Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy and Environment)

The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment (abbreviated ASA (IE&E)) is a civilian office within the United States Department of the Army.

Rachel Jacobson, a lawyer and former Obama-era Deputy General Counsel for Environment, Energy and Installations is the current ASA (IE&E); she was sworn in on April 4, 2022.

Roles and responsibilities

The Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy and Environment) is the primary advisor to the Secretary of the Army and Chief of Staff, Army on all United States Army matters related to infrastructure, installation policy, oversight and coordination of energy security and environmental management. The ASA (IE&E) is also responsible for policy and oversight of sustainability and environmental initiatives; resource management including design, military construction, operations and maintenance; Base Realignment and Closure; privatization of Army family housing, lodging, real estate, and utilities; and the Army's installations safety and occupational health programs.

Organization

The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment oversees the following positions:
*Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health
*Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Housing & Partnerships
*Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy and Sustainability
*Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Strategic Integration

Office holders

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health

The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health (abbreviated DASA-ESOH) is one of the four deputy assistant secretaries that report to the ASA (IE&E).

Roles and responsibilities

The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health serves to coordinate the army's environmental programs, through providing policy, programming, and oversight. The DASA also serves as the primary advisor to army commanders on Environment, Safety and Occupational Health matters, along with executing the Army's arms control program.

Organization

In order to achieve its goals, the ASDA oversees a number of specialist directorates and organizations; these are:
*Munitions & Chemical Matters Directorate – is the primary advisor on the environmental, safety and occupational health aspects of explosive and toxic military chemicals. The directorate's scope includes: operational ranges, historic sea disposal of munitions, and life-cycle munitions management. The directorate exercises control over a number of, both cross-service DoD and US Army, programs; these being:
**Department of Defense Explosives Safety Management Program
**Department of Defense Recovered Chemical Warfare Materiel Program
**Department of Defense Chemical Demilitarization Program
**Army 3Rs (Recognize, Retreat, Report) Explosives Safety Education Program
**Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Project (controlled by CMA)
**Sea-Disposed Chemical Warfare Material Program
**Low-Level Radioactive Waste Program
*Environmental Quality Directorate – controls army programs relating to natural resource and cultural resource legal requirements, as well as Native American affairs, including legal, treaty, and trust responsibilities. Furthermore, the directorate undertakes work in the fields of air, water, and waste legal requirements, environmental impact analysis, and environmental program performance auditing. The directorate's programs include:
**Army Conservation Program
**Army Environmental Compliance Program
*Restoration Directorate – is responsible for overseeing and controlling the cleanup of past contamination for which the Army is deemed responsible, 'at a at a facility or site owned, leased, or possessed by the Army within the United States at the time of actions leading to contamination.' The directorate overseas the following programs:
**Base Realignment and Closure Restoration Program
***Installation Restoration Program
***Military Munitions Response Program
***Building Demolition/Debris Removal Program
**Formerly Used Defense Sites Program
**Army Compliance Cleanup Program
**Defense and State Memorandum of Agreement Program
**Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
*Safety Directorate – sets policy and standards relating to Department of the Army safety matters and the Army Safety Program; proposes safety programming and funding; and provides safety program management and oversight.
*Occupational & Environmental Health Directorate – provides oversight, management, and coordination of OEH programs and services.
*Technology Directorate – advises on policy in relation to environmental technology needs and requirements.
**Environmental Information Technology Management Program
**National Defense Center for Energy and Environment
**Army Environmental Quality Technology Program
**US/German Data Exchange Agreement for Environmental Technology
**Western Hemisphere Information Exchange Program
*Department of Defense Unexploded Ordnance Center of Excellence

Office holders

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Housing and Partnerships

The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Housing and Partnerships (abbreviated DASA-IH&P) is one of the four deputy assistant secretaries that report to the ASA (IE&E).

Roles and responsibilities

The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Housing and Partnerships serves to provide assistance, advice, policy, programming, and oversight, of all matters relating to army installations, including: real estate, military construction, engineering, housing, and base realignments and closures. All of this seeks to create sustainable installations to support the army's mission, along with provide an excellent quality of life for serving personnel and their families.

Organization

*Residential Communities Initiative
*Privatization of Army Lodging Program
*Office of Historic Properties & Partnerships – raises awareness , renovates, restores, and preserves the army's inventory of historic buildings.

Office holders

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy and Sustainability

The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy and Sustainability (abbreviated DASA-E&S) is one of the four deputy assistant secretaries that report to the ASA (IE&E).

Roles and responsibilities

The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy and Sustainability serves to provide assistance, advice, policy, programming, and oversight, of all matters relating to the army's ability to access energy and water, in order to enhance the army's operational capabilities, enhance the current facilities, and support the state of readiness.

Organization

*Office of Energy Initiatives – serves to oversee, develop, implement large-scale energy projects related to army installations.

Office holders

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Strategic Integration

The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Strategic Integration (abbreviated DASA-SI) is one of the four deputy assistant secretaries that report to the ASA (IE&E).

Roles and responsibilities

The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Strategic Integration serves to integrate strategic installation, environmental and energy policy initiatives and requirements, mustered by the other three deputy assistant secretaries, into the Department of Defense and Army planning processes, and other areas of governance.

Organization

*Quality of Life Task Force
*COVID-19 Lessons Learned
*Installations of the Future Initiative
*Regional Environmental and Energy Offices
**Regional Environmental and Energy Office–Northern
**Regional Environmental and Energy Office–Southern
**Regional Environmental and Energy Office–Central
**Regional Environmental and Energy Office–Western
*Army Environmental Policy Institute

Office holders

References

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United States Army civilians
Installations, Energy and Environment