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GAO-08-790R 1 (2008-05-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaanhv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: im Am,GA 0 T E IAccountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 May 27, 2008 Congressional Committees Subject: Military Personnel: DOD Needs Data to Determine if Active Duty Service Has an Impact on the Ability of Guard and Reservists to Maintain Their Civilian Professional Licenses or Certificates Since 2001, the Department of Defense (DOD) has relied on more than 600,000 members of the National Guard and Reserve components' to support various operations abroad and at home. In particular, from September 2001 to July 2007, the department deployed more than 434,000 reservists to support operations in DOD's Central Command area of responsibility that includes Afghanistan and Iraq. Furthermore, DOD has modified its mobilization policy, which had previously limited the cumulative amount of time that reservists could be involuntarily called to active duty for the Global War on Terrorism. Under DOD's new policy, which went into effect in January 2007, involuntary mobilizations for reserve component service members are generally limited to no more than 12 months, and there are no cumulative limits on these involuntary mobilizations. While on active duty, reservists may be unable to take the required professional development courses or periodic tests needed to retain their professional currency in fields such as accounting or software engineering. The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)2 protects rights of qualifying National Guard members, reservists, and certain other members of the uniformed services returning to their civilian employment after being absent due to military service. The act, however, does not explicitly address issues related to licenses and certifications. In the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, 3 Congress mandated that we examine the number and type of professional or other licensure or certification requirements that may be adversely affected by extended periods of active duty, and identify options that would help provide relief. Specifically for this report, our objectives were to examine (1) DOD's efforts to identify the extent to which active duty service has had an impact on the ability of reservists to maintain 'For purposes of this report, the term reserve component, or reservists, refers to the collective forces of the Army Reserve, the Army National Guard, the Navy Reserve, the Air Force Reserve, the Air National Guard, and the Marine Corps Reserve. 2 Pub. L. No. 103-353 (1994), as amended, codified at 38 U.S.C. §§ 4301-4334. 3 Pub. L. No. 110-181, § 516 (2008). GAO-08-790R Military Personnel

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