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GAO-07-1138R 1 (2007-07-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptauof0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SGAO Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 August 1, 2007 The Honorable Thomas F. Hall The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs Subject: Military Personnel: Air National Guard Has Taken Steps to Improve the Reliability of Personnel Strength Data, but More Needs to Be Done Dear Secretary Hall: In September 2004, the Air National Guard (ANG) discovered inaccuracies in its personnel strength data for recruits with no prior service assigned to pay groups F (attending Initial Active Duty Training, or JADT) and P (awaiting IADT).' Specifically, these data did not reflect an accurate accounting of the number of recruits in pay groups F and P. Those recruits attending JADT work full-time and are paid accordingly (pay group F), while recruits waiting to attend JADT receive pay on a part-time basis at the rate of four drills per month (pay group P). The pay for those attending JADT is much higher2 than for those waiting to attend JADT, so the effect of miscoding the pay groups on ANG's budget estimates can be considerable. In May 2007, we reported to Congress3 that although ANG has taken reasonable steps to correct the errors in its personnel strength data, some problems still exist with a key quality assurance tool (the Status Report Card process) and with the reliability of the alternate data being reported while the inaccuracies are addressed. The purpose of this correspondence is to inform you of the additional steps we believe that ANG needs to take to ensure the reliability of the personnel strength data being reported for the two pay groups. To prepare this correspondence, we drew upon the work from our May 2007 issue paper. As part of that examination, we gathered and analyzed information provided by ANG's Manpower and Personnel Office on the actions ANG has completed. We 'IADT is given to recruits who have and have not served in the military before. Recruits who have not previously served and have not attended IADT are not considered fully qualified to carry out their mission responsibilities and therefore are not deployable. 2An ANG official estimated that for fiscal year 2007, the pay for each person in pay group F will amount to about $14,410 and the pay for each person in pay group P will amount to about $3,600. 3Budget Justification Review of the Reliability of the Air National Guard's Personnel Strength Data, May 22, 2007. The objective of budget justification reviews is to provide pertinent and timely information to Congress about the President's proposed budget for specific programs. GAO's budget justification review guidance limits the distribution of these reviews' results papers to congressional committees and staff. GAO-07-1138R ANG Data Reliability

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