Human Capital : Critical Skills And Competency Assessments Should Help Guide DOD Civilian Workforce Decisions : Report to the Chairman, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Senate / Brenda S. Farrell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farrell, Brenda S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil service--United States.

Civil service.

Human capital--United States.

Human capital.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 32 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Human Capital

Place of Publication:

Washington D.C. : U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), 2013.

Summary:

DOD is in large part dependent on the skills and competencies of civilian personnel comprising almost 800,000 FTE positions. Between fiscal years 2002 and 2012, DOD's budgeted civilian personnel costs increased by about 21 percent, to about $72 billion. In fiscal year 2010, the then-Secretary of Defense directed the Office of the Secretary of Defense and other headquarters commands to freeze (or cap) the number of civilian FTEs at the fiscal year 2010 level for fiscal years 2011-13. During fiscal year 2011, he extended the cap to the military services for fiscal years 2012-13 and granted exceptions adjusting the caps above fiscal year 2010 levels. As requested, GAO determined (1) the military services' progress in meeting adjusted civilian workforce cap targets for fiscal year 2012 and associated savings and (2) steps DOD has taken to help ensure that, in implementing the cap, it has maintained critical skills and competencies for its civilian workforce. GAO limited its focus to U.S. civilian direct-hire employees (not, for example, foreign national employees) and to service efforts to meet cap levels in fiscal year 2012. GAO reviewed DOD's efficiency guidance and analyzed service fiscal year 2010-12 budget information. GAO recommends that DOD involve functional community managers and use information from its critical skill and competency gap assessments as they are completed to make informed decisions for future changes to the workforce and document its strategies. DOD partially concurred with these recommendations and noted actions taken.

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