Office of the Secretary of Defense

Office of the Secretary of Defense
Office of the Secretary of Defense
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Formed 1947
Headquarters Pentagon
Parent agency Department of Defense

The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) is a headquarters-level staff of the Department of Defense of the United States of America. It is the principal civilian staff element of the Secretary of Defense, and it assists the Secretary in carrying out authority, direction and control of the Department of Defense in the exercise of policy development, planning, resource management, fiscal, and program evaluation responsibilities. OSD includes the Immediate offices of the Secretary (SECDEF) and the Deputy Secretary of Defense (DEPSECDEF), as well as five Under Secretaries of Defense in the fields of Acquisition, Technology & Logistics; Comptroller/Chief Financial Officer; Intelligence; Personnel & Readiness; and Policy. All of these positions are Presidential appointments which require U.S. Senate confirmation.

Other positions include the Assistant Secretaries of Defense, Assistants to the Secretary of Defense, General Counsel, Inspector General Director of Operational Test & Evaluation, Director of Administration and Management, and such other staff offices as the Secretary establishes to assist in carrying out their assigned responsibilities.

Contents

Composition of OSD

2008 Office of the Secretary of Defense Structure.

Major elements of OSD (listed alphabetically):

Major Reorganizations

The composition of OSD is in a state of consistent flux, as Congress and DoD perpetually create new offices, redesignate existing ones, and abolish others.

Obama Administration Changes

During the Obama administration, Congress has sought to clarify the organization of OSD, and has worked with the Department to move toward a standardization of official naming conventions. Many Defense officials, including the DEPSECDEF, all five USDs, and all ASDs, as well as any officials specifically designated in U.S. Code[1] have historically been considered Presidentially-Appointed, Senate-Confirmed (PAS) officials, in that the Senate must provide "advice and consent" for each individual before he or she can operate in an official capacity. In a March 2009 letter, Senator Carl Levin, Chairman of the Senate Armed Service Committee, wrote that the Department was apparently exercising the authority to appoint other significant officials - termed Deputy Under Secretaries of Defense (DUSDs) - "without statutory authorization, without limitation, and without Senate confirmation." Levin was "concerned that the proliferation of DUSDs at multiple levels of the organization could muddy lines of authority and may not be in the best interest of the Department of Defense."[2] Subsequent legislation established five Senate-confirmed Principal Deputies (i.e., "first assistants"), one for each Under Secretary of Defense.

The FY10 NDAA gave the DoD until January 1, 2011, to eliminate or redesignate all other Deputy Under Secretaries who are not PDUSDs. The FY11 NDAA extended this deadline to January 1, 2015. During that time, the Secretary may, at his or her discretion, appoint within OSD five additional non-PAS DUSDs beyond the five statutory PAS-PDUSDs. The USD(I) appears to be maintaining at least three non-PAS DUSDs, although they have been renamed. The USD (AT&L) has maintained the non-PAS DUSD for Installations and Environment, though the FY11 NDAA recommended merging this post with the newly created ASD for Operational Energy Plans and Programs. The USD(P) has maintained a non-PAS DUSD for Strategy, Plans, and Forces, though the FY11 NDAA recommended eliminating this position.

Nevertheless, a number of positions have been redesignated or eliminated during the Obama administration, pursuant to statutory language contained in the National Defense Authorization Acts of FY10[3] and FY11[4]. and subsequent internal DoD reports[5].

Obama Administration OSD Redesignations and Eliminations
Previous Office Title New Office Title Reports To Requires Senate Confirmation?
New position ASD for Acquisition USD(AT&L) Yes
DUSD for Industrial Policy DASD for Manufacturing and Industrial Base ASD for Acquisition No
DUSD for Logistics and Material Readiness ASD for Logistics and Material Readiness USD(AT&L) Yes
Director of Operational Energy Plans and Programs ASD for Operational Energy Plans and Programs USD(AT&L) Yes
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs ASD for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs USD(AT&L) Yes
Director of Defense Research and Engineering ASD for Research and Engineering (R&E) USD(AT&L) Yes
Director of Developmental Test and Evaluation DASD for Developmental Test and Evaluation ASD(R&E) No
Director of Systems Engineering DASD for Systems Engineering ASD(R&E) No
New position ASD for Readiness and Force Management (R&FM) USD(P&R) Yes
DUSD for Civilian Personnel Policy DASD for Civilian Personnel Policy ASD for Readiness and Force Management (R&FM) No
DUSD for Military Community and Family Policy DASD for Military Community and Family Policy ASD for Readiness and Force Management (R&FM) No
DUSD for Military Personnel Policy DASD for Military Personnel Policy ASD for Readiness and Force Management (R&FM) No
DUSD for Readiness DASD for Readiness ASD for Readiness and Force Management (R&FM) No
DUSD for Wounded Warrior Care and Transition Policy DASD for Wounded Warrior Care and Transition Policy ASD for Readiness and Force Management (R&FM) No
DUSD for Joint & Coalition Warfighter Support DUSD for Warfighter Support & Operations Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence No
DUSD for Technical Collection & Analysis and HUMINT, Counterintel & Security DUSD for Intelligence & Security Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence No
DUSD for Portfolio Programs & Resources DUSD for Military Intelligence Program & Planning Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence No
DUSD for Science and Technology Eliminated - n/a
DUSD for Advanced Systems and Concepts Eliminated - n/a

See also

References

  1. ^ Title X, Subtitle A, Part 1, Chapter 4, http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/usc_sup_01_10_10_A_20_I_30_4.html
  2. ^ ODAM (April 2010). "Revised Organizational Structure for the Office of the Secretary of Defense". Report to Congress. Department of Defense. pp. 33–34. 
  3. ^ 111th Congress (October 28, 2009). "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010". Government Printing Office. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr2647enr/pdf/BILLS-111hr2647enr.pdf. "H.R. 2647" 
  4. ^ Title IX, Subtitle A, Section 901, Part b, Section 4, http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr6523enr/pdf/BILLS-111hr6523enr.pdf
  5. ^ ODAM (April 2010). "Revised Organizational Structure for the Office of the Secretary of Defense". Report to Congress. Department of Defense. 

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