United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-11-13 monographic deposited born digital 30 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-96-46 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-46 P0b002ee180378387 f:ns96046 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-46 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-46 NSIAD-96-46 Defense budgets Defense cost control Defense procurement Civilian employees Military personnel Reductions in force Defense contracts Labor force Letter Report NSIAD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the composition and cost of the Department of Defense's (DOD) civilian workforce.<p/>GAO found that: (1) in 1994, DOD acquisition organizations had a combined workforce of 398,000 civilian employees and 66,000 military personnel; (2) the DOD civilian acquisition workforce increased with the defense buildup of the early 1980s and decreased with DOD reductions in the mid-1980s; (3) although the civilian workforce in 1994 was 12 percent lower than in 1980, defense wide contracts increased by about $10 billion in that same period; (4) even with the decline in the defense procurement budget and the civilian workforce, the number of acquisition organizations remains constant; and (5) DOD believes that the civilian acquisition workforce will increase once the defense procurement budget is expanded. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-46/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-46.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-46/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-46.pdf GAO/NSIAD-96-46 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-46 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-96-46; Defense Acquisition Organizations: Changes in Cost and Size of Civilian Workforce; Defense budgets Defense cost control Defense procurement Civilian employees Military personnel Reductions in force Defense contracts Labor force