Ensuring Retention of Essential Civilians Overseas during Hostilities.

Abstract

Estimates indicate that as many as 6,000 U.S. civilians work in positions overseas essential to accomplishing the Department of Defense's wartime mission. Without this civilian support, some very important military systems and equipment would soon become seriously degraded or fail. Defense does not now have a means to ensure that these civilians would remain in the event of potential or active hostilities. Defense is concerned about this and is drafting policy directives to ensure continued support--one directed at its civilian employees and another at contractor personnel. GAO reviewed Defense's actions and recommended some improvements, which include identifying the degree of essentially by position and tailoring policy alternatives based on the criticality of the need rather than an across-the-board solution, as was being considered by Defense. Defense said that its policy directives, coupled with implementing GAO's recommendations, would provide an acceptable level of assurance that essential civilians would be available during crises. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 14, 1984
Accession Number
ADA139401

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Law
  • Logistics
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Reserves
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense