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In a May 2021 speech, Senator Jack Reed--Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee--stated that DoD's planning, programming, budgeting, and execution system (PPBES) was 'likely too slow and cumbersome to [...]

IF you are a Department of Defense (DoD) Financial Manager, chances are good that you have heard about the new DoD Financial Management (FM) Certification Program. The program concept was [...]

The ongoing debate in Washington over the level of federal spending is an important reminder that every federal agency needs to manage taxpayer dollars efficiently and effectively. At the Department [...]

Last May the American Society of Military Comptrollers (ASMC) conducted its 2015 Professional Development Institute (PDI). Some of you reading this article no doubt attended PDI 2015, and I expect [...]

This article seeks to provide noncontracting personnel with a better understanding of the policies, procedures, and functions of the federal contracting process. It applies to all types of contracting, including [...]

The current administration forecasts that the U.S. federal deficit will amount to $521 billion this fiscal year--a very high level by historical standards. Measured as a percentage of gross domestic [...]

By the time this is published, I will have assumed my new duties as Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer. I am excited at the prospect of [...]

As with all our journals, this picture history of Defense financial management and ASMC has drawn on the efforts of many volunteers as well as the ASMC headquarters staff and [...]

We at ASMC are pleased to present this special issue of the Armed Forces Comptroller as one way of celebrating our organization's sixtieth anniversary. While much of this journal focuses [...]

ASMC continues to search for new ways to provide professional development opportunities to our members. Our latest initiative: providing intensive reviews over audio lines for the Certified Defense Financial Manager [...]

I regret to announce that the Honorable Nelson Ford resigned as ASMC National President as of March 1, 2008. Mr. Ford has been nominated to become the next Under Secretary [...]

Are you looking for a new job in Defense financial management? Is your agency or company seeking a new employee? I hope you will check out ASMC's new service--an electronic [...]

Is ASMC on target? Over the past two years, we have been working to offer more targeted professional development that is, professional development that can be completed in short chunks [...]

In an effort to best meet the needs of our members for professional development, ASMC is emphasizing what I call targeted professional development. Targeted professional development provides information that can [...]

I want to echo the preceding words of thanks offered to Mr. Greco, ASMC's former National President. I can tell you from firsthand experience that he was highly dedicated to [...]

This issue of Armed Forces Comptroller focuses on ethics and fiscal law, topics that must govern our professional lives. Ethics and fiscal law also affect what government employees can do [...]

I am pleased to announce that ASMC now offers a portion of PDI 2006 online. This online service provides a convenient, high-quality source for free continuing professional education (CPE) credits [...]

Wars set Armed Forces financial managers apart from almost all other financial managers--either in government or in the private sector Few financial managers outside the Department of Defense (DoD) must [...]

I am pleased to report that as of winter 2005, the three thousandth person achieved the status of Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM). Each of these 3, 000 CDFMs has [...]

I am pleased to announce that the Armed Forces Comptroller has some new features ... and a new approach. ASMC has recently revitalized the journal's editorial board. Headed by Dr. [...]

On July 1, 2005, I became the executive director of the American Society of Military Comptrollers. For the past 14 years Lieutenant General (Ret.) James F. McCall served ASMC with [...]