U.S. Department of Defense Experiences with Substituting Government Civilian Employees for Military Personnel: Executive Summary

Abstract

As budget pressures persist for the federal government, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) continues to seek ways to gain efficiencies and reduce costs. Optimizing the DoD workforce by implementing the most cost-effective mix of military service members, government civilian personnel, and contracts for services offers promising opportunities for savings. One force-shaping tool at the departments disposal is the ability to convert military positions to positions filled by federal civilian employeesreferred to as military-to-civilian conversions. At the request of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, RAND researchers examined DoDs most recent experience with military-to-civilian conversions. The research did not address whether the department should convert additional positions; instead, it examined the most effective ways to do so in order to inform the departments decisions on future use of this force-shaping tool.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1015717

Entities

People

  • Andrew Madler
  • Brian A Gordon
  • Edward G. Keating
  • Gillian Oak
  • Hugh G. Massey
  • Jennifer L. Lewis
  • Julia Pollak
  • Leslie A. Payne

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Human Resources
  • Management Personnel
  • Manpower
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Personnel
  • Motivation
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management

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  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Strategic Security Studies