Dear {CANDIDATE NAME}:

Welcome to the Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM) Program. While studying for the CDFM examinations you will be introduced to areas of financial management (twelve core competencies) that may be outside your daily responsibilities. It is increasingly important that the entire financial management team understand how all parts fit together and the contribution of each. That broad prospective is increasingly important as the Department of Defense (DoD) continues to consolidate and seek other efficiencies. Also, when each team member has knowledge of the big picture, it will help the DoD improve management of taxpayer funds.

Your identification number for the on-line examination registration process is 000000000. Test registration procedures are as follows:

· Go to the CDFM website www.asmccertification.com and click on the CDFM Test Registration link.

· Enter your CDFM Identification Number (as shown above).

· Click on Browse/Purchase/Preview Products in the New User box on the right side of the page.

· Enter your first name, last name, email address, and click “GO.”

· Click on the Register button for the CDFM Program

· Click “CHECKOUT.”

· Scroll down and enter your account information (name, address, email, login ID, Password, etc.) and Candidate ID. Here you are defining your username and password for access to your CDFM Testing Personal Home Page. Write down your username and password, as you will need this information if you should need to log in and get test information or another copy of your Authorization letter (described later). Once you have entered your account information click “SUBMIT” at the bottom of the page. Verify that your account information is correct and then click “CLICK HERE TO ENTER OUR SECURE PURCHASING AREA.”

· Enter your credit card number and expiration date. An email will be sent to you with purchase amount and date. You will also receive a link in the body of the email that will allow you to take a sample examination so that you may become familiar with the navigational feature of the examination.

· Once your credit card has been approved you can click on and view your Authorization Letter. The Authorization Letter provides your authorization number and instruction on the procedure for contacting Prometric Technology Centers to schedule your examination. Print the Authorization Letter and follow the steps to contact Prometric and schedule an examination date and time. Prometric has over three hundred test centers nationwide. You will be able to select a time and location that is most convenient for you.

· On the same page as the link to your Authorization Letter there will be a link to a sample examination. This is the same link as in the purchase email notification mentioned earlier. You are strongly urged to take the sample examination prior to arriving at the Prometric test site as you will not have time to take the sample examination after your arrival.

Please note that you have two years from the date of this approval letter in which to complete the three module examinations required for the CDFM Program. If you are not successful on a module examination, you may retake the module examination, but you must follow the steps shown above to pay for the examination and receive another Authorization Letter. The retest fee is the same as the original examination fee. While there is no specific waiting period required before retest, the scheduling procedures (above) must be followed.

If you have any questions, give me a call at (800) 462-5637 (extension 226) or (703) 549-0360.

Good luck with your examinations.

Frank Arcari, Associate Director for Certification