Better Use of Available Data Would Improve Mobilization Planning for Inductees

Gao ID: NSIAD-85-11 October 22, 1984

GAO discussed the accuracy of the current Department of Defense (DOD) request for inductees that the Selective Service System (SSS) would provide after full mobilization.

GAO found that, although the data exist, the system that DOD uses for making wartime manpower planning decisions collects insufficiently detailed data on each service's wartime needs and expected manning requirements to enable it to validate the accuracy of the current inductee request schedule. Further, although DOD has acknowledged that a systematic process for identifying needs is necessary, it has not made any systematic analysis to either validate or change the current inductee schedule. GAO concluded that, until a systematic analysis is performed of service needs, SSS may be expending resources preparing to deliver unneeded inductees while neglecting the planning required to meet actual DOD inductee needs.

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