Military personnel : DOD should develop a plan to evaluate the effectiveness of its Career Intermission Pilot program ; report to congressional committees.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, author, issuing body.

Contributor:

Farrell, Brenda S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Defense--Personnel management--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Navy--Personnel management--Evaluation.

United States. Department of Defense.

United States. Navy.

Employee retention--United States.

Employee retention.

Sabbatical leave.

Personnel management--Evaluation.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 23 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

DOD should develop a plan to evaluate the effectiveness of its Career Intermission Pilot program

Department of Defense should develop a plan to evaluate the effectiveness of its Career Intermission Pilot program

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2015.

Summary:

Congress authorized CIPP in 2009 to provide greater flexibility in career paths for servicemembers and to enhance retention. CIPP allows servicemembers to take sabbaticals of up to 3 years in exchange for 2 months of obligated service for each month of sabbatical taken. The Navy is the only service to have participants who have completed sabbaticals. This report (1) evaluates the extent to which participation in CIPP has reached authorized participation limits and DOD has developed a plan for evaluating whether the program is an effective means to retain servicemembers; and (2) describes the Navy's reported experience with CIPP as a tool for aiding retention by providing career flexibility. GAO reviewed CIPP legislation and implementation guidance, interviewed DOD and service officials responsible for CIPP, and compared the information obtained against key features of pilot evaluation plans such as clear, measurable objectives and standards for determining pilot-program performance. GAO also reviewed Navy efforts to implement CIPP and, using a GAO-developed questionnaire, collected information from Navy CIPP participants who had completed their sabbaticals. GAO recommends that DOD develop and implement a plan to evaluate whether CIPP is enhancing retention.

Notes:

"October 2013"--Cover

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF cover page (GAO, viewed November 10, 2015).

OCLC:

928634510