Confusion Over Validity and Effects of Purported Petty Officer Shortage.

Abstract

In recent years, congressional concern has focused on the validity of the navy's claim of a shortage of petty officers; the Navy's ability to increase the numbers of petty officers, and the costs and benefits of increasing the paygrade and experience levels in Navy's enlisted force. GAO found that the Navy determined its petty officer shortage by computing the difference between the number of petty officers in the enlisted force and the number of petty officers shown in an internal Navy statement of personnel needs--the Enlisted Programmed Authorizations (EPA). Since the number of petty officer positions requested by the Navy and funded by Congress each year has been nearly the same as the actual petty officer inventories, the continued claims of a petty officer shortage have been confusing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 27, 1984
Accession Number
ADA142734

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Administrative Personnel
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Governments
  • Management Engineering
  • Management Personnel
  • Manpower
  • Military Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Recruiting
  • Reenlistment
  • Training
  • Workload

Readers

  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Theoretical Analysis.