The American Society of Military Comptrollers (ASMC) offers a number of opportunities for chapters, membership and the defense financial management community to be recognized for their outstanding achievements through the ASMC National Awards Program. Some of these awards include scholarships, achievement awards, membership awards in areas such as essay contests, chapter leadership, and corporate members, [...]
The ASMC Washington Chapter Holiday Social is coming up! The annual event will be held on December 11 at the Army-Navy Country Club in Arlington, VA. For more information, including registration, please see the Holiday Social Flyer.
This issue features a message from the Honorable Elaine A. McCusker, Acting Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) as well as information about various professional development opportunities, an article on the new Dormant Account Review - Quarterly (DAR-Q), and information about our new web-based course, Data Analytics. Be sure to check out all the articles and [...]
In an article posted on Federal News Network, the August 2nd memo from Secretary Norquist is reviewed.
The House (as well as the Senate) version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) moved the $9 billion included under the category of “Emergency” funding that was contained in the President’s submission of the FY2020 Defense Budget to DoD’s “base” budget. Since the movement of these funds to the base budget exceeds the current [...]
May Member Highlight: Patrick Reynolds Can you briefly describe your career path? I retired as an Army Infantry Officer and spent some time working in Force Management during the latter part of my career. Joined the Deputy Chief of Staff, Resource Management, Fifth Army as a Manpower and Management Analyst and Division Chief. As Fifth [...]
APRIL CHAPTER HIGHLIGHT: Cleveland Chapter, by Elena Baykal, Chapter President What are your plans for the Chapter this year? Events, programming, etc In the beginning of the Chapter year the plans were made to increase membership by having membership drives, provide professional luncheons to members so that members can enjoy listening to great professionals [...]
ASMC is hiring for the position of Associate Director, Education and Professional Development. The position will be housed at the ASMC HQ offices located in Alexandria, Virginia. Applications may be emailed to Al Runnels at runnels@asmconline.org or mailed to him at 415 N. Alfred St, Alexandria, VA 22314. Applications submitted via email after 3 May [...]
MARCH CHAPTER HIGHLIGHT: Forty-Niner Chapter, by Remona Aden, Chapter President What are your plans for the Chapter this year? This year we will continue to deliver unique, bold and innovative training events that make continuous learning and professional development fun. We will engage our agency senior leaders and work collaboratively with other professional organizations to [...]
March 2019 Member Highlight: Terry Placek Can you briefly describe your career path? After graduating from the University of Minnesota with a degree in history and political science, I started my career as a budget analyst intern at the Ammunition and Procurement Supply Agency and then became a program analyst at the U.S. Army Munitions [...]