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FPCD-77-15 1 (1977-03-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaabzn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT RESUME 00661 - [A10516931 Reserve r'ficer Training Corps: Management Deficiencies Still to Be Corrected. FPCD-77-15; B-146947. March 15, 1977. 21 yp. Report to the Congress; by Rotert F. Keller, Acting Comptroller General. Issue Area: Personrel Management and CompenEation (300); 2ersonnel Management and Compensation: Training and Education Programs (304). Contact, Federal Personnel dnd Compensation Div. Budget Fuiction: National Defense: Department of Defense - Milita-y (except procurement 6 cositracts) (051i; Education, Manpower, and Social Services: Training and Employment (504). Organization Concerned: Department of Defense; Department of the Army; Department of the Air Force; Department of the Navy; Departmen- of Defense: Reserve Officer Training Corps. Coagressional Rele.ance: House Committee on Armed Services; Senate C,;Litt,'e on Armed Services; Congress. Exceot for revecsing a decline in enrollments and eliminating duilicate phys.cal examinations, the Df.-partment of Defense (DOD) has not corrected many Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) management proklems discussed by GAO in a 1973 report. GAO interviewed program managers in headquarters, DOD, the services, and the commands responsiblc for implementing the program which developed out of the 1973 report. Findings/Conclusions: The services continne to retain ROTC units which are considered unproductive* (having toc few students in relaticn to cost) and vague and subjective considerations are still used to avoid closing such uaits. All three services use enlisted personnel to provide ROTC support which could be performed by civilians at reduced cost. Lacking a uniform covt repcrting system, the services continue to report ROTC costs vy using inconsistent data which cannot be used for effective management. The services have finally agreed on a legisl-tive proposal to recover educational expenses from the thousands on ROTC scholarships who drop out of the program without incurring any active duty obligation. Recommendations: The Secretary of Defense should: direct the nervices to deactivate all units not meeting prescribed minimum production raquirements unless an exception has been approved revise DOD .nstructicns to clearly identify substantive reasons for exceptions, require the Departmei.t's approval cf any such exception, and prescribe consistent procedures for deactivating units which do not meet prescrited criteria; develop a practical and realistic staffing guide to be used by all the services; direct the servicer to identify and convert military support positions which can be filled by civilians; and develop and implement a uniform cost reporting system. Congress should enact legislation which permits the servictes to require reimtursement for education and

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