Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller)
| Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller) |
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 Seal of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller) United States Air Force |
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| Department | United States Air Force |
| Style | The Honorable |
| Nominator | President of the United States |
| Formation | 1947 |
| Website | www.saffm.hq.af.mil |
The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller) (abbreviated SAF/FM) is a civilian official in the United States Department of the Air Force.
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Responsibilities [edit]
According to U.S. law, there are four Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force appointed from civilian life by the President of the United States upon the advice and consent of the United States Senate.[1] They assist the United States Secretary of the Air Force and the United States Under Secretary of the Air Force. One of the four assistant secretaries is the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller), who is responsible for "the exercise of the comptroller functions of the Department of the Air Force, including financial management functions."[1] The duties expressly given to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller) include determining the Department of the Air Force's budget estimates (in conjunction with the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)), supervising the Department's financial management system, and overseeing the department's asset management system.[2] The Assistant Secretary is also responsible for developing a five year plan for improving the department's financial management, which plan must be updated annually.[3] He or she also must submit an annual report to the Secretary of the Air Force detailing the state of the department's financial management.[4]
Subordinates [edit]
The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller)'s principal deputies are a civilian Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller) and a military officer serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget; the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cost and Economics; and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Operations.[5]
List of Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller) (Incomplete List) [edit]
| Name John G. Vonglis (Acting) | Assumed Office March 2005 | Left Office Jan 2008 | President Appointed By George W. Bush | Secretary Served Under Michael W. Wynne; Michael B. Donley | |
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| Leonard Mark, Jr. | June 1964 | December 1967 | Lyndon Johnson | Eugene M. Zuckert, Harold Brown | |
| Thomas H. Nielsen | January 1968 | June 1969 | Lyndon Johnson | Harold Brown | |
| Spencer J. Schedler | June 1969 | April 1973 | Richard Nixon | Robert C. Seamans, Jr. | |
| William W. Woodruff | April 1973 | July 1975 | Richard Nixon | Robert C. Seamans, Jr., John L. McLucas | |
| Francis Hughes | March 1976 | September 1976 | Gerald Ford | Thomas C. Reed | |
| Everett T. Keech | September 1976 | August 1977 | Gerald Ford | Thomas Reed, John C. Stetson | |
| John A. Hewitt, Jr. | February 1978 | Jimmy Carter | John C. Stetson, Hans Mark | ||
| Russell D. Hale | March 1981 | February 1984 | Ronald Reagan | Verne Orr | |
| Richard E. Carver | 1984 | 1988 | Ronald Reagan | Verne Orr, Russell A. Rourke, Edward C. Aldridge, Jr. | |
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Michael B. Donley | 1989 | 1994 | George H. W. Bush | Donald Rice |
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Robert F. Hale | 1994 | 2001 | Bill Clinton | Sheila Widnall, F. Whitten Peters |
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Michael Montelongo | 2001 | 2005 | George W. Bush | James G. Roche |
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John H. Gibson | January 15, 2008 | January 20, 2009 | George W. Bush | Michael Wynne, Michael B. Donley |
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Jamie M. Morin | June 19, 2009 | Present | Barack Obama | Michael B. Donley |
