MILITARY PERSONNEL: DOD Lacks Reliable Personnel Tempo Data and Needs Quality Controls to Improve Data Accuracy

Abstract

Congress has repeatedly expressed concerns about the pace of military operations and 10 U.S.C. 487 requires that the Department of Defense (DOD) annually report on personnel tempo the time servicemembers spend away from home. Section 345 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 directed GAO to report on a number of Army and Marine Corps issues. For this report GAO addresses the extent to which (1) changes in mobilization and deployment policies have affected reserve component availability and provided an approach to meet the requirements for the global war on terrorism; and, (2) DOD, the Army, and the Marine Corps have collected, maintained, and reported complete and accurate personnel tempo data. To address these objectives, GAO analyzed data from DOD's Personnel Tempo and Contingency Tracking System databases, and interviewed agency officials.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA475171

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Army Personnel
  • Artillery
  • Attrition
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Human Resources
  • Law
  • Marine Corps Personnel
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Quality Control
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.