CIVILIAN AND CONTRACTOR WORKFORCES: DODs Cost Comparisons Addressed Most Report Elements but Excluded Some Costs

Abstract

In response to Congressional direction, the Department of Defense (DOD) issued a report in April 2017 comparing the costs of federal civilian and service contractor personnel at select installations. The report addressed three out of four provision elements and partially addressed one, as discussed below. DOD concluded that neither federal civilians nor service contractors were predominately more or less expensive, with costs being dependent on position, location, and level of seniority. DOD noted that it used a non-probability based sample of personnel for its report, and the results are not generalizable.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1157447

Entities

People

  • Brenda Farrell

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Human Resources
  • National Governments
  • Personnel Management
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Systems Analysis and Design