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SUBJ/COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN (CFC) PLEDGE SUBMISSION PROCEDURE//
MILITARY PAY ADVISORY 29/17//
REF/A/DOC/DFAS CFC PROCEDURES MEMO DTD 22SEP17//
REF/B/DOC/CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) TITLE 5 PART 950.102//
NARR/REF A ANNOUNCED THE CHANGE IN PROCEDURE FOR MILITARY PAY OFFICES
(MPO) PROCESSING PLEDGES GOING TO CFC CHARITIES. REF B IS POLICY FOR
CFC.//
RMKS/1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MESSAGE IS TO ANNOUNCE CFC PLEDGE
SUBMISSIONS FOR THE SERVICES SHALL BE PROCESSED THROUGH THE CFC
GIVE BACK SYSTEM (GBS). COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN OPEN SEASON WILL
BEGIN ON OCTOBER 2, 2017 THROUGH JANUARY 12, 2018.
2.  GBS IS A WEB-BASED PLEDGING PLATFORM THAT ALLOWS MEMBERS TO
PLEDGE AND DONATE FUNDS TO AN APPROVED CHARITY. THE CONVERSION
TO GBS HAS BEEN MANDATED BY DOD AND THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT (OPM) AND IS THE CENTRALIZED CHARITY APPLICATION FOR
PROCESSING, COLLECTING, AND DISPERSING CFC DONATIONS. THE GBS
WEB-BASED ELECTRONIC PLEDGE ELIMINATES THE HARDCOPY CFC ELECTION
FORMS AND CFC ALLOTMENTS VIA MYPAY OR FIELD INPUT.
3.  THE CFC MODULE WAS REMOVED FROM MYPAY ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2017.
THE LOCAL FINANCE OFFICE SHOULD INFORM MEMBERS OF THE NEW ONLINE
PROCESS AND PROVIDE THE CFC WEBSITE (HTTPS://CFCGIVING.OPM.GOV)
FOR ENROLLMENT AND PLEDGES.
4.  IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF B, THE DEFENSE JOINT MILITARY PAY SYSTEM
ACTIVE COMPONENT (DJMS-AC) WILL SUSPEND PROCESSING NON GBS CFC
ALLOTMENT "START" TRANSACTIONS EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 2, 2017.
5.  GBS CFC TRANSACTIONS WILL BE RELEASED INTO THE DJMS-AC UPDATE
BEGINNING IN THE JANUARY 2018 PROCESSING MONTH.
6.  REQUEST WIDEST DISSEMINATION.