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NSIAD-84-73 1 (1984-03-14)

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BY THE U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE




Report To The Secretary Of Defense









Ensuring Retention Of Essential Civilians

Overseas During Hostilities




Estimates indicate that as many as 6,000 U.S. civilians
work in positions overseas essential to accomplishing
the Department of Defense's wartime mission. With-
out this civilian support, some very important military
systems and equipment would soon become seriously
degraded or fail.

Defense does not now have a means to ensure that
these civilians would remain in the event of potential
or active hostilities. Defense is concerned about this
and is drafting policy directives to ensure continued
support--one directed at its civilian employees and
another at contractor personnel. GAO reviewed
Defense's actions and recommended some improve-
ments, which include identifying the degree of
essentiality by position and tailoring policy alterna-
tives based on the criticality of the need rather than an
across-the-board solution, as was being considered
by Defense.

Defense said that its policy directives, coupled with
implementing GAO's recommendations, would pro-
vide an acceptable level of assurance that essential
civilians would be avaliable during crises.




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                                                                 GAO/NSIAD-84-73
                                                                 MARCH 14, 1984

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