Army Industrial Facilities: Workforce Requirements and Related Issues Affecting Depots and Arsenals

Abstract

Due to reductions in personnel and workloads, the Army's depots and arsenals, which reported fiscal year 1998 employment at about 13,600 and revenues of about $1,620 million, have faced increased uncertainty regarding workloads, funding, and personnel levels. The Chairman of the Subcommittee on Readiness, House Committee on National Security asked GAO to examine selected workforce issues pertaining to the Army's maintenance depots, focusing particularly on the depot in Corpus Christi, Texas. Subsequently, Congressman Lane Evans requested that GAO examine workforce issues at the Army's manufacturing arsenals. This report addresses (1) the Army's basis for personnel reductions planned at its depots during fiscal years 1998-99; (2) the Army's progress in developing an automated system for making maintenance depot staffing decisions based on workload estimates; (3) factors that may impact the Army's ability to improve the cost-effectiveness of its maintenance depot's programs and operations; and (4) workload trends, staffing, and productivity issues at the Army's manufacturing arsenals.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA358517

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Base Closures
  • Business Administration
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Control Systems
  • Employment
  • Industrial Plants
  • Law
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Manufacturing
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Second World War
  • Supply Depots
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.