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GAO-11-566R 1 (2011-07-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaanzd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: J A countability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 July 14, 2011 The Honorable Madeleine Z. Bordallo Ranking Member Subcommittee on Readiness Committee on Armed Services House of Representatives Subject: Defense Logistics: Oversight and a Coordinated Strategy Needed to Implement the Army Workload and Performance System Dear Ms. Bordallo: In 1996, the Army began development of the Army Workload and Performance System (AWPS) at the direction of the House National Security Committee.' AWPS is a capstone information system that receives data from other systems, primarily the Logistics Modernization Program (LMP), and produces management reports and decision support tools intended to assist the Army in linking its industrial facility workload demands to its workforce requirements. AWPS defines workload demands in terms of the amount of work projected to be completed in an 8-hour period and labels each such period as one resource. Based on the calculation of these resources, reports from AWPS are designed to aid decision makers in determining workforce needs. In 1998, the House National Security Committee directed that the Army provide the committee with a long-range master plan to implement AWPS.2 The committee also directed that we provide a report on the Army's plan to implement AWPS, and in 1999 we recommended that the Army strengthen its oversight of AWPS development efforts.' In 2001, Congress enacted statutory requirements related to the use and implementation of AWPS. Specifically, Section 346 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002' stated that AWPS would continue as a standard Army-wide manpower system under the supervision and management of the Secretary of the Army. The act also required the Secretary of the Army to submit 1 This committee is now known as the House Armed Services Committee. 2 H. Rep. No. 105-532 to accompany a bill for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (H.R. 3616). 3 GAO, Defense Logistics: Army Should Assess Cost and Benefits of the Workload Performance System Expansion, GAO/NSIAD-90-16 (Washington, D.C.: Nov. 12, 1999). 4 Pub. L. No. 107-107 (2001). GAO-11-566R Defense Logistics Page 1

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