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Development and Use of Military Set'ices' Staffing Standards:
More Direction, Emphasis, and Consistency Needed. FPCD-77-72;
B-183257. October 18, 1977. 36 pp. + 4 appendices (10 pp.).
Report to Rep. Richard C. White, Chairman, House Committee on
Armed Services: Military Personnel Subcommittee; by Elmer B.
Staats, Comptrcller General.
Issue Area: Federal Personel Management and Compensation: All
Volunteer Force, tle National Guard and Reserve Components
(318).
Contact: Federal Personnel and Compensation Div.
Budget Function: National Defense: Department of Defense -
Military (except procurement & contracts) (051).
Organizaticn Concerned: Department of Defense; Department of the
Army; Department of the Air Force; Department ct the Navy.
Congressional felevance: House Committee on Armed Services:
Military Personnel Subcommittee; House Committee on Arms4
Services; Senate Committee on Armed Services.
Authority: OMB Circular A-11.
Personnel cc.ts represent the largest part of the
Department of Defense's budget, with over half of the personnel
serving in support rather than comtat functions in fiscal year
1977. The military services use a variety of management tools
and techniques such as manpower surveys, staffing guides,
criteria manuals, and staffing standards in determining support
personnel requirements. Findings/Conclusions: With the
exception of the Air Force, the services have made little
progress in developing and using tese techniques. The Office of
the Secretary of Defense has not provided adequate leadership in
the development and use of staffing standards which would
eliminate ambiguity. This ambiguity has led to vast differences
in the services' approaches to staffing standards and has
limited the Office's ability to evaluate personnel budget
roquests. Differences exist within and among the services in:
policies for and control of staffing standards and programs;
assignment and training of personnel for standards development;
personnel covered by standards; and use cf standards in
determining staffing requirements. Unlike the cther services,
the Air Force has saved money and gathered more accurate work
force figures by extensive use of standards for determining
staffing reguirements. Work measurement is considered to be the
most reliable basis for staffing standards. Recommendations:
The Secretary of Defense should require greater use of staffing
standards by: establishing a comprehensive program that would
delineate basic assumptions, definitions, and methods;
establishing realistic goals for increased coverage by standaris
and monitoring progress; insuring high priority for proper
personnel assignment for standards development; directing the
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