Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller)

United States
Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Financial Management and Comptroller)


Incumbent:
Mary Sally Matiella
since: 16 February 2010[1]
First George H. Roderick
Formation 1954
Website Official Website

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) (abbreviated ASA(FM&C)) is a civilian office in the United States Department of the Army.

History and Mission

The office of Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) grows out of a reorganization of the U.S. Department of the Army initiated in 1954 by United States Secretary of the Army Robert Ten Broeck Stevens and largely designed by United States Under Secretary of the Army John Slezak.[2]

The mission of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) is to formulate, submit, and defend the United States Army's budget to the United States Congress and the American public; to oversee the proper and effective use of appropriated resources to accomplish the Army's assigned missions; to provide timely, accurate, and reliable financial information to enable leaders and managers to incorporate cost considerations into their decision-making; to provide transparent reporting to Congress and the American public on the use of appropriated resources and the achievement of established Army-wide performance objectives; and manage and coordinate programs for the accession, training, and professional development of Army resource managers.[3]

List of Assistant Secretaries of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller), 1954—Present (incomplete)

Name Assumed Office Left Office President Appointed By Secretary Served Under
George H. Roderick[4] 9 February 1954 25 August 1954 Dwight D. Eisenhower Robert Ten Broeck Stevens
Charles C. Finucane[4] 26 August 1954 8 February 1955 Dwight D. Eisenhower Robert Ten Broeck Stevens
Chester R. Davis[4] 10 March 1955 15 December 1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower Robert Ten Broeck Stevens, Wilber Marion Brucker
George H. Roderick[4] 1 March 1957 20 January 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower Wilber Marion Brucker
William F. Schaub[4] 2 March 1961 31 December 1962 John F. Kennedy Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Cyrus Vance
Edmund T. Pratt, Jr.[4] 23 March 1963 25 November 1964 John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson Cyrus Vance, Stephen Ailes
Douglas A. Brook[5] 1990 1992 George H. W. Bush Michael P. W. Stone
Sandra L. Pack[6] November 2001 December 2003 George W. Bush Thomas E. White
Valerie L. Baldwin[7] July 2004 2006 George W. Bush Francis J. Harvey
Nelson M. Ford[8] October 2006 December 2007 George W. Bush Francis J. Harvey, Pete Geren
Mary Sally Matiella[9] 16 February 2010 Present Barack Obama John M. McHugh

References

  1. ^ "Army swears in new financial management secretary". Army.mil Article. http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/02/17/34542-army-swears-in-new-financial-management-secretary/. Retrieved 27 May 2011. 
  2. ^ "James E. Hewes, Jr., ',From Root to McNamara: Army Organization and Administration', (1975), pp. 233–234". History.army.mil. http://www.history.army.mil/books/root/chapter6.htm. Retrieved 27 May 2011. 
  3. ^ "Army Financial Management Homepage". Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller. http://www.asafm.army.mil/Default.aspx. Retrieved 22 December 2010. 
  4. ^ a b c d e f "James E. Hewes, Jr., ',From Root to McNamara: Army Organization and Administration', (1975), pp. 381–382". History.army.mil. http://www.history.army.mil/books/root/appB.htm. Retrieved 27 May 2011. 
  5. ^ Kevin D. Jones. "Profile of Douglas A. Brock at the Naval Postgraduate School". Research.nps.edu. http://research.nps.edu/cgi-bin/vita.cgi?p=display_vita&id=1023567796. Retrieved 27 May 2011. 
  6. ^ Nomination of Pack, Congressional Record, 8 Nov. 2001, p. D551, Memo from Pack while Assistant Secretary
  7. ^ McIntire, Katherine (15 September 2005). "Katherine McIntire Peters, "Chief Financial Officers: Army: Valerie Lynn Baldwin", ',Government Executive',, 15 Sept. 2005". Govexec.com. http://www.govexec.com/features/0905-15/0905-15CFOs5.htm. Retrieved 27 May 2011. 
  8. ^ ""Ford named acting undersecretary of the Army", ',Army Times',, 5 Dec. 2007". Armytimes.com. 4 December 2007. http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/12/army_fordarmysec_071204w/. Retrieved 27 May 2011. 
  9. ^ ""Army swears in new financial management secretary", 17 Feb. 2010". Army.mil. http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/02/17/34542-army-swears-in-new-financial-management-secretary/. Retrieved 27 May 2011. 

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