2016 Assessment of the Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project

Abstract

In August 2015, Rene Thomas-Rizzo, director, Human Capital Initiatives, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD) for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (AT and L), asked the RAND Corporation to undertake a study to accomplish the fiscal year (FY) 2016 Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo) assessment mandated in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of FY 2011. The assessment used multiple data sources - both quantitative and qualitative, both objective- and perception-based - to evaluate AcqDemo using the original 12 criteria enumerated in the NDAA, as well as five new criteria specified by the AcqDemo Program Office. These criteria call for a look at the following: AcqDemo's key features pertaining to hiring, appointments, and performance appraisal, the adequacy of its guidance, protections for diversity, efforts to ensure fairness and transparency, and means used to involve employees in improving AcqDemo. AcqDemo's impact on career outcomes, such as compensation, promotion, and retention, particularly with respect to similar outcomes for the General Schedule workforce AcqDemo's ability to support the acquisition mission. This research should be of interest to U.S. Department of Defense personnel involved with civilian manpower and personnel policy issues and to congressional representatives and staff responsible for AcqDemo project oversight. Some expertise about government civilian personnel management and performance-based personnel systems is presumed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1085520

Entities

People

  • Cameron Wright
  • Irina Danescu
  • Jennifer L. Lewis
  • Jessica Hwang
  • Laura Werber
  • Lindsay Daugherty

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Administrative Personnel
  • Business Administration
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Congress
  • Demography
  • Employment
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Knowledge Management
  • Management Personnel
  • Minority Groups
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Systems Management
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense