Certified Defense Financial Manager Is for you!Frank Arcari, Associate Director for Certification, ASMC ASMC American Suzuki Motor Corporation ASMC American Society of Military Comptrollers ASMC Association of Sales & Marketing Companies ASMC Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference ASMC Area Support Medical Company ASMC American Small Manufacturers Coalition Mr. Frank Arcari, Associate Director for Certification, American Society of Military Comptrollers COMPTROLLERS. There are officers who bear this name, in the treasury depart @ment of the United States. 2. There are two comptrollers. It is the duty of the first to examine all accounts settled by the first and fifth auditors, and certify the balances arising (ASMC), gave an excellent presentation at PDI PDI Protein Disulfide Isomerase PDI Personal Docente e Investigador (Spanish: Personal Educational and Investigating) PDI Pre Delivery Inspection PDI Professional Development Institute 2001 that identified the merits of professional credentialing in the resource management community. Indeed, testing coupled with continuing professional education is a proven method to ensure that military and career civilian personnel possess general knowledge about the military resource management working environment. This report summarizes Mr. Arcari's informative presentation, "Study and Exceed." Why Certification? Amazingly, the Department of Defense (DoD) employs about half of the federal government's workforce involved in financial management. Consequently, DoD has a broad and unique body of financial management knowledge, skills, and abilities. Notwithstanding this immense scope of expertise and specialization, a General Accounting Office (GAO) report indicated that DoD financial managers lack the training and certification to account for the Department's resources. As one result of that report, ASMC worked with DoD senior officials to launch a certification program to ensure that personnel in the resource management field will have the basic knowledge to be "good fiduciary agents" and "good stewards of public resources." The ASMC certification program rewards only test-based certification; nobody is "grandfathered." Additionally, the certification program rewards performance, not length of service. As such, the certification program provides quality assurance. As Mr. Arcari pointed out, certification indicates that a career resource manager meets a competency COMPETENCY, evidence. The legal fitness or ability of a witness to be heard on the trial of a cause. This term is also applied to written or other evidence which may be legally given on such trial, as, depositions, letters, account-books, and the like. 2. standard, and it facilitates personal and professional growth and development. Mr. Arcari further stated that certification makes the resource manager more professionally competitive. That is, certification can lead to career advancement and other incentives. Passing the certification examination also can be a source of personal pride and satisfaction. Eligibility To be eligible, a candidate must have earned a high school diploma A high school diploma is a diploma awarded for the completion of high school. In the United States and Canada, it is considered the minimum education required for government jobs and higher education. An equivalent is the GED. or its equivalent (GED GED abbr. 1. general equivalency diploma 2. general educational development GED (US) n abbr (Scol) (= general educational development) → ) and have three years of relevant Defense financial management experience or have earned a college degree (associate or higher) and have two years of relevant Defense financial management experience. Military personnel (officer, warrant officer, and enlisted en·list·ed adj. Of, relating to, or being a member of a military rank below a commissioned officer or warrant officer. enlisted Adjective ), federal civilian employees, and contractor personnel may take the exam. Subject to the local commander's approval, foreign national employees also may rake the exam; however, no extra time will be given to local nationals to complete the exam. Registration Qualified candidates can register for the exam by visiting the ASMC website at www.asmccertification.com. The registration fee is $35 for ASMC members and $70 for nonmembers. The registration is good for two years. Cancellation of a scheduled exam can be made up to 48 hours (two business days) before the test date without incurring a financial penalty. Upon receiving written confirmation of registration from ASMC, the candidate can schedule an appointment to take a test module or modules at the nearest test center. The cost per module is $95. Go to www.asmccertification.com for details. Overseas testing is conducted through Defense Activities Non-Traditional Educational Support (DANTES DANTES Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support ). Go to www.voled.doded.mil An Internet address domain name for a military agency. See Internet address. (networking) mil - The top-level domain for entities affiliated with US armed forces. for information on test sites. Training and Preparation Throughout his presentation, Mr. Arcari stated that the exam is challenging but fair. To prepare for the exam, the candidate can visit the ASMC Web site at www.asmconline.org or www.asmccertification.com. The site has valuable study and reference materials to help prepare for the exam. Additionally, ASMC offers a five-day Enhanced Defense Financial Management Training Course. DoD provided $1.6 million to support this course through fiscal year 2005. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is the principal ASMC-licensed provider for the course. In fiscal year 2000, the course was conducted in 28 cities and at 6 overseas locations. Sixty-eight classes are scheduled in fiscal year 2001. The CDFM CDFM Certified Defense Financial Manager CDFM Computational Dynamic Fracture Mechanics (Dept of Aerospace Eng, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India) Exam Mr. Arcari discussed what the candidate can expect. For openers, the examination has a floating cut-off cut-off Anesthesiology The point at which elongation of the carbon chain of the 1-alkanol family of anesthetics results in a precipitous drop in the anesthetic potential of these agents–eg, at > 12 carbons in length, there is little anesthetic activity, score. ASMC has gone to great lengths to ensure and maintain the integrity of the exam. Hence, there are different versions of the examination, and the difficulty of each version is different. The computer-based examination contains three modules that can be scheduled in one, two, or three visits. Each "seating" is not to exceed two hours. Therefore, the ASMC recommends sitting for one module at a time. There is no restriction on the frequency of retests. ASMC has signed an agreement with DANTES to deliver a paper version of the CDFM examination to education sites in overseas locations. The following lists the contents of each module: Module One * Government Resource Management Environment * Defense Resource Management Environment * Organizational Structure  This article has no lead section.To comply with Wikipedia's lead section guidelines, one should be written. of the Department of Defense * Roles and Responsibilities of Agencies and Key Personnel * PPBS PPBS Planning, Programming, & Budgeting System (US DoD) PPBS Program Planning and Budgeting System PPBS Postprandial Blood Sugar Overview * Ethical Standards of the Department of Defense * Information Technology and Databases * Manpower Management The means of manpower control to ensure the most efficient and economical use of available manpower. * Management Internal Controls * Fiscal and Appropriation Law (Purpose, Time, and Amount) Module Two * Planning, Programming, and Budgeting * Cost and Economic Analysis * Business Management Process Improvement * Fiscal Law Module Three * Accounting * Finance * Auditing * Fiscal Law Continuing Professional Education A CDFM professional is expected to complete 80 hours of continuing professional education within each succeeding two-year period to maintain the CDFM credential credential verb To determine or verify titles, qualifications, documents, completion of required training, and continuing education, in those persons who function in a professional or official capacity–eg, ER physician, neurosurgeon, etc. Cf Credentials. . If a work schedule precludes a resource manager's efforts to achieve the 80 hours within the two-year limitation, he or she can notify the ASMC in writing to request an extension of the deadline. Results to Date Mr. Arcari presented some impressive statistics at PDI 2001. Thus far, 1,028 DoD resource managers have registered to take the exam, and 301 have passed all three modules. In addition, personnel have passed 202 individual modules. The statistics definitely support taking the exam and also validate Mr. Arcari's statement that the test is challenging but fair. The Military Departments have asked ASMC to develop an Internet version of the course. Mr. Arcari stated that the Internet course will be ready in fall 2001. Like the 40-hour DANTES course, the Internet course also is centrally funded. Mr. Arcari also told seminar attendees that the ASMC is working with DANTES to set up an Internet test (a big boon Boon A general term that refers to a benefit or improvement for investors. This can include such things as increased dividends, a stock market rally and stock buybacks. Notes: for overseas locations). Mr. Arcari forecasts that the Internet test should be ready by November. The ASMC also has applied to the American Council American Council may refer to: In linguistics:
Preparing for the CDFM and receiving college credits...not a bad deal! For further information on the CDFM certification program, please contact John Di Genio is a management analyst with HQ, Eighth United Stares Army Assistant Chief of Staff Resource Management, Yongsan Garrison Yongsan Garrison, a facility which includes Camp Coiner, is a U.S. military base located in Seoul, South Korea. It contains the headquarters for the U.S. military presence in Korea, known as United States Forces Korea or USFK. , Seoul, Korea. He is a frequent contributor to various military publications. Mr. Di Genio's paper addressing violence in the workplace was originally submitted to fulfill his writing requirement at Army Management Staff College and was subseqently published in RM Magazine. This article was recently revised and submitted to HQDA HQDA Headquarters, Department of the Army to compete in the Nick Hoge annual essay competition. |
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