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Business - Financial Management and Cost Estimating

The DoD Business Career Field is comprised of two tracks: Business Financial Management (BUS-FM) and Business Cost Estimating (BUS-CE). As advisors to acquisition decision makers, responsible for program financial planning, formulation and budgeting, budget analysis and execution, and cost estimating.

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INTERIM REPORT - Commission on PPBE Reform
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New Training Available - BFM 2720 Defense Financial Business Systems
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New Training Available - BFM 2720 Defense Financial Business Systems
Financial Business Systems play a critical role in how we do business in DoD. They are a major part of our everyday work experience. Therefore, DAU Business Center is pleased to announce the…
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New Business Learning Asset Now Available – BCE 0020 Operations & Support Cost Data Science
Business Cost Estimating is pleased to announce the deployment BCE 0020 - Operations & Support Cost Data Science. BCE 0020 is one of several learning assets in support of CBCE 002 – Application…
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Business Acumen and the Acquisition Workforce
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Business Acumen and the Acquisition Workforce
Recently a news article stated “… there are few things more fundamental to the success of a business than having leaders who have in-depth understanding of how their business works”, and, “Knowing…
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International Cooperative Program (ICP) Equitability – A Practitioner's Perspective
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International Cooperative Program (ICP) Equitability – A Practitioner's Perspective
In my first blog on this topic, we focused on ICP International Agreement (IA) foundational knowledge regarding the legal and policy aspects that govern the DoD decision process used to assess ICP…
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INTERIM REPORT - Commission on PPBE Reform
business - financial management and cost estimating
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New Training Available - BFM 2720 Defense Financial Business Systems
business - financial management and cost estimating
New Training Available - BFM 2720 Defense Financial Business Systems
Financial Business Systems play a critical role in how we do business in DoD. They are a major part of our everyday work experience. Therefore, DAU Business Center is pleased to announce the…
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New Business Learning Asset Now Available – BCE 0020 Operations & Support Cost Data Science
Business Cost Estimating is pleased to announce the deployment BCE 0020 - Operations & Support Cost Data Science. BCE 0020 is one of several learning assets in support of CBCE 002 – Application…
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Business Acumen and the Acquisition Workforce
Recently a news article stated “… there are few things more fundamental to the success of a business than having leaders who have in-depth understanding of how their business works”, and, “Knowing…
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International Cooperative Program (ICP) Equitability – A Practitioner's Perspective
business - financial management and cost estimating
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