United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2003-04-18 monographic deposited born digital 10 p. GA 1.13:GAO-03-690R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-690R P0b002ee18038c252 f:d03690r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-690R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-690R GAO-03-690R Agency missions Civilian employees Human resources utilization Labor force Performance measures Personnel management Strategic planning Correspondence A06693 In response to a Congressional request, we issued a report in March 2003 on the Department of Defense's (DOD) strategic planning efforts for civilian personnel at DOD and selected defense components, including the four military services and two defense agencies. In that report we made recommendations to the Secretary of Defense to strengthen civilian human capital planning, including integration with military personnel and sourcing initiatives. DOD's response to our March 2003 report and recommendations were received too late to be included in that report. To provide our perspective on DOD's comments, we briefly summarize our March 2003 report's objectives, results, and recommendations and DOD's comments, along with our evaluation of the comments. DOD's civilian employees play key roles in such areas as defense policy, intelligence, finance, acquisitions, and weapon systems maintenance. Although downsized 38 percent between fiscal years 1989 and 2002, this workforce has taken on greater roles as a result of DOD's restructuring and transformation. Responding to congressional concerns about the quality and quantity of, and the strategic planning for, the civilian workforce, we determined the following for DOD, the military services, and selected defense agencies (the Defense Contract Management Agency and the Defense Finance and Accounting Service): (1) the extent of top-level leadership involvement in civilian strategic planning; (2) whether elements in civilian strategic plans are aligned to the overall mission, focused on results, and based on current and future civilian workforce data; and (3) whether civilian and military personnel strategic plans or sourcing initiatives were integrated. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-690R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-690R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-690R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-690R.pdf GAO-03-690R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-690R Correspondence GAO-03-690R; DOD Personnel: DOD Comments on GAO's Report on DOD's Civilian Human Capital Strategic Planning; Agency missions Civilian employees Human resources utilization Labor force Performance measures Personnel management Strategic planning