Defense Acquisition Workforce: DOD Increased Use of Human Capital Flexibilities but Could Improve Monitoring

Abstract

DOD uses human capital flexibilitiesincluding exceptions to the traditional federal hiring processto hire and retain many of its personnel. For example, these flexibilities might allow DOD to more quickly hire a veteran, or pay a bonus to retain an employee with specialized skills. We found that DOD has increasingly used these flexibilities over the past 5 years to hire and retain personnel in its civilian acquisition workforce (which manages contracts worth billions of dollars). We recommended DOD regularly monitor how it uses these flexibilities for its acquisition workforce, which could help identify challenges and needed improvements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 15, 2019
Accession Number
AD1152977

Entities

People

  • Timothy J. Dinapoli

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • Human Resources
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Policy
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense
  • Systems Analysis and Design