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GGD-83-80 1 (1983-08-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabncf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WAS INGTON, D.C. 2054 GW L omNM V47r B-207535 AUGUST 24,1983 The Honorable Caspar W. Weinberger The Secretary of Defense 122189 Attention: DOD Office of the Inspector General Deputy Assistant Inspector General for GAO Report Analysis Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: Review of Overtime Practices and Controls At Selected Installations in the Department of Defense (GAO/GGD-83-80) This review was made at the request of the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. The committee asked us to (1) analyze management's use of overtime in selected departments and agencies to determine if the use is justified and necessary, (2) examine the use and feasibility of overtime alternatives, and (3) evaluate the adequacy of overtime control systems. The committee made this request because it was concerned over the rapid increase in overtime costs in recent years. For example, from fiscal years 1976 through 1982, Federal overtime costs increased 108.3 percent-from $1.2 billion (2.91 percent of pay- roll) to over $2.5 billion (3.41 percent of payroll). In com- parison, Federal payroll costs for the same period increased 77.3 percent, from $41.4 to $73.4 billion. In fiscal year 1982, DOD accounted for 33 percent ($830 million) of total Federal overtime expenditures, and other than the Postal Service, it is the Government's largest user of overtime. We conducted our review at 10 military installations. The installations selected accounted for $79 million in fiscal year 1981 or 11 percent of DOD's overtime costs and were primarily industrially funded facilities responsible for maintaining and overhauling military hardware and weapon systems. Installations with industrial functions used the most overtime in each mili- tary service, and employees paid under the Federal Wage System (blue-collar workers) worked the most overtime at these installations. (966056)

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