Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)

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Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
Seal of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
Flag of an Assistant Secretary of the Army
Incumbent Michael L. Connor since November 29, 2021
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	1975
First holder	Victor Veysey
Succession	Joint 18th in SecDef succession in seniority of appointment
Deputy	Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works
Salary	Executive Schedule, Level IV
Website	Official website

The Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), abbreviated ASA(CW), is an office of the United States Department of the Army responsible for overseeing the civil functions of the United States Army. The Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) reports to the United States Under Secretary of the Army, who in turn reports to the United States Secretary of the Army

Functions overseen by the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) include the Civil Works of the United States Army Corps of Engineers; control of the United States National Cemetery and the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery; and the foreign non-military works of the Army Corps of Engineers. The Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) is the civilian responsible for overseeing the work of the Chief of Engineers.

The position of Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) was created by Section 211 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 and reaffirmed in Section 501 of the Goldwater–Nichols Act of 1986.

Assistant Secretaries of the Army (Civil Works), 1975–Present

Name	Assumed office	Left office	President appointed by	Secretary served under
Victor Veysey	March 1975	January 1977	Gerald Ford	Martin Richard Hoffmann
Michael Blumenfeld	April 1979	January 1981	Jimmy Carter	Clifford Alexander Jr.
William Gianelli	April 1981	May 1984	Ronald Reagan	John Otho Marsh Jr.
Robert K. Dawson	December 1985	May 1987	Ronald Reagan	John Otho Marsh Jr.
Robert W. Page	December 1987	October 1990	Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush	John Otho Marsh Jr. Michael P. W. Stone
Nancy P. Dorn	August 1991	January 1993	George H. W. Bush	Michael P. W. Stone
Martin Lancaster	January 1996	June 1997	Bill Clinton	Togo D. West Jr.
Joseph W. Westphal	June 1998	March 5, 2001	Bill Clinton George W. Bush	Louis Caldera
Michael Parker	October 2001	March 2002	George W. Bush	Thomas E. White
John Paul Woodley Jr.	August 22, 2003	April 2009	George W. Bush Barack Obama	Francis J. Harvey Pete Geren
Jo-Ellen Darcy	August 7, 2009	January 20, 2017	Barack Obama	John M. McHugh Eric Fanning
R. D. James	February 26, 2018	January 20, 2021	Donald Trump	Mark Esper Ryan D. McCarthy
Jaime A. Pinkham (acting)	February 24, 2021	November 29, 2021	Joe Biden	Christine Wormuth
Michael L. Connor	November 29, 2021	present	Joe Biden	Christine Wormuth

Reporting to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) are:

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
- Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Management and Budget)
- Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Project Planning and Review)