Defense Logistics Army Should Assess Cost and Benefits of the Workload Performance System Expansion
Abstract
Several audit reports in recent years have highlighted the Army's inability to support its personnel requirements using analytically based workload forecasts. In the Department of Defense's (DOD) fiscal years 1997 and 1998 Annual Statements of Assurance, DOD noted difficulties in relating personnel requirements to workload and budget as a material weakness in the Army's manpower requirements determination system. In 1998 we reported on the Army's progress in taking corrective action.5 To resolve deficiencies in its civilian manpower requirements determination process, the Army initiated development of an automated system intended to capture workload data and link it to manpower requirements. In March 1996 the Army provided initial funding to its support contractor and the Navy to develop and implement a modified version of a Navy-developed automated workload performance system for use at Army maintenance depots. In June 1996, a preliminary version of what is now part of the Army Workload and Performance System (AWPS) was,implemented on a test basis at Corpus Christi Army Depot, one of the Army's five maintenance depots.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA370598
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office