Assistant Secretary of the Army

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United States federal government position civilian office

The Assistant Secretary of the Army is a senior civilian official in the U.S. Department of the Army responsible for overseeing major policy, budgetary, and administrative functions within their assigned portfolio.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)	3
Assistant Secretary of the Army canonical	2
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)	2
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller)	2
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy and Environment)	2
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller	1
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs	1
United States Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4748403 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Assistant Secretary of the Army
Context triple: [Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, reportsTo, Assistant Secretary of the Army]

A. Under Secretary of the Army
The Under Secretary of the Army is the second-highest-ranking civilian official in the U.S. Department of the Army, responsible for assisting in the oversight, management, and policy direction of the Army.
B. Secretary of the Army
The Secretary of the Army is the U.S. civilian government official responsible for overseeing and managing all affairs of the United States Army.
C. Assistant Secretary of War
The Assistant Secretary of War was a senior U.S. government official responsible for overseeing key aspects of Army administration, logistics, and wartime operations before the Department of War was reorganized into the Department of Defense.
D. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment
The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment is a senior U.S. Department of Defense official responsible for policies and oversight related to logistics, materiel readiness, maintenance, and supply chain support for military forces.
E. Adjutant General of the United States Army
The Adjutant General of the United States Army is the senior administrative officer responsible for managing the Army’s personnel records, orders, and official correspondence.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Assistant Secretary of the Army
Target entity description: The Assistant Secretary of the Army is a senior civilian official in the U.S. Department of the Army responsible for overseeing major policy, budgetary, and administrative functions within their assigned portfolio.

A. Under Secretary of the Army
The Under Secretary of the Army is the second-highest-ranking civilian official in the U.S. Department of the Army, responsible for assisting in the oversight, management, and policy direction of the Army.
B. Secretary of the Army
The Secretary of the Army is the U.S. civilian government official responsible for overseeing and managing all affairs of the United States Army.
C. Assistant Secretary of War
The Assistant Secretary of War was a senior U.S. government official responsible for overseeing key aspects of Army administration, logistics, and wartime operations before the Department of War was reorganized into the Department of Defense.
D. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment
The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment is a senior U.S. Department of Defense official responsible for policies and oversight related to logistics, materiel readiness, maintenance, and supply chain support for military forces.
E. Adjutant General of the United States Army
The Adjutant General of the United States Army is the senior administrative officer responsible for managing the Army’s personnel records, orders, and official correspondence.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal government position ⓘ civilian office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States Army ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
appointedUnder	political appointment ⓘ
confirmedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
distinctFrom	Assistant Secretary of Defense ⓘ Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army ⓘ
hasPosition	Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) ⓘ linked to: Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) ⓘ linked to: Assistant Secretary of the Army Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) ⓘ linked to: Assistant Secretary of the Army Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy and Environment) ⓘ linked to: Assistant Secretary of the Army Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) ⓘ linked to: Assistant Secretary of the Army
inception	20th century ⓘ
isCivilian	true ⓘ
legalBasis	10 U.S.C. § 3016 ⓘ Title 10 of the United States Code ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Arlington County, Virginia ⓘ linked to: Arlington County
mayActAs	Chief Management Officer of the Army ⓘ
memberOf	Army Secretariat ⓘ
numberOfDistinctPositions	5 ⓘ
oversees	Army acquisition or logistics policy depending on position ⓘ Army budget planning within portfolio ⓘ Army installations and environmental policy depending on position ⓘ Army manpower and personnel policy depending on position ⓘ Army programs within assigned functional area ⓘ civil works programs of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers depending on position ⓘ
partOf	United States Department of Defense ⓘ linked to: Department of Defense United States Department of the Army ⓘ
positionHeldBy	civilian official ⓘ
requires	advice and consent of the United States Senate ⓘ security clearance ⓘ
responsibleFor	Army policy oversight within assigned portfolio ⓘ administrative oversight within assigned portfolio ⓘ budgetary oversight within assigned portfolio ⓘ policy development ⓘ policy implementation supervision ⓘ program oversight ⓘ resource allocation recommendations ⓘ strategic planning within assigned portfolio ⓘ
seat	The Pentagon ⓘ linked to: Pentagon
subordinateTo	Secretary of the Army ⓘ
termLength	no fixed term ⓘ
worksWith	Chief of Staff of the Army ⓘ Under Secretary of the Army ⓘ

How these facts were elicited