Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)

Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) /Chief Financial Officer USD(C)/CFO
Under Secretary of Defense flag
Incumbent Mike McCord^[1] since June 27, 2014
Department of Defense Office of the Secretary of Defense
Style	The Honorable
Reports to	Secretary of Defense Deputy Secretary of Defense
Seat	The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, United States
Appointer	The President with Senate advice and consent
Term length	No fixed term
Constituting instrument	10 U.S.C. § 135
Formation	1994
First holder	John J. Hamre
Succession	7th in SecDef succession
Salary	Executive Schedule, level III^[2]
Website	comptroller.defense.gov

The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, abbreviated USD(C)/CFO, is a high level civilian official in the United States Department of Defense. The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is the principal staff assistant and adviser to both the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense for all budgetary and fiscal matters, including the development and execution of the Defense Department's annual $500 billion budget.

The Under Secretary is appointed by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate to serve at the pleasure of the President.^[3]

The position of Defense Department Comptroller was originally at the rank of Assistant Secretary until the National Defense Authorization Act of 1995 upgraded the position to its current rank of Under Secretary.^[4]

Overview

The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is the principal staff office for the Defense Department on all budgetary and fiscal matters, including the development and execution of the Defense Department's annual budget of more than $500 billion. As Chief Financial Officer, the Under Secretary's Office also oversees the Department's financial policy, financial management systems, and business modernization efforts.^[5]

The Under Secretary is chair of the Financial Management Modernization Executive Committee, which has the goal of making sure that each of the Department of Defense's critical accounting, financial, and data feeder systems are compliant with applicable federal financial management and reporting requirements.^[6] The Comptroller is also a member of the Defense Business System Management Committee.^[7]

With the rank of Under Secretary, the USD(C) is a Level III position within the Executive Schedule. Since January 2010, the annual rate of pay for Level III is $165,300.

Reporting Officials

Officials reporting to the USD(C) include:

Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
Director, Defense Contract Audit Agency
Director, Defense Finance and Accounting Service

The Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), abbreviated PDUSD(C), is the USD(C)'s chief deputy and assumes the duties of the USD(C) in his absence. Pursuant to Public Law 111-84, the PDUSD(C) is appointed from civilian life by the President of the United States with the consent of the Senate.

Budget

Budget Totals

The annual budget for the USD(C) is contained in the Office of the Secretary of Defense's (OSD) budget, under the Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance (O&M) account.

USD Comptroller Budget, FY 10-12 ($ in thousands) ^[8]
Line Item	FY10 Actual	FY11 Estimate	FY12 Request
Core OSD Operating Program^[9]
Civilian Pay and Benefits, USD (C)	26,567	33,680	28,213
Program Structure^[10]
Comptroller Initiatives	17,467	23,403	18,554
Future Years Defense Program Improvement	3,408	3,510	3,562
Administrative Support	1,420	1,283	1,164
Capabilities Portfolio Management	4,495	20,000	0
Next Generation Resource Management System	0	0	3,991
Enterprise Funds Distribution System Support	0	0	2,992
Travel	258	456	272
Overseas Contingency Operations^[11]
OCO OUSD (Comptroller)	0	0	0
Totals
Total Budget	53,615	82,332	58,748

Budget Features

Comptroller Initiatives - Support for producing and providing senior Department leadership with authoritative, accurate, and timely financial statements and support Department-wide business transformation efforts by improving financial management processes, systems, and financial reporting. This funding appears to support the programs of the Defense Contract Audit Agency and the Defense Finance and Accounting Service.
Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) Improvement - Maintain the FYDP information system used to collect, transform, disseminate, build reports, and provide analytical displays for planning, programming, budgeting, and execution activities
Administrative Support - Funds services including general office support, data administration, records management, workflow and correspondence tracking, and other administrative tasks
Capabilities Portfolio Management (CPM) - Funds OSD and Joint programs used to advise senior Department leadership and support strategic decision making to optimize investments and minimize risks in providing capabilities to the Warfighter. CPM includes programs such as Command & Control, Joint Logistics, Net Centric Operations, Corporate Management Support, and Battlespace Awareness
Next Generation Resource Management System (NGRMS) - Maintain IT system used to formulate, justify, present, and defend the DoD budget, including equipment maintenance support, software upgrades, and software licenses
Enterprise Funds Distribution System Support (EFDSS) - Maintain IT system used for controlling and distributing funds, including equipment maintenance support, software upgrades, and software licenses
Travel - Funds employee travel in support of the OUSD(C) mission

Office holders

The table below includes both the various titles of this post over time, as well as all the holders of those offices.

Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller/Chief Financial Officer)^[12]
Portrait	Name	Tenure	SecDef(s) served under	President(s) served under
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
	Wilfred J. McNeil	September 12, 1949 - November 1, 1959	Louis A. Johnson George C. Marshall Robert A. Lovett Charles E. Wilson Neil H. McElroy	Harry Truman Dwight Eisenhower
	Franklin B. Lincoln	December 2, 1959 - January 20, 1961	Thomas S. Gates	Dwight Eisenhower
	Charles J. Hitch	February 17, 1961 - July 31, 1965	Robert S. McNamara	John F. Kennedy Lyndon Johnson
	Robert N. Anthony	September 10, 1965 - July 31, 1968	Robert S. McNamara Clark M. Clifford	Lyndon Johnson
	Robert C. Moot	August 1, 1968 - January 9, 1973	Clark M. Clifford Melvin R. Laird	Lyndon Johnson Richard Nixon
	Don R. Brazier (Acting)	January 10, 1973 - January 20, 1973	Melvin R. Laird	Richard Nixon
	Terence E. McClary	June 21, 1973 - August 31, 1976	James R. Schlesinger Donald H. Rumsfeld	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford
	Fred P. Wacker	September 1, 1976 - February 29, 1980	Donald H. Rumsfeld Harold Brown	Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter
	Jack R. Borsting	August 12, 1980 - December 31, 1982	Harold Brown Caspar W. Weinberger	Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan
	John R. Quetsch (Acting)	January 1, 1983 - February 23, 1983	Caspar W. Weinberger	Ronald Reagan
	Vincent Puritano	February 24, 1983 - May 30, 1984	Caspar W. Weinberger	Ronald Reagan
	Robert W. Helm	August 16, 1984 - October 1, 1986	Caspar W. Weinberger	Ronald Reagan
Department of Defense Comptroller
	Robert W. Helm	October 1, 1986 - September 1, 1988	Caspar W. Weinberger Frank C. Carlucci III	Ronald Reagan
	Clyde O. Glaister	October 17, 1988 - May 22, 1989	Frank C. Carlucci III William H. Taft IV (Acting) Richard B. Cheney	Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush
	Sean O'Keefe	May 22, 1989 - July 7, 1992	Richard B. Cheney	George H. W. Bush
	Donald B. Shycoff (Acting)	July 8, 1992 - April 2, 1993	Richard B. Cheney Leslie Aspin, Jr.	George H. W. Bush William Clinton
	Alice Maroni (Acting)	May 6, 1993 - October 26, 1993	Leslie Aspin, Jr.	William Clinton
	John J. Hamre	October 26, 1993 - September 5, 1994	Leslie Aspin, Jr. William J. Perry	William Clinton
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller/Chief Financial Officer)
	John J. Hamre	September 5, 1994 - July 29, 1997	William J. Perry William S. Cohen	William Clinton
	William J. Lynn	November 19, 1997 - January 19, 2001	William S. Cohen	William Clinton
	Dov S. Zakheim	May 3, 2001 - April 15, 2004	Donald H. Rumsfeld	George W. Bush
	Lawrence J. Lanzillotta (Acting)	April 15, 2004 - July 27, 2004	Donald H. Rumsfeld	George W. Bush
	Tina Jonas	July 27, 2004 - September 26, 2008^[13]	Donald H. Rumsfeld Robert M. Gates	George W. Bush
	Robert F. Hale	February 9, 2009 – 2014^[14]	Robert M. Gates Leon Panetta Chuck Hagel	Barack Obama
	Michael J. McCord	June 27, 2014 – Present^[15]	Chuck Hagel	Barack Obama

References

↑ DoD Biography http://comptroller.defense.gov/AboutOUSD(C)/comptroller_Bio.aspx
↑ 5 U.S.C. § 5314
↑ "US CODE: Title 10,135. Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)". Retrieved September 23, 2007.
↑ "Search Results - THOMAS (Library of Congress)". Retrieved September 23, 2007.
↑ "Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) > About OUSD(C) > OUSD(C) Top Leaders". comptroller.defense.gov. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
↑ "US CODE: Title 10,185. Financial Management Modernization Executive Committee". Retrieved September 23, 2007.
↑ "US CODE: Title 10,186. Defense Business System Management Committee". Retrieved September 23, 2007.
↑ "Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Budget Estimates, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)" (PDF). Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), OSD. 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
↑ Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Budget Estimates, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), p.664
↑ Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Budget Estimates, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), p.688-90
↑ Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Budget Estimates, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), p.714
↑ "Department of Defense Key Officials" (PDF). Historical Office, OSD. 2004. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
↑ "Defense comptroller leaves for industry job". Retrieved 2016-09-21.
↑ "Head Count | Tracking Obama's Appointments | The Washington Post". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 23, 2010.
↑ "Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) > About OUSD(C) > comptroller_Bio". comptroller.defense.gov. Retrieved 2016-09-21.

External links

comptroller.defense.gov

Senior officials in the United States Department of Defense

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work Secretaries of the Military Departments Secretary of the Army: Eric Fanning Secretary of the Navy: Ray Mabus Secretary of the Air Force: Deborah James Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford, USMC Under Secretaries of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics: Frank Kendall Policy: James Miller Comptroller/Chief Financial Officer: Robert Hale Personnel and Readiness: Jessica Wright (Acting) Intelligence: Michael Vickers Deputy Chief Management Officer Elizabeth McGrath Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Paul Selva, USAF Chiefs of the Military Services Chief of Staff of the Army: Mark Milley Commandant of the Marine Corps: Robert Neller Chief of Naval Operations: John Richardson Chief of Staff of the Air Force: David Goldfein Chief of the National Guard Bureau Frank Grass, USA

United States Department of Defense

Headquarters: The Pentagon

Office of the Secretary of Defense
(including Defense Agencies and DoD Field Activities)

Deputy Secretary of Defense	Deputy's Advisory Working Group Office of Net Assessment Special Access Program Oversight Committee

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics	Director, Defense Research and Engineering Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Missile Defense Agency Defense Contract Management Agency Defense Logistics Agency Defense Technical Information Center Defense Threat Reduction Agency Office of Economic Adjustment Defense Acquisition University Defense Acquisition Board

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy	Defense Security Cooperation Agency Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee

Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)	Defense Contract Audit Agency Defense Finance and Accounting Service

Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness	Defense Commissary Agency Department of Defense Education Activity DoD Human Resources Activity Military Health System Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute Office of the Chancellor for Education and Professional Development

Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence	Defense Intelligence Agency Defense Security Service Defense Information Systems Agency National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency National Reconnaissance Office National Security Agency (Director)

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs	Defense Media Activity (American Forces Press Service, American Forces Radio and Television Service, Stars and Stripes, The Pentagon Channel)

General Counsel of the Department of Defense	Defense Legal Services Agency

Director of Administration and Management	Pentagon Force Protection Agency Washington Headquarters Services

Military Departments

Department of the Army	Secretary of the Army The Secretariat: Under Secretary of the Army Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Assistant Secretary for Civil Works Assistant Secretary (Financial Management and Comptroller) Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs General Counsel of the Army The Administrative Assistant The Army Staff: Chief of Staff of the Army Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Sergeant Major of the Army Deputy Chief of Staff G-8 Chief of Chaplains Judge Advocate General Provost Marshal General Surgeon General U.S. Army field organizations: see Structure of the United States Army

Department of the Navy	Secretary of the Navy The Secretariat: Under Secretary of the Navy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations and Environment) Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisitions) General Counsel of the Navy Judge Advocate General Naval Criminal Investigative Service Naval Inspector General Headquarters Marine Corps: Commandant of the Marine Corps Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Chaplain U.S. Marine Corps field organizations: see Organization of the United States Marine Corps Office of the Chief of Naval Operations: Chief of Naval Operations Vice Chief of Naval Operations Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Director of Naval Reactors Chief of Chaplains Chief of Naval Personnel Surgeon General United States Navy field organizations: see Structure of the United States Navy

Department of the Air Force	Secretary of the Air Force The Secretariat: Under Secretary of the Air Force Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition) Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller) Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, Environment & Logistics) Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) General Counsel of the Air Force Air Force Office of Special Investigations The Air Staff: Chief of Staff of the Air Force Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Chief of Chaplains Chief of Safety Chief Scientist Judge Advocate General Surgeon General U.S. Air Force field organizations: Major Commands Direct Reporting Units Field Operating Agencies

Joint Chiefs of Staff

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman Joint Requirements Oversight Council Director of the Joint Staff Joint Staff National Military Command Center Alternate National Military Command Center National Defense University

Combatant Commands

Africa Command Central Command European Command Northern Command Pacific Command Southern Command Special Operations Command (Joint Special Operations Command) Strategic Command (Cyber Command) Transportation Command

National Guard Bureau

Chief of the National Guard Bureau Air National Guard Army National Guard

Office of the Inspector General

Defense Criminal Investigative Service

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