Defense Space Activities: Management Guidance and Performance Measures Needed to Develop Personnel

Abstract

Since a January 2001 Space Commission report highlighted the need to develop and maintain a space cadre, DoD has made limited progress on defensewide space cadre actions. DoD has fallen behind its implementation schedule for its February 2004 space human capital strategy. DoD's strategy implementation plan identified tasks on space personnel management, education and training, and critical positions. As of June 2005, DoD had completed three of the nine tasks scheduled for completion by March 2005 and one other task. Space cadre leadership has not always been proactive because the Executive Agent gave the space cadre a low priority due to competing demands and then made it a higher priority in 2004. The Executive Agent's departure in March 2005 also delayed some of the tasks. In addition, delays were caused by the need to build consensus among the services on space cadre actions and to make changes in a large organization.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA438382

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Governments
  • Guidance
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Education
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Professional Development
  • Space Systems
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Economics

Technology Areas

  • Space