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 2007-07-17 monographic deposited born digital 47 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-780 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-780 P0b002ee1803a2f79 f:d07780 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-780 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-780 GAO-07-780 Armed forces reserves Data centers Data integrity Internal controls Military personnel deployment Military policies Military reserve personnel Policy evaluation Quality control Policies and procedures Global War on Terrorism Other Written Product A72827

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. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-780/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-780.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-780/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-780.pdf GAO-07-780 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-780 Other Written Product GAO-07-780; Military Personnel: DOD Lacks Reliable Personnel Tempo Data and Needs Quality Controls to Improve Data Accuracy; Armed forces reserves Data centers Data integrity Internal controls Military personnel deployment Military policies Military reserve personnel Policy evaluation Quality control Policies and procedures Global War on Terrorism Title 10 Section 487 10 U.S.C. 487 Public Law 106-65