Under Secretary of State for Management




























United States
Under Secretary of State
for Management

U.S. Department of State official seal.svg
Seal of the United States Department of State



William Todd Official Portrait.jpg

Incumbent
William E. Todd
Acting

since February 2018

Reports to
The Secretary of State[1]
Nominator
The President of the United States
Inaugural holder
Donold Lourie
Formation
1953
Website
Official Website

The Under Secretary of State for Management is a position within the United States Department of State that serves as principal adviser to the Secretary of State and Deputy Secretary of State on matters relating to the allocation and use of Department of State budget, physical property, and personnel, including planning, the day-to-day administration of the Department, and proposals for institutional reform and modernization.


The Under Secretary is appointed by the President of the United States with the consent of the United States Senate to serve at the request of the President. The most recent Under Secretary was Patrick F. Kennedy, who appointed on November 6, 2007 by President George W. Bush and then retained by President Barack Obama.[2]




Contents






  • 1 Overview


  • 2 History


  • 3 Reporting officials


  • 4 Office holders


  • 5 References





Overview


The Under Secretary of State for Management is the State Department's representative on the President's Management Council, and is the Department official responsible for implementing the President's Management Agenda.



History


In an Act of February 7, 1953, Congress created for a 2-year period the position of Under Secretary of State for Administration as the third ranking officer in the Department. The position was not renewed, however; and between 1955 and 1978, the ranking officer in the Department handling administration and management questions was either a Deputy Under Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of State. On October 7, 1978, an Act of Congress created the permanent position of Under Secretary of State for Management.[3]



Reporting officials


Officials reporting to the USS(M) include:




  • Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
    • Bureau of Administration



  • Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs
    • Bureau of Consular Affairs



  • Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security
    • Bureau of Diplomatic Security



  • Director General of the Foreign Service
    • Bureau of Human Resources


  • Department Comptroller
    • Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services


  • Department Chief Information Officer
    • Bureau of Information Resource Management


  • Director
    • Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations


  • Director
    • Foreign Service Institute


  • Director
    • Bureau of Budget and Planning


  • Director
    • Office of Management Policy, Rightsizing, and Innovation


  • Director
    • Office of Medical Services


  • Director
    • Office of Foreign Missions




Office holders


The table below includes both the various titles of this post over time, as well as all the holders of those offices.

















































































































Under Secretary of State for Management[4]
Portrait
Name
Assuming Office
Left Office
President(s) served under

Under Secretary of State for Administration
Donold B. Lourie February 16, 1953 March 5, 1954
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Charles E. Saltzman.jpg Charles E. Saltzman June 29, 1954 December 31, 1954
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Under Secretary of State for Management
Benjamin H. Read October 1, 1978 January 19, 1981
Jimmy Carter
Richard T Kennedy.jpg Richard T. Kennedy February 28, 1981 December 15, 1982
Ronald Reagan
Jerome W. Van Gorkom December 22, 1982 October 14, 1983
Ronald Reagan
Ronald I. Spiers November 23, 1983 May 15, 1989
Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Ivan Selin May 23, 1989 June 23, 1991
George H. W. Bush
John F. W. Rogers October 9, 1991 January 19, 1993
George H. W. Bush
J. Brian Atwood April 1, 1993 May 10, 1993
Bill Clinton
Richard M. Moose August 2, 1993 September 1, 1996
Bill Clinton
Bonnie-cohen-.jpg Bonnie R. Cohen August 20, 1997 January 20, 2001
Bill Clinton
Grant S. Green, Jr. March 30, 2001 February 4, 2005
George W. Bush
HHF Resized Portrait.jpg Henrietta H. Fore August 2, 2005 November 15, 2007
George W. Bush
Patrick-F-Kennedy 2002.jpg Patrick F. Kennedy November 15, 2007 January 26, 2017
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Donald Trump


References




  1. ^ "1 FAM 044 UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT (M)". Foreign Affairs Manual. U.S. Department of State. January 31, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Under Secretary for Management". Retrieved September 21, 2008.


  3. ^ U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian. "Under Secretaries of State for Management". Retrieved September 5, 2011.


  4. ^ "Department of State Senior Officials". State Department. 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-29.









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