1. Army Cost Management (ACM) Portal: Guide for New Users
September 23, 2015
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2. Why an Army Cost Management Portal?
A Note from the Leadership : New Army Cost Management (ACM) Portal
Mr. Stephen G. Barth
DASA-Cost & Economics
Historically, Army has focused on managing by budget; whereas, we are focusing now on managing by costs. Our financial systems provide Senior Leaders and Commanders the information they need to make resource-informed decisions such as: total costs, quantitative data in Statistical Key Figures, and Return on Investment.
We understand that moving toward full implementation of Cost Management (CM) is going to be an evolutionary process. Our resource management professionals and our operational managers Army-wide need guidance.
Our response has been to upgrade the Cost and Performance Portal (CPP) to the new Army Cost Management (ACM) Portal. This new Portal and reporting environment is the “Army’s Home for Cost Management”, integrating all Army cost management knowledge, metrics and applications in one site:
The information you will find on this site includes, but is not limited to: Guidance on Cost Management and the Cost Management in GFEBS, Training Opportunities, Cost Management Apps and Metrics, Cost Warrior publications, and a Command Corner with command specific resources.
We hope this new site will foster a positive and open environment to Share Best Practices and lessons learned across Army organizations
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3. Outline How to Register for an account and Sign-In to the ACM Portal
Overview of Portal contents:
Knowledge Center
Apps
Metrics
Main page and navigation
Icon/click through navigation
Top menu navigation
User questions and feedback
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4. Sign in using your CAC/PIV
Sign In or Register as a new user
Go to
If you already have a CPP account, click the “Sign In” button and sign-in using your CAC. Portal access is “CAC only”.
If you want to register for a new account, click the “Register” button.
For Army civilian and military, you will be prompted to click a button that will generate and send an to your .mil .
From the that has been sent to your .mil account, click the link and a registration form will open. Review the information in the registration form and click Submit.
You will then receive a second indicating that your account has been activated and you can sign in from
For contractors or other non-Army users, you will be prompted to click a button that will generate and send an to your .mil .
From the that has been sent to your .mil account, click the link and a registration form will open. Provide the requested Sponsor information in the form and click Submit.
Once your sponsor has been confirmed, you will receive a second indicating that your account has been activated and you can sign in from
Sign in using your CAC/PIV
Insert your CAC/PIV into the card reader, then click the “Sign In” button:
Sign In
Register
If you do not yet have a CPP or ACM Portal account, click the “Register” button:
Register
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5. Portal Content Overview: Three Focus Areas
Knowledge Center
Contains Cost Management documents, information on training, and links to tools through the following pages:
Cost Management Leadership & Oversight
Policy & Guidance
Training and Templates
Cost Management Processes
Cost Benefit Analysis
Apps
Provides information on and links to the following Cost Management apps:
Cost Benefit Analysis Workflow Tool
Cost Review Board Tool
Capabilities Knowledge Base
MPA Forecasting and Analysis
Cost Management Tools
Metrics
Provides links to the following Business Intelligence reports:
Cost Management Usage
GFEBS Master Data Quality
Installations & Services/Standard Service Costing
MPA Metrics
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6. Portal Navigation Example Using Icons
From the Main page, navigate to the CBA Training page:
On the Main page, click directly on the Knowledge Center icon/photo and the link will direct you to the Knowledge Center page.
From the right column of the Knowledge Center page, click directly on the Cost Benefit Analysis Information icon and the link will direct you to the Cost Benefit Analysis Information page.
From the left menu on the Cost Benefit Analysis page, you can navigate to other CBA pages. Click on the CBA Training item and you will be directed to the CBA Training page.
4. Your destination page: CBA Training (scroll down to see all of the contents).
Cost Benefit Analysis Information
Information and training about CBAs and a link to the CBA workflow tool, which tracks CBAs from start to finish.
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7. Portal Navigation Example Using Dropdown Menus
From the Main page, navigate to the CBA Training page:
On the Main page from the top menu, navigate to the Knowledge Center and click on the down arrow to open the menu.
Select “Cost Benefit Analysis Information” from the list and click to be directed to the Cost Benefit Analysis Information page.
From the left menu on the Cost Benefit Analysis page, you can navigate to other CBA pages. Click on the CBA Training item and you will be directed to the CBA Training page.
4. Your destination page: CBA Training (scroll down to see all of the contents).
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8. User Questions and Feedback
On any page, click on the “Contact Us” link in the footer to display the Contact Us page (see below).
On “Contact Us” page, click on the “Contact Us link.
At the system prompt, click “Allow” to open an .
Enter a Subject and your question(s) or feedback and send the to the ACM Helpdesk. We will respond promptly.
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