – which speakers registered with you most, what aspects of the conference were best, what we can do most to Na Leo o Ka Luna Kālā “The Voice of the Comptrollers” improve the next one; you can con- tact LCDR Vargas at [email protected]. My goal is for our Chapter to con- tinuously take onboard your ideas (with or without need for a sur- vey), give credit where credit is due, and continue to build for the benefit of all of us one of the strongest chapters in ASMC. Fred Dini, CDR, SC, USN, CDFM-A ASMC
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Getting to Know our Chapter Members
Inside this issue:
President’s Message 1
ASMC National News 2
Chapter Info 3-4
July Mtg. Recap 5
Conference Pictures 6
CDFM Awarded 7
Executive Staff 8
August Issue Volume 3 * 2011
In pursuing the Chapter’s vision for this year, “events envisioned and created by you, the mem-bers,” we released a survey in July to collect your thoughts. A per-sonal thank you goes out to all 85 members who submitted their responses, including several of the leading Comptrollers on the is-land. Our executive committee reviewed all the responses and discussed how we can best meet your expectations this year. So all in all, some of the things you should expect to see this year are…
More roundtables The majority of our events
offering CPE credit CDFM training Inspirational speakers
from Hawaii, both from within and outside the FM world
Community service projects involving veterans and/or wounded warriors
And much more…. While we’ve mapped out the year now, we’ll share the specifics as our invited speakers confirm their availability. On a side note, this month we com-pleted a very well-received Re-gional Professional Development Conference from 15-17 August. Special thanks go out to LCDR Jose Vargas, our ASMC Partnering com-mittee Chair, for coordinating a large number of Chapter volunteers and helping our portion of the ASMC/AGA conference go off smoothly and successfully. We’ve included a few pictures from the event in this issue. Please tell us about your experience – which speakers registered with you most, what aspects of the conference were best, what we can do most to
Na Leo o Ka Luna Kālā
“The Voice of the Comptrollers”
improve the next one; you can con-tact LCDR Vargas at [email protected]. My goal is for our Chapter to con-
The General Services Administration (GSA) announced that daily Per Diem rates in Standard areas for lodging ($77) and meals and incidental expenses (M&IE—$46) will remain un-changed for FY 2012. The Standard area rate covers most of the 2,600 continental US (CONUS) counties.
However, the daily lodging rates for many of the almost 400 Non-Standard areas (NSAs), for which rates are set individu-ally, will show some increase. A few NSAs will experience small decreases in the lodging rate. GSA notes that while the lodging rate increase in many NSAs indicates some recovery in the lodging industry, rates have not returned their highs of 2008. M&IE rates for all NSAs remain unchanged from FY2011, ranging between $46 and $71.
GSA also changed the Standard and NSA designations for some areas for FY2012. One area (Alexandria/Leesville/Natchitoches, LA) will become a new NSA. Five areas that had been NSAs will be moved to Standard rates: Stockton, CA; Lake Charles, LA; Robinsonville, MS; Tulsa, OK; and Bremerton, WA. Eight areas currently with Standard rates will return to NSA rates: Montgomery, AL; Ocala, FL; Michigan City, IN; Benton Harbor, MI; Mackinac Island, MI; Mount Pleasant, MI; Jeffer-son City, MO; and Sheboygan, WI. GSA sets for locations in CONUS. These rates are the maxi-mum amounts a federal employee can receive as reimburse-ment for allowable expenses while on official duty travel. A table on the GSA website shows the Standard lodging and M&IE rates and all Individual NSA rates for FY2012.
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