CIVILIAN AND CONTRACTOR WORKFORCES: DOD's 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 off our 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
AD1173575

Entities

People

  • Brenda S. Farrell

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Business Administration
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Congress
  • Contracted Services
  • Contractors
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Human Resources
  • Management Personnel
  • Money
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Social Media
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Websites

Readers

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