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Professional development opportunities.

The American Society of Military Comptrollers is pleased to publish information on professional development opportunities received from the field. If you have professional development information that you would like publicized, please send it to 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
 in care of John Raines John Raines (May 6, 1840 - December 16, 1909) was an American politician from New York. Biography
John Raines was born in Canandaigua, New York on May 6, 1840. He was educated at Canandaigua Academy and Albany Law School, from where he graduated in 1861.
 at raines@asmconline.org.

Syracuse University, Resource Management Executive Education for the Department of Defense

The Army-sponsored program at Syracuse University has four components:

* The Defense Comptrollership Program is a 14-month graduate program leading to dual degrees: a master of business degree and an executive master of public administration degree. As part of graduation requirements, students must pass the Certified Defense Financial Manager certification examination, perform 24 hours of community service, and receive training in Lean Six Sigma Lean Six Sigma is a business improvement methodology which combines (as the name implies) tools from both Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma. Lean manufacturing focuses on speed and traditional Six Sigma focuses on quality. By combining the two, the result is better quality faster. .

* The Army Comptroller Course is designed for officers newly assigned to the comptroller career field.

* The Professional Resource Management Course targets mid-level military and civilian managers. It is three and a half weeks long and provides an overview of the comptroller career field.

* The Senior Resource Managers Symposium is designed to provide a venue for senior resource managers to discuss issues, share solutions, and perform strategic risk analysis.

For more information on these course offerings, please visit http://whitman.syr.edu/prospective/army/index.asp, or contact Colonel (R) David Berg, Director of Army Programs and Executive Education, at (315) 443-2898 or Dberg@syr.edu.

Defense Resources Management Institute

The Defense Resources Management Institute is an educational institution sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) is part of the United States Department of Defense and includes the entire staff of the Secretary of Defense. It is the principal staff element of the Secretary of Defense in the exercise of policy development, planning, resource  Located at the Naval Postgraduate School The Naval Postgraduate School is a graduate school operated by the United States Navy. Located in Monterey, California, it grants primarily master's degrees plus some doctoral degrees to its students, who are mostly active duty officers from U.S. and foreign military services.  in Monterey, California, the school offers on-campus programs on a regularly scheduled basis and may make programs available at other locations in the United States and overseas through special arrangements. One offering is the four-week Defense Resources Management Course, which is designed for forward-thinking managers working in any functional field concerned with resource allocation resource allocation Managed care The constellation of activities and decisions which form the basis for prioritizing health care needs  and use, including the broad spectrum of financial management, operations, logistics, manpower, procurement, and related fields For more information, visit the Web site at www.nps.navy.mil/drmi.

Defense Financial Management and Comptroller School

The Defense Financial Management and Comptroller Course (DFMC DFMC Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care, Inc.
DFMC Dongfeng Motor Corporation
) is a four-week, professional continuing education continuing education: see adult education.
continuing education
 or adult education

Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904).
 course that is conducted five times a year for mid-career and senior Department of Defense resource managers. This course is located at the Ira C. Eaker Lieutenant General Ira Clarence Eaker KCB KBE (April 13, 1896 – August 6, 1987) was a general of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Eaker, as second-in-command of the prospective Eighth Air Force, was sent to England to form and organize its bomber command.  College for Professional Development at Maxwell Air Force Base Coordinates:

“Maxwell Field” redirects here. For other uses, see Maxwell Field (disambiguation).

Maxwell Air Force Base (IATA: MXF, ICAO: KMXF, FAA LID: MXF), officially known as
, Alabama. The DFMC develops individuals' capacities to adapt the comptroller's role to the economic, political, and social environment of the military organization. A strong emphasis is placed on personal/interpersonal skill sets (leading teams, conflict resolution, communications, etc.) and on the comptroller's role as an advisor for decision support. For more information visit the Web site at http://www.au.af.mil/au/cpd/dfmcs/index.html.

Enhanced Defense Financial Management Training Course

The Enhanced Defense Financial Management Training Course is an intensive, five-day financial management review course taught in three modules. The modules cover me resource management environment, budgeting and cost analysis, and accounting and finance. Intended to improve overall technical and managerial capabilities of Defense financial managers, the course is an excellent way to begin preparing for the Certified Defense Financial Manager examination. The Department of Defense centrally funds several of these courses each year locations throughout the continental United States United States territory, including the adjacent territorial waters, located within North America between Canada and Mexico. Also called CONUS.  and overseas The ASMC also can arrange special classes. For more information, visit the ASMC Web site at www.asmconline. org/certification/training.
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