Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)

{{short description|United States Army office}}

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{{Infobox official post

| post = Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Civil Works)

| flag = Flag_of_the_Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Army.svg

| flagborder = yes

| flagsize =

| flagcaption = Flag of an assistant secretary of the army

| insignia = ASA CW.png

| insigniasize =

| insigniacaption = Seal of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)

| image = D. Lee Forsgren.jpg

| incumbent = D. Lee Forsgren[https://api.army.mil/e2/c/downloads/2025/04/04/1ae90fe9/mr-lee-forsgren-acting-asa-3-apr-24.pdf army.mil] (Acting)

| incumbentsince = March 31, 2025

| department = United States Department of the Army

| reports_to = Secretary of the Army
Under Secretary of the Army

| nominator = The president with Senate advice and consent

| termlength = No fixed term

| constituting_instrument = {{url|https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/7016|10. U.S.C. § 7016}}

| style = Mr. Secretary
The Honorable
(formal address in writing)

| seat = The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, United States

| first = Victor Veysey

| formation = 1975

| 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{{UnitedStatesCode|5|5315}}

| website = {{url|www.army.mil/asacw|Official website}}

| footnotes =

}}

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 under secretary of the army, who in turn reports to the 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 was created by Section 211 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 and reaffirmed in Section 501 of the Goldwater–Nichols Act of 1986.