A New Fiscal Year Call to Action Inside this issue: President’s Message 1 ASMC National News 2 Chapter Info 3 Employment Info 4 Member News 5-6 CDFM Awarded 7 Executive Staff 8 September Issue Volume 4 * 2011 Ever make a New Year’s resolu- tion? Of course you have – maybe the better question is, have you ever kept one? I used to make an event of the resolution process every year on December 31 st with my family. We’d write down our resolutions together, and we’d toss in some friendly bets on who could actually achieve their own. While there was an occasional victor in the few years we did this, the most successful reso- lution we came up with together was resolving to end that contentious event. So why do many of us con- tinue to make resolutions when we should know better? It’s because they bring to focus our biggest goals and renew our drive to achieve them. Love them or hate them, they are a powerful tool that can serve a pur- pose not only at home, but also on the job. We Defense Financial Managers carry the torch for the nation in fiscal responsibility. We’re intimately at- tuned to our country’s debt and other economic challenges. And every one of us, every day, have the not just the capability, but also the respon- sibility, to positively influence our government’s use of limited funds for maximum impact. It is not just appro- priate for us to focus now and pursue those big goals we’ve had for our workplace – it’s critical that we do so. So I propose we each take the time to make a single resolution for this coming fiscal year, place it on the wall in our office or cubicle as a reminder through FY12, and commit to seeing it through. It could be about redesigning a process for the future (e.g. pushing through a much-needed but otherwise- ignored instruction revision, or mov- ing the documentation under our pur- view to audit readiness regardless of the status of DoD as a whole). It could be about preparing the work- force for the future (e.g. developing a continuity binder prior to a retirement or rotation, giving an intern more re- sponsibility so they can learn from their mistakes while still under our protection, or using our expertise to guide a program office through a long- Na Leo o Ka Luna Kālā “The Voice of the Comptrollers” overdue in-depth cost analysis). Or it could be about preparing ourselves for the challenges ahead (e.g. resolving to research and write an article for Armed Forces Comptroller magazine, or earning a CDFM certification). In our profession, a little of our initiative in training makes our workforce stronger, but a little of our initiative in financial management makes our na- tion stronger. Fred Dini, CDR, SC, USN, CDFM-A ASMC
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A New Fiscal Year Call to Action
Inside this issue:
President’s Message 1
ASMC National News 2
Chapter Info 3
Employment Info 4
Member News 5-6
CDFM Awarded 7
Executive Staff 8
September Issue Volume 4 * 2011
Ever make a New Year’s resolu-
tion? Of course you have – maybe
the better question is, have you ever
kept one? I used to make an event of
the resolution process every year on
December 31st with my family.
We’d write down our resolutions
together, and we’d toss in some
friendly bets on who could actually
achieve their own. While there was
an occasional victor in the few years
we did this, the most successful reso-
lution we came up with together was
resolving to end that contentious
event. So why do many of us con-
tinue to make resolutions when we
should know better? It’s because
they bring to focus our biggest goals
and renew our drive to achieve them.
Love them or hate them, they are a
powerful tool that can serve a pur-
pose not only at home, but also on
the job.
We Defense Financial Managers
carry the torch for the nation in fiscal
responsibility. We’re intimately at-
tuned to our country’s debt and other
economic challenges. And every
one of us, every day, have the not
just the capability, but also the respon-
sibility, to positively influence our
government’s use of limited funds for
maximum impact. It is not just appro-
priate for us to focus now and pursue
those big goals we’ve had for our
workplace – it’s critical that we do so.
So I propose we each take the time
to make a single resolution for this
coming fiscal year, place it on the wall
in our office or cubicle as a reminder
through FY12, and commit to seeing it
through. It could be about redesigning
a process for the future (e.g. pushing
through a much-needed but otherwise-
ignored instruction revision, or mov-
ing the documentation under our pur-
view to audit readiness regardless of
the status of DoD as a whole). It
could be about preparing the work-
force for the future (e.g. developing a
continuity binder prior to a retirement
or rotation, giving an intern more re-
sponsibility so they can learn from
their mistakes while still under our
protection, or using our expertise to
guide a program office through a long-
Na Leo o Ka Luna Kālā
“The Voice of the Comptrollers”
overdue in-depth cost analysis). Or it
could be about preparing ourselves for
the challenges ahead (e.g. resolving to
research and write an article for
Armed Forces Comptroller magazine,
or earning a CDFM certification). In
our profession, a little of our initiative
in training makes our workforce
stronger, but a little of our initiative in
financial management makes our na-
tion stronger.
Fred Dini, CDR, SC, USN, CDFM-A
ASMC
National ASMC Corner
House Approves FY 2102 Continuing Resolution Until
October 4; Will Vote on Longer-Term CR Next Week
Article located on ASMC National Website: www.asmconline.org
The House today approved a Senate-passed FY2012 Continuing Resolution (CR) that will keep the government running until October 4.
The House, which is currently in recess, con-vened in a pro forma session at 11:00am and ap-proved the short-term CR by unanimous consent at 11:05am. The bill now goes to the president who is expected to sign it before the new fiscal year begins on Saturday. On Monday, the Senate agreed to a CR that calls for funding government agencies between Octo-ber 1 and November 18 at a rate of $1.043 tril-lion, the amount for FY2012 set in the Budget Control Act of 2011. It also provides $2.65 billion in FY2012 for disaster relief assistance for Hurri-cane Irene, recent wildfires, floods and torna-does, the Mid-Atlantic earthquake, and other natural disasters. None of the disaster funding is offset by cuts to other programs.
However, because the House was in recess, the Senate also passed a four-day CR to avoid a gov-ernment shutdown and allow the House enough time to fully consider the longer-term CR when it returns next week. The House is expected to vote Tuesday on the CR that runs until November 18.
Enhanced Defense Financial Management Training Course (EDFMTC)
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