Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com 2–2. Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) The Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) (ASA(FM&C)) will assist the ASA(A- LT) and the Deputy Chief of Staff, G–8 (DCS, G–8) in making budget decisions to support materiel system acquisition including TC and MR, materiel fielding, distribution or materiel transfer, and redistribution plans. 2–3. Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations and Environment) The Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations and Environment) (ASA(I&E)) is the ESOH proponent for Army installation management issues and will— a.
Ensure applicable environmental requirements, including environmental compliance, hazardous materiel use, and pollution-prevention opportunities, are considered as part of materiel systems sustainability. b. Participate in the material fielding process to ensure installation and ESOH considerations and readiness issues are adequately addressed. c. Ensure that installation considerations related to acquisition programs are properly identified, managed, and funded for the weapon system total ownership costs. 2–4.
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) The Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) will review and monitor all manpower and personnel integration (MANPRINT) materiel acquisition plans and activities to assure conformance with military and civilian manpower and personnel support for the basis of issue plans and equipment fielding plans. 2–5. Chief Information Officer/G–6 The Chief Information Officer/G–6 (CIO/G–6) is responsible for setting the strategic direction, determining objectives, and supervising DA command, control, communications, and computers and information technology (IT) functions. The CIO/G–6 will— a.
Provide CIO/G–6 certification of interoperability and networthiness for all Army IT assets and evaluate and certify (or not) all information assurance (IA) related nondevelopmental hardware, firmware, and software components and IT products used in the Army information infrastructure in accordance with the National Security Telecommunica- tions Information Systems Security Policy No. 11 and other applicable national and DOD policy and guidance identified in AR 25–1 or in AR 25–2. b. Provide guidance on Army implementation of the spectrum certification process. c.
Ensure that CIO/G–6 interoperability certification of Army systems for both Army interoperability certification (AIC) and any Joint interoperability certification, if required, is carried out. d. Ensure that all information systems and networks will be subjected to an established certification and accredita- tion (C&A) process that verifies the required levels of IA are achieved and sustained. e. Implement the DOD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) for information systems security C&A, designated approving authority for all Army information systems (see AR 25–2). f.
Ensure that IA vulnerability management (IAVM) requirements are fully supported by the MR process and that Army leadership plans, programs, and budgets for IAVM fixes and urgent releases as part of the MR process. g. Provide guidance on Army implementation of the DOD DIACAP. h. Establish and maintain configuration control of the Army network and approve materiel/system software baselines for use on the network. 2–6. Deputy Chief of Staff, G–1 The Deputy Chief of Staff, G–1 (DCS, G–1) will— a. Provide operator and maintainer decisions (OMDs) to the DCS, G–3/5/7. b. Initiate recruitment and placement for new or increased MOS requirements to support fielding and transfer actions. 2–7.
Deputy Chief of Staff, G–3/5/7 The DCS, G–3/5/7 will— a. Provide the ASA(ALT) and the Deputy Chief of Staff, G–4 (DCS, G–4) with force development schedules, materiel requirements, and equipment distribution priorities/plans. b. Approve TDA, TOE, and BOIPs for use in determining the acceptability of materiel. c. Incorporate consolidated TOE updates for new and displaced systems in the MTOE and update the TDA as appropriate. Ensure the MTOE/TDA effective date coincides with the equipment fielding dates. d. Determine and provide to the DCS, G–4 any out-of-dynamic Army resource priority list (OOD) sequence materiel distribution. e.
Prioritize and synchronize software upgrades for battle command systems and software using tactical networks in accordance with Software Upgrading Operational Requirements Policy and Army Campaign Plan. f. Validate need for materiel to support urgent operational requirements for systems without established requirements 4 AR 700–142 • 26 March 2008