Federal Personnel: Observations on the Navy's Personnel Management Demonstration Project

Abstract

This is in response to your Subcommittee's request that we report on the Navy's personnel management demonstration project: operating at two of its laboratories. These are the Naval Weapons Center (NWC) in China Lake, California, and the Naval Ocean Systems Center (NOSC) in San Diego, California. The Navy's project instituted procedural changes in the areas of position classification, performance appraisal, and pay. It intended to demonstrate that the effectiveness of federal laboratories could be enhanced by (1) allowing greater managerial control over personnel functions and (2) expanding opportunities available to employees through a more responsive and flexible personnel system. The project began in July 1980 and covered 7,656 employees as of January 1988. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has estimated that salary costs at the demonstration laboratories have increased by about 1 percent per year since the project began.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 03, 1988
Accession Number
AD1150860

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  • Richard L. Fogel

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  • United States Government Accountability Office

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  • Human Systems

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  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Business Administration
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Geographic Regions
  • Governments
  • Management Personnel
  • Performance Appraisals
  • Personnel Management
  • Recruiting
  • Standards
  • Statistical Data
  • Supervisors
  • Test And Evaluation
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