Personnel Savings in Competitively Sourced DoD Activities Are They Real? Will They Last?

Abstract

Within the Department of Defense (DoD), there is great interest in competitive sourcing of activities that are not inherently governmental as a tool to reduce the cost of infrastructure activities, which account for about 60 percent of DoD expenditures. Competitive sourcing is a term describing the process through which managers consider both internal and external organizations to determine the best provider of a particular service. Analyses suggest that the government has saved about 30 percent on each position that was part of a completed competition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA384071

Entities

People

  • Albert A. Robbert
  • Susan M. Gates

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Base Closures
  • Business Administration
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Communication Systems
  • Contract Administration
  • Cost Reductions
  • Employment
  • Government Employees
  • Law
  • Lessons Learned
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Management Training
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Industrial Economics