Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology) | |
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United States Department of the Army | |
Style | Mr. Secretary The Honorable (formal address in writing) |
Reports to | Secretary of the Army Under Secretary of the Army |
Seat | The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, United States |
Nominator | The President with Senate advice and consent |
Term length | No fixed term |
Constituting instrument | 10. U.S.C. § 7016 |
Formation | May 29, 1998 |
First holder | Paul J. Hoeper |
Succession | Joint 18th in SecDef succession in seniority of appointment |
Deputy | Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology |
Salary | Executive Schedule, Level IV[1] |
Website | Official website |
The Office of the United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ASA(ALT) pronounced A-salt) is known as OASA(ALT). OASA(ALT) serves, when delegated, as the Army Acquisition Executive, the Senior Procurement Executive, the Science Advisor to the Secretary of the Army, and as the senior research and development official for the Department of the Army. The OASA(ALT) also has the principal responsibility for all Department of the Army matters related to logistics.[2]
In accordance with Army Regulation (AR) 25–59, OASA(ALT)'s office symbol is SAAL-ZA.[3]
The ASA (ALT) is generally delegated the role of Acquisition Executive. (See Army Acquisition Corps)
In June 2018 the Acquisition Executive launched xTechSearch or Expeditionary Technology Search, a four-phase catalyst for the Army to engage with the community of innovators:[5]
The direct reports of the Acquisition Executive are Program Executive Officers for the respective Program Executive Offices (PEOs)[6]
No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Secretary(s) served under |
President appointed by | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
1 | Paul J. Hoeper | May 29, 1998 | January 20, 2001 | 2 years, 236 days | Louis Caldera | Bill Clinton | |
– | Kenneth J. Oscar (acting) |
January 20, 2001 | February 1, 2002 | 1 year, 12 days | Thomas E. White | George W. Bush | |
2 | Claude M. Bolton Jr. | February 1, 2002 | January 2, 2008 | 5 years, 335 days | Thomas E. White Francis J. Harvey Pete Geren | ||
– | Dean G. Popps (acting) |
January 2, 2008 | March 4, 2010 | 2 years, 61 days | Pete Geren John M. McHugh |
George W. Bush Barack Obama | |
3 | Malcolm Ross O'Neill | March 4, 2010 | June 3, 2011 | 1 year, 91 days | John M. McHugh | Barack Obama | |
4 | Heidi Shyu | June 4, 2011 | January 30, 2016 | 4 years, 240 days | John M. McHugh Eric Fanning (acting) Patrick Murphy (acting) | ||
5 | Katrina McFarland | February 1, 2016 | November 1, 2016 | 274 days | Patrick Murphy (acting) Eric Fanning | ||
– | Steffanie Easter (acting) |
November 2, 2016 | November 8, 2017 | 1 year, 6 days | Eric Fanning Robert M. Speer (acting) | ||
– | Jeffrey S. White (acting) |
November 8, 2017 | January 1, 2018 | 54 days | Ryan McCarthy Mark Esper |
Donald Trump Joe Biden | |
6 | Bruce D. Jette | January 2, 2018 | January 21, 2021 | 3 years, 19 days | Mark Esper Ryan McCarthy John Whitley (acting) | ||
– | Douglas R. Bush (acting) |
January 21, 2021 | February 11, 2022 | 1 year, 21 days | John Whitley (acting) Christine Wormuth |
Joe Biden | |
7 | Douglas R. Bush | February 11, 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 155 days | Christine Wormuth | Joe Biden |