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The Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, or ATSD(PA), is the principal staff advisor and assistant to the Secretary of Defense and Deputy Secretary of Defense for public information, internal information, community relations, information training, and audiovisual matters in support of Department of Defense activities, leading a worldwide public affairs community of some 3,800 military and civilian personnel. The Assistant to the Secretary follows the Secretary's Principles of Information in providing Defense Department information to the public, the United States Congress and the media. The office of the ATSD(PA) is currently held by Maura Sullivan. Prior to October 2012, the position was known as the "Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs", and was retitled in response to the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011〔http://odam.defense.gov/Portals/43/Documents/Functions/Organizational%20Portfolios/Reorganizations%20Standups/OSD012147-12_ATSD_PA.pdf〕 The ATSD(PA) is the principal but not the sole spokesperson for the Department. In July 2011, the ASD(PA) announced the appointment of two additional spokespersons for the Department. George E. Little, one of two ''Deputy Assistant Secretaries of Defense for Public Affairs'', served concurrently as the ''Pentagon Press Secretary''. Little stepped down Nov. 15, 2013. Navy Rear Admiral John Kirby served alongside Little as ''Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Media Operations and Spokesman''. Kirby stepped down as spokesman in February 2015 and is in the process of retiring from the military. Both Little and Kirby served as spokespeople for the Secretary of Defense and for the Department. ==Roles and Responsibilities== ATSD(PA) manages the following critical functions: community and public outreach, press operations, speechwriting, news analysis, communications planning. The ATSD(PA): * Serves as the principal spokesperson for the Department of Defense and is the sole release authority for official DoD information to news media representatives. * Ensures free flow of information to the news media, service members and families, Congress, partners, and the general public at large. * Develops and maintains relationships with the news media based on trust and integrity, on behalf of the Department leadership, to ensure honest forthright reporting about the Department. * Provides the critical link between DoD and the American people to ensure the efforts of service members are told in a timely and accurate manner and that information is only constrained by national security requirements. * Responsible for ensuring media representatives are given maximum access to ongoing military operations, including in Iraq and Afghanistan, to provide fair and accurate reporting. * Develops communications policies, plans, and programs in support of DoD objectives and operations. * Integrates social and online media tools into the department’s communication strategy to maximize our ability to communicate timely information to traditional and non-traditional audiences. In addition, the ATSD(PA) exercises authority, direction, and control over the Defense Media Activity (DMA). DMA provides news and information to our over one million service members stationed at home and around the world via broadcast, radio, web, and periodicals. DMA also trains DoD and other Federal Department public affairs professionals. The ATSD(PA) is supported by the following divisions: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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