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B-177952 1 (1974-04-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaafrs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: S 5.UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE ou ~WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 - FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION DIVISION Ail k IS B-177952 The Honorable Howard H. Callaway The Secretary of the Army Dear Mr. Secretary: We recently completed a study of the Amy _i3s d-Eval-tlation Sys-teuat the Enlisted Evaluation Center, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. We also inquired into the use of the system at two field installations in Kentucky, Fort Campbell and Fort Knox. The Enlisted Evaluation System is part of the Army's Enlisted Personnel Management System. Army Regulation 600-200 says that its purpose is to provide an objective measurement of the military and tabnicaro e eenceof elisted-personnel to perform duties in their assigned military occupational specialties (MOSs). Evaluation scores are used with other information as a basis for personnel actions and for other management actions, such as developing individual and unit training plans pertaining to areas covered by MOS evaluation tests. The Evaluation process consists of (1) an MOS evaluation test and a performance test, when applicable, to measure an individual's ability to solve typical problems encountered in his MOS assignments and to apply information considered essential for performing in job situations, and (2) one or more Enlisted Efficiency Reports which represents a supervisor's appraisal of certain professional charac- teristics, duty performance, and advancement potential. The eval- uation score is obtained by combining test scores and scores assigned to the Enlisted Efficiency Reports. Center officials estimated that in fiscal year 1970 the system cost about $7.5 million, including about $1.9 million for operating the Center and $5.6 million for pay of (1) personnel who prepared and administered the tests ($3.0 million) and (2) personnel tested ($2.6 million). Prior to our study the Army Audit Agency had examined the Center's operations as part of its Army-wide audit of certain aspects of the Volunteer Army. It concluded that administrative refinements in the system were needed and that the Deputy Chief of Staff for ~6-1I9

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