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FPCD-76-17 1 (1975-09-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaeey0001 and id is 1 raw text is: , RC---9- r4ot to be released outside ti* A LT t 1 g R fice excOPt oni j, , asis of specific apt . Di e ogress~oInal Relations. - &., bt LFrL.ER GEERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RELEASED B-182771 SEP 3 0 1975 The Honorable William A. Steiger House of Representatives Dear Mr. Steiger: This follows up our May 23 and May 30, 1975, reports to you and is in response to your letter of June 3, 1975. Therein you requested us to provide you with additional information about the contract let by the Selective Service '-' System to Mr. Kenneth J. Coffey. In developing our answers to the questions in your June 3 letter, we conferred with Selective Service officials and with Mr. Coffey. Following are the questions and our responses. 1. Did the Selective Service System determine whether other Government agencies had made comparable studies? Did any other agency have materials relating to the proposed study? A Selective Service official advised us that, although there had been no written requests for information, there had been a number of oral requests. He said the need for such a study was not really identified until the President began suggesting changes to the draft law and indicating the possibility of adopting an All-Volunteer Force. As this alternative became more realistic, Selective Service officials began getting inquiries concerning their possible role in an All-Volunteer Force and their plans for return- ing to conscription if the need arose. In conversations with Library of Congress and Department of Defense offi- cials, Selective Service officials found that there was very little information on this subject. Although studies had been made about conscription and about the All-Volunteer Force concept and its feasibility, none dealt with how to return to conscription (in a standby status) from an All- Volunteer Force atmosphere. Selective Service officials felt that a study outlining the successes and failures of other countries in this area would aid the United States in smoothly making this transition if it ever needed to return to conscription, especially in an emergency. FPCD-76-17

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