Defense Space Activities: Management Actions Are Needed to Better Identify, Track, and Train Air Force Space Personnel
Abstract
The Department of Defense (DOD) relies on space to support a wide range of vital military missions. Many factors contribute to DOD success in space activities, and having sufficient quantities of space-qualified personnel to design, oversee, and acquire space assets, on which DOD expects to spend about $20 billion in fiscal year 2007, is critical to DOD's ability to carryout its mission. The individual services are responsible for providing adequately qualified space personnel to meet mission needs. The Air Force provides over 90 percent of the space personnel to DOD's mission, but has not identified the space acquisition workforce. This report examines the extent to which (1) the Air Force's space acquisition workforce is managed using a strategic workforce management approach, (2) there are sufficient numbers of Air Force space acquisition personnel to meet DOD's national security needs, and (3) the Air Force's space acquisition personnel are adequately qualified for their positions. For its analysis, GAO identified the space acquisition workforce as those Air Force scientists, engineers, and program managers with experience developing space assets.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2006
- Accession Number
- AD1172942
Entities
People
- Barbara Hills
- Cheryl Weissman
- Davi M. D'agostino
- Gabrielle A. Carrington
- Jerome Sandau
- Julie Matta
- Linda S. Keefer
- Lorelei St. James
- Ron L. Lake
- Sally L. Newman
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office