THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARMY 1775
Headquarters
Department of the Army
Washington, DC
27 March 2024

*Army Regulation 1–19

Effective 27 April 2024

Organization and Functions

Secretary of the Army Delegations of Authority

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

RANDY A. GEORGE

General, United States Army

Chief of Staff

MARK F. AVERILL

Administrative Assistant to the

Secretary of the Army

History. This is publication is a major revision. The portions affected by this major revision are listed in the summary of change.

Authorities. The authority for this regulation is DoDD 5101.01.

Applicability. This regulation applies to the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and U.S. Army Reserve, unless otherwise stated.

Proponent and exception authority. The proponent of this regulation is the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army. The proponent has the authority to approve exceptions or waivers to this regulation that are consistent with controlling law and regulations. The proponent may delegate this approval authority, in writing, to a division chief within the proponent agency or its direct reporting unit or field operating agency, in the grade of colonel or the civilian equivalent. Activities may request a waiver to this regulation by providing justification that includes a full analysis of the expected benefits and must include formal review by the activity's senior legal officer. All waiver requests will be endorsed by the commander or senior leader of the requesting activity and forwarded through their higher headquarters to the policy proponent. Refer to AR 25–30 for specific requirements.

Army internal control process. This regulation contains internal control provisions in accordance with AR 11–2 and identifies key internal controls that must be evaluated (see appendix B).

Suggested improvements. Users are invited to send comments or suggested improvements on DA FormDA FormDepartment of the Army form 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) to Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army (AAHS–SP), usarmy.pentagon.hqda-oaa.mbx.delegations-of-authority@army.mil.

Distribution. This regulation is available in electronic media only and is intended for the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve.

*This publication supersedes AR 10-90, dated 9 February 2018.

AR 1–19 • 27 March 2024

UNCLASSIFIED

Appropriate stakeholders Appropriate stakeholders are those Army officials that have oversight or imposed responsibilities regard- ing the DoA (both EA and non-EA-related) to ensure they are given an opportunity to respond with con- currence or non-concurrence during the staffing process.

Delegee The senior representative (unless otherwise stated) and/or designated executive agent responsible offi- cial of the specified Army organization who has been delegated responsibilities, functions, and authority by the SECARMYSECARMYSecretary of the Army via written memorandum or in DA administrative publications.

Enterprise Task Management Software Solution Task management and document routing system.

Executive agent The Head of a DoD Component to whom the SECDEF or DEPSECDEF has assigned specific responsi- bilities, functions, and authorities to provide defined levels of support for operational missions, or adminis- trative or other designated activities that involve two or more DoD Components.

Office of coordinating responsibility Accepts tasks, provides inputs to the Action Officer for task completion, similar to assist.

Office of primary responsibility Ultimately responsible for task completion; responsible for providing a cohesive response for either the overall task or as a subject matter expert for coordination.

Office of the Secretary of Defense principal staff assistants The Under Secretaries of Defense, the Director of Defense Research and Engineering, the Assistant Sec- retaries of Defense, the General Counsel of DoD, the Assistants to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense, and the OSDOSDOffice of the Secretary of Defense Directors or equivalents, who report directly to the SECDEF or DEPSECDEF.

Planning, programming, budgeting, and execution process The annual process for allocating resources based on policies, strategy, and prioritized goals for DoD. It includes four distinct but overlapping phases: planning, programming, budgeting, and execution.

Principal official The HQDA principal officials are those officials listed by heading in DA General Orders. Such officials ad- vise and assist the SECARMYSECARMYSecretary of the Army by executing the duties and responsibilities assigned to them in the Gen- eral orders and elsewhere, including regulations, memorandum, and oral statements. Principal Officials are personally responsible to the SECARMYSECARMYSecretary of the Army for fulfilling their assignment.

Responsible official The Army official to whom the SECARMYSECARMYSecretary of the Army has directly delegated EA authorities.

Senior leader approval process A process within ETMS2 whereby senior leaders and principal officials conduct package approvals by electronically signing/approving packages being routed to the SECARMYSECARMYSecretary of the Army.

Supersession The replacement of an authority, the act of superseding.