ASMC Membership Awards

Objective

This award recognizes Corporations who are members for outstanding contributions made to a local Chapter and the National Organization in the furtherance of the goals of the chapter and the society, as well as efforts in promoting the professional development of ASMC members.

Award Criteria

To be nominated a Corporation must have been an ASMC Corporate Member for at least two consecutive years immediately preceding award period. The nominee is the corporation itself, not a member designee of the company. The nominee’s contribution must have applicability to the goals of the local chapter and the National organization. Nominees will be scored on contributions of the Corporate Member, scope/impact of those contributions to the local ASMC chapter and the national organization, and any innovative approaches and methods used to further promote the professional development of ASMC and its members. Notable contributions in fostering better understanding of private sector business environment and improvement in the relationship of DoD and private sector through education will be given more weight than just financial support. The performance period for the award is January 1 to December 31. Winner(s) from the previous year cannot be considered in the awards year directly following.

Submission Requirements

Each chapter may submit one nomination each year; endorsed by the Chapter President, at asmconline.org

Award Selection Procedures

A selection panel of 6, chaired by the Chair of the Corporate Advisory Group (CAG) and assisted by the Awards Committee Chair, will review all nominations and make a final selection. If the Chair of the CAG has a conflict, and the Vice Chair of the CAG does not, the CAG Vice Chair shall preside as Chair of the panel. If both have a conflict, the ASMC Director for Membership will chair the panel.

There shall be no chapter or corporate conflict of interest in judging representation. To the extent reasonably possible, the Awards Committee Chair will replace the recused judge with someone else from the organization.

Judges will be as follows:

• Chair of the Corporate Advisory Group (if there is a conflict, another CAG member will be selected)
• Vice Chair of the CAG, (if there is a conflict, another CAG member will be selected)
• Chair of ASMC Awards Committee
• 2 ASMC Chapter Presidents (one from a Category A chapter and the other from a Category A-1 Chapter, provided there is no conflict due to a nomination from their chapter. Should the chapter president initially chosen to judge be involved in a nomination, another chapter president from his/her chapter category will be selected.
• ASMC Director of Membership

Nominators will be notified by May 1 if their nominee has been selected.

Recognition

Award will be presented at the National ASMC Professional Development Institute (PDI). Winning member may be featured in the Armed Forces Comptroller and other ASMC media platforms.

Deadline

All nominations must be entered by April 10 to be considered. If April 10 falls on a weekend or holiday, the deadline will be the next business day. No exceptions to the deadline will be allowed.

For More Information

awards@asmconline.org
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Objective

The objective of this award is to encourage authorship by members of the society.

Award Criteria

Entrants must be members in good standing of the American Society of Military Comptrollers at the time of submission and selection.

• Essays may not be previously published articles.
• Essays must be written on the current topic for 2022:
• The National Essay Contest is open for submissions until February 28. This year’s theme is Authors may choose to write on any one of three current topics: 1. Over the past 75 years, the financial management career field has benefitted from some exceptional leaders. In your experience, who has been the most influential leader in your financial management career? Please describe the characteristics that make/made them good leaders and how those characteristics impacted your career.
• 2. There have been numerous technological advances in financial management since ASMC was established. What do you predict for the next change in technology and what impact do you anticipate the change(s) will have on defense financial management in the future?
• 3. Policies, Directives, and Instructions tend to follow changes in law, novel technological enhancements, or other emerging risks that jeopardize the effective protection/use of tax payer funds. As you reflect on the past and look to the future, what Policies, Directives or Instructions do you think should be modified to improve the effectiveness of financial management? In what way would you propose to modify it/them and to what effect?
• Duo or group authored essays will not be accepted.
• Essays must be original and must not exceed 1,500 words.
• No member will be permitted to be a repeat winner for more than two consecutive years.

How to Submit an Essay

Essays must be submitted using the web based form through the nomination link at asmconline.org. Essays may be submitted by an ASMC chapter representative or by the author directly.

Deadline

All essays must be submitted via the ASMC Awards Online website not later than February 28 to be considered by the selection panel. There is no exception to this deadline.

Award Selection Procedures

A selection panel chaired by a member of the National Awards Committee and assisted by the Armed Forces Comptroller Editorial Board Chairperson will make final recommendations to the ASMC National Executive Committee, who will approve final award winners. The selection panel will include not less than four members representing a cross section of ASMC Membership. A judge must recuse him/herself if a conflict of interest exists.

Essays will be judged on adherence to topic (how well does the essay meet the contest topic), clarity and readability (how well does the essay flow and is it understandable), content (is the essay original and does it contain substantial content) and general administration (length, grammar, spelling, sentence structure, punctuation). Winners will receive email notification by 1 May and results will be posted on the ASMC website.

Recognition

Winners of the Essay Award may have their essays published in the Armed Forces Comptroller magazine and/or the ASMC website. Up to three winners will be selected each year from qualified essays. The first place winner receives $750; second place receives $500; and third place receives $250. In addition, all winners receive a plaque, which is presented at the ASMC Professional Development Institute (PDI). A completed W-9 will be required before disbursement of the award check(s) to the winners.

For More Information

National Awards Committee
awards@asmconline.org
www.asmconline.org

Do not use after March 2022

Objective

Elsie Steffany was an employee of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller). A member of our Washington Chapter, she was also a Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM) and participated in activities of our Redstone-Huntsville Chapter, while on temporary assignment at Headquarters, Army Materiel Command. This award will recognize one individual who demonstrates exceptional dedication to professional development and clearly committed to public service.

Award Criteria

• Entrants must be members in good standing of the American Society of Military Comptrollers at the time of submission and selection.
• No member will be permitted to be a repeat winner.
• Nominee must submit an essay of no more than 600 words addressing the following questions:
  • Why is public service in defense financial management important to you?
  • Why is professional development and the pursuit of the CDFM certificate important to you?

How to Submit a Nomination

Essays must be submitted by 31 December to the member’s local ASMC chapter. Each ASMC chapter president may submit one nomination, from among the applications submitted and evaluated at the chapter level. Each nomination must be submitted by the chapter via the ASMC Awards Online website by the published deadline. Chapters may not edit, add to, or otherwise embellish individual applications.

Deadline

All nominations must be submitted to the local chapter by 31 December. One nomination from the chapter must be submitted by 31 January via the ASMC Awards Online website to be considered by the selection panel. If 31 January falls on a weekend or federal holiday, the deadline is the next business day. There is no exception to this deadline.

*Deadline extended to February 14, 2022.

Award Selection Procedures

A selection panel, consisting of members of the Elsie Steffany Memorial Scholarship Award Committee, will make final recommendations to the ASMC National Executive Committee, who will approve the final award winner. The selection panel will include not less than four members representing a cross section of ASMC Membership. A judge must recuse him/herself if a conflict of interest exists. Judging will be based on nominee’s focus on professional development and recognition of the importance of professionalism in public service. Winners will receive email notification by 1 May and results will be posted on the ASMC website.

Recognition

The scholarship award covers the following costs:

• Enrollment for two years as a candidate in the ASMC Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM) program
• CDFM Textbook
• One Enhanced Defense Financial Management Training Course (subject to course availability and approval of awardee’s organization)
• Three exams (one each for CDFM Module 1, Module 2, and Module 3)
• Registration to attend (subject to approval of the awardee’s organization) the ASMC National PDI, in which the scholarship award will be presented.

*Deadline extended to February 14, 2022.

For More Information:

awards@asmconline.org

Do not use after January 2022

Each quarter the editorial staff of the Armed Forces Comptroller Journal chooses what they consider to be the best article in that issue, and recognizes the author in the subsequent issue. The four quarterly award-winners are then in the running for the Author of the Year Award, which is presented at the following year’s National Professional Development Institute. The criteria the judges use include the following: 

• Manuscript adheres to AFC’s submission and style guidelines 
• Well written (clear, concise, readable) with appropriate attention to organization, transitional elements, and interesting and specific supporting details 
• Appropriateness of style 
• Editorial expertise
• Factual and accurate corroborating source material, if cited 
• Contributes to the advancement of the defense financial management profession 
• Interest to the AFC readership 

(Chosen based upon data from new membership applications)