Defense Force Management

Expanded Focus in Monitoring Civilian Force Reductions Is Needed Gao ID: T-NSIAD-92-19 March 18, 1992

Congressional concern over Defense Department (DOD) management of civilian force reductions led to recent legislation requiring DOD to submit a five-year civilian employment master plan for downsizing the industrial and commercial work force. In this testimony, GAO (1) summarizes some of the problems and limitations associated with DOD's five-year plan for its industrial and commercial workers, (2) places DOD's industrial and commercial work force within the framework of overall civilian force reductions, (3) contrasts DOD's management of civilian and military force reductions, and (4) suggests that the magnitude of planned civilian force reductions within DOD calls for a broader focus to monitoring civilian force reductions since the industrial and commercial sectors constitute only about one-third of DOD's total civilian work force.



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