Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation

The Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) is a principal staff assistant and advisor to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. The postholder, as chartered under United States Department of Defense Directive 5141.1 in 1996, provides independent analytic advice to the Secretary of Defense on all aspects of the Department of Defense (DoD) program, including alternative weapon systems and force structures, the development and evaluation of defense program alternatives, and the cost-effectiveness of defense systems. The office also conducts analyses and offers advice in a number of related areas, such as military medical care, school systems for military dependents, information technology, and defense economics. Consistent with its advisory role, the office has no decision authority or line responsibilities.^[1]

The Director of CAPE reports directly to the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense. As a political appointee, the Director of CAPE is an Executive Service Level IV official who is nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate. He or she coordinates and exchanges information with other Office of the Secretary of Defense officials, the Heads of the DoD Components, and Federal officials having collateral or related functions.

CAPE's staff of approximately 155 people includes a combination of government civilians and military officers and is augmented by contractor support. The military officers serve in two- to three-year rotational assignments with the organization. CAPE's civilian staff is drawn from a variety of academic disciplines, including physics, economics, engineering, mathematics, biology, and computer science. The CAPE staff is recognized as among the most capable in the Pentagon.

This office was most previously known as the Office of Program Analysis & Evaluation (PA&E). However, PA&E was made defunct by the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009.

Office Holders

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

Directors of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation^[2]

Name	Tenure	SecDef(s) Served Under	President(s) Served Under
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Systems Analysis)
Alain C. Enthoven	September 10, 1965 - January 20, 1969	Robert S. McNamara Clark M. Clifford	Lyndon Johnson
Ivan Selin (Acting)	January 31, 1969 - January 30, 1970	Melvin R. Laird	Richard Nixon
Gardiner L. Tucker	January 30, 1970 - March 30, 1973	Melvin R. Laird Elliot L. Richardson	Richard Nixon
Director (Defense Program Analysis and Evaluation)
Leonard Sullivan	May 21, 1973 - February 11, 1974	Elliot L. Richardson James R. Schlesinger	Richard Nixon
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Program Analysis and Evaluation)
Leonard Sullivan	February 11, 1974 - March 13, 1976	James R. Schlesinger Donald H. Rumsfeld	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford
Director for Planning and Evaluation
Edward C. Aldridge, Jr.	May 18, 1976 - March 11, 1977	Donald H. Rumsfeld Harold Brown	Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Program Analysis and Evaluation)
Russell Murray II	April 28, 1977 - January 20, 1981	Harold Brown	Jimmy Carter
Director of Program Analysis and Evaluation
David S. C. Chu	May 19, 1981 - July 13, 1988	Caspar W. Weinberger Frank C. Carlucci III	Ronald Reagan
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Program Analysis and Evaluation)
David S. C. Chu	July 13, 1988 - January 20, 1993	Frank C. Carlucci III William H. Taft IV (Acting) Richard B. Cheney	Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush
Director of Program Analysis and Evaluation
William J. Lynn	June 25, 1993 - November 19, 1997	Leslie Aspin, Jr. William J. Perry William S. Cohen	Bill Clinton
Robert R. Soule	July 1, 1998 - April 27, 2001	William S. Cohen Donald H. Rumsfeld	Bill Clinton George W. Bush
Barry D. Watts	May 1, 2001 - July 1, 2002	Donald H. Rumsfeld	George W. Bush
Stephen A. Cambone	July 1, 2002 - March 7, 2003	Donald H. Rumsfeld	George W. Bush
Kenneth J. Krieg	July 23, 2003 - June 2005	Donald H. Rumsfeld	George W. Bush
Bradley M. Berkson	June 6, 2005[3] - April 3, 2009	Donald H. Rumsfeld Robert M. Gates	George W. Bush Barack Obama
Director of Cost Assessment & Program Evaluation
Christine H. Fox	October 28, 2009 -	Robert M. Gates Leon Panetta	Barack Obama

References

1. ^ http://www.cape.osd.mil/
2. ^ "Department of Defense Key Officials". Historical Office, OSD. 2004. http://osdhistory.defense.gov/docs/DOD%20Key%20Officials%201947-2004.pdf. Retrieved 2011-02-01. 
3. ^ http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2005/06/mil-050606-dod02.htm