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B-178238 1 (1973-04-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaagfz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 13 FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION DIVISION APR 12 1973 B-178238 LM096403 The Honorable Robert F. Froehlke The Secretary of the Army Dear Yr. Secretary: The General Accounting Office (GAO) has completed its review to determine the-effect of wor o- as nn, hr- izations atothe--major commodity dcomman Qf~the A Materiel Commad (AM). We undertook this review because preliminary data made avail- able to us by AMD indicated that civilian manpower reductions were not keeping pace with workload decreases being experienced by the commodity commands. The commands employed 64,400 civilians at June 30, 1972. These employees during fiscal year 1972 received about $951 million in pay and benefits. We found that the methods and bases used by the AM commodity commands to determine manpovz._reui1Qements could be improved. For example, the preferred method -for ascertaining manpower needs is through the use of reliable performance standards and projected work- load. Our review showed that this method was not used because appropriate performance standards generally were not available. Mre- over, workload data was inadequate and the alternative methods used to compute manpower needs were questionable. These matters are discussed below. Also discussed below is the status of the Naroun Sybtem and its potential for analyzing and confirming the validity of manpower requirements. Our work was performed at AM and three of its commodity commands: Mbility Equipment Command, St. Louis, Mssouri; Munitions Command, Dover, New Jersey; and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. NEED TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PERFORMANCE STANDARDS One of the principal manpower control procedures used by the Army to determine personnel requirements is the manpower utilization survey. AND survey teams use the procedure to determine by on-site appraisal 9

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