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Defense Hsadquarters Staff Reductions: kn Overview. FPCD-78-72;
B-172195. Otober 2, 1978. 19 pp. + 5 appendices (12 pp.).
Staff study by H. L. Krice', Director, Federal Personnel ane
Compensation Div.
Contact: Federal Personnel and Compensation Div.
Budget Function: National Defense: Department of Defensz. -
ilitary (except procurement & contracts) (051); General
Government: Ceatral Personnel management (805).
Organization Concerned; nepartment of Defense; Departaint of the
kruy; Tmpartwimt of th Air- Force, Department of the Navy.
Congressional Relevance: Bouse Committee on Armed Services;
Senate Committee on Armed Services.
Authority: B-180257 (1974).
Ifter a coaprohensive analysis in the Office of the
Secretary of Pefense (OSD) to aetervine ways for improving
management and reducing manpower, the Secretary of Defense
directed a 21.7% reduction, 448 poritio.s, in OSD headquarters
activities and a 22.4% reduction, 344 positions, in OSD field
activities. The Secretary also instructed the military services
to inplement sisilar 20% to 25% staff reductions in their
departmental headquarters. Findings/Conclusions: Headquarters
staff reductions were being achieved primarily through transfers
of functiovs, positicns, and people to other organizations.
Althouqgi OSD, the Army, and the Navy nad reduced the number of
positions by about 2,900, only 62 employees had been removed
from the Department of Defense's (DOD's payroll through
retirement, resignation, and involuntary separation. In planning
the reductions, emphasis was placed on consolidating related
functions, eliminating unnecessary or marginal functions, and
transferring to lower levels of authority those which were
primarily operational. Departmental headquarters staffs were to
limit their functions to nolicy development, resource
management, ard program evaluation. The DOD apparently has not
fully considered the impact of the current staff on the
operations of the agency, and some officials feel that DOD
components have been adversely affected in their ability to
carry out their responsibilities. The reduction's impact on
long-term operations cannot be determined at this time. (RRS)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobacjhv0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)