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FPCD-79-4 1 (1978-12-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaayhm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUBIN~T RBSOUR 07933 - C35386361 What Are the Capabilities of the Selective Service System? FPCD-79-4; B-162111. December 14, 1978. 14 pp. Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Coptrller General. Issue Area: Federal Personnel management and Compensation: All Volunteer Force, the National Guard and Reserve Components (318). Contact: Federal Personnel and Compensation Div. Budqet Function: National Defense (050). Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Armed Services; Senate Committee on Armed Services; Congress. Authority: Selective Servi.e Act of 1948 (P.L. 92-129). Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization act of 1979. Privacy Act of 1974. The role of the Selective Service System is to maintain a system capable of drafting people into the arae services, to operate a program of alternative service fox persons not requii-ed to perform military service, and to determine the availability of standby reservists. During peacetime, the military departments rely on volunteers for needed manpower;. however, after mobilization the Selective Service System will draft manpower. Findings/Conclusions: Selective Service indicated that it had the capability to meet the Department of Defensees (DOD's) previous manpower requirements with its fiscal year 1977 budget of $6.3 million. DOD has since imposed stricter requirements, and the Service now says that it could not deliver the necessary manpower with a budget the size ef that fcr fiscal year 1977. In addition, the current administration cut the fiscal year 1979 budget proposal of $15.4 million to about $9.5 million. DOD says that it would need 100,000 people within 60 days of mobilization, but the Service feels that it would take 125 days to provide that many people. the key to a shorter delivery time lies in having a list cf eligible people tc be drafted in case of mobilization. The Selective Service has considered alternate ways to develop a list of draft-eligible people, but some information wvll not be available because of possible violations of the Privacy Act. To attain a shorter delivery time, the Selective Service abouod request un ezception to the Privacy Act. (EM3)

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