Month: January 2023

DoD FMR Vol 3 Chapter 3-Accounting Requirements for Expired and Canceled Accounts

DoD FMR Volume 3 Chapter 10

This chapter implements within the Department certain provisions of Title 31, United States Code, relating to expired and canceled accounts. The governmentwide amendments to Title 31 are contained in Title XIV of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 1991 (Public Law 101-510, dated November 5, 1990)

DAU Appropriation Life Cycle

DoD-FMR-Vol3-Ch10

Air Force Writing Resources

These are my favorite writing resources listed in order of importance.

  1. AFH 33-337 – The Tongue and Quill
  2. 50 Writing Tools (Long, but amazing)
  3. Air University Leadership Library (not totally dedicated to writing, but worth checking out)
  4. How to Write Right – Dr. John Kline
  5. Listening Effectively – Dr. John Kline
  6. Air University Writing Style Guide
  7. Brown Bag Lessons – The Magic of Bullet Writing (Air University)
  8. AU-1 Style and Author Guide
  9. Speaking Effectively – A Guide for Air Force Speakers (Air University)
  10. Military Learners’ Communication Skills
  11. Defense Language Institute Evaluation Criteria (great resources)

Dormant MORD Performance Countermeasures

In response to recommended process improvements, the 31 December 2022 deobligations will be limited to dormant Accounting MORDs marked as “deobligate” in PowerBI. MORDs without comment in PowerBI, meeting the criteria in the Performance Metric Countermeasures Memo signed on 4 Nov 2022 will not be deobligated on 31 December 2022. Dormant MORD Performance Countermeasures

Performance Metric Countermeasures for
Dormant Accounting Miscellaneous Obligation Reimbursement Documents (MORDs)​​​​​​​

16 DECEMBER 2022 UPDATE: In response to recommended process improvements, the 31 December 2022 deobligations will be limited to dormant Accounting MORDs marked as “deobligate” in PowerBI. MORDs without comment in PowerBI, meeting the criteria for the Performance Metric Countermeasures for Dormant Accounting MORDs policy signed on 4 Nov 2022 will not be deobligated on 31 December 2022. Additional training on the process will be made available in January 2023 and monthly deobligations will continue as originally planned.

In accordance with the 4 November 2022 Air Force Accounting & Finance Office – Accounting (AFAFO-A) Performance Metric Countermeasures memo to establish a process to deobligate aged Accounting MORDs within DEAMS that are dormant for 180 days or more, the AFAOC has identified the specific documents that require research, validation and/or corrective action. The results have been consolidated and delivered as a new tool within the Open Documents portion of AFAOC Data Analytics PowerBI application entitled “DEAMS Dormant POs” located on the Data Analytics and Field Support SharePoint site. This module is updated daily and a training video will be made available soon for reference.

All bases should access the DEAMS Dormant POs application and take appropriate action IAW the instructions provided in the policy memo to either deobligate the MORD or provide an explanation for keeping the obligation balance open.  Any dormant MORDS  meeting the criteria established by AFAFO-A  (FY20 or older) will be systemically deobligated on 31 December 2022 and will continue to be deobligated monthly.  Bases will be required to review and validate dormant MORDs on a monthly basis until they are no longer open.

The DEAMS Dormant POs tool provides an “Age Band” filter, which allows users to view documents based on the number of days since last accounting activity. Users can select multiple age ranges from 61-90 days; 91-120 days; 121-150 days; 151-180 days; and 181+ days.

It is the base’s responsibility to ensure their open MORDs aged 180 days, or more are validated prior to the end of each month. To reserve the obligation, a MORD must be annotated with “Valid Obligation” within the PowerBi tool before the end of the month, along with all the following details:

Reason for the delay in expensing the obligation
A generic response WILL NOT be accepted; if this was processed as a TBO include the associated voucher information

Amount of the pending invoice
If the invoice is less than the MORD, you will need to decrease your MORD

Anticipated expenditure date
Documentation to support this date must be uploaded in FMSuite

Source of invoice
Performing organization or Vendor’s contact information is required

Note: MAJCOMs/FIELDCOMs are responsible for providing guidance on whether MAJCOM/FIELDCOM approval is required to keep the obligation in the system.