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FPCD-78-21 1 (1978-03-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaawub0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DCCIJMENT RESUMBE 05155 - fB0685603 I Estimates of Federal Employees$ Available Tine for Work Distort Work Fcrce Requirements. FPCD-78-21; E-18'12U4. march 6, 1978. 16 pp. + 2 appendices (3 pp.). Report to James T. KcIntyrc, Acting Director, Cftice of Manaqenent and Budget; by H. L. Kriager, Director, Federal Personnel and Coapersation Div. Issue Area: Personnel management and Compensation (300). Contact: Federal Personnel and Compensation Div. Budget Function: General Government: Other General Government (806). Organization concerned: Department of the Air Force; Department of the Army; Department of the Navy; Department of Defense; Departsrmt ot Pealth, Education, and Welfare; Departuent of Transportation; Veterans Administration. Conqrzssional Relevance: House Committee on Armed SeLvices; Senate Committee on Arned Services. Authority: OMB Circular A-11. For many years, considerable attentiom has been paid to estlijatincl overall wozk in determining the Federal Government's iivilian personnel requirements. However, little attention has been paid to the availability oi the ucrk force--the portion of time that work3rs are available t: perform their primary duties after deducting the tiL, they are unavailable because of absence. H.ight Federal agencies were surveyed to determine the reliability of the processes and data used to estimate the availabil: ty of Federal civilian worker-;. intings/Conclusions: The Office cf Management and Budget has not providad guidance on how to estimate worker ivailability in ccnpting personnel requirements. Estimates are often inconsistent and are based on old, incomplete, and unsupported data. The eight agencies surveyed differed in the absences they recognize in estimating availability: two account for annual leave earned rather than that taken, two do not account for administrative or other leave, and one does not account for training. Requirements may be either overstated or understated due to the lack cf consistent, current, and reliable availability estimates. While the total number of workers estimated nay not be understated or overstated, they may not be properly distributed if variances in availability among groups of workera within the agency are not accountei for. Recommenditions: The Gffice of Management and Budget should provide guidance to agencies for estimating the availability of workers. Circular P-11 could be expanded to: provide a definiticn of availability; require agencies to validate! or adjust their estimates annually; require that aqeacies; document and retain supporting data used to estiaite availability in order to justify personnel requJrements; and require tkat availability be analyzed by organization, location, or function and that any fiqnificant differences be recognized

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