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Military Manpower: Lack of Management Oversight Over Civilian Substitution

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Sept. 6, 1988
Report No. NSIAD-88-169
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Summary:

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed Army and Air Force civilian substitution, focusing on their: (1) processes for identifying military positions for possible substitution; (2) procedures for making substitutions; and (3) internal controls for managing substitutions.

GAO found that: (1) the Army and Air Force did not monitor civilian substitution practices or routinely keep records on substitutions or the disposition of military positions freed as a result of substitutions; (2) due to the lack of records, it could not compare budgeted to actual substitutions or determine whether the services had reallocated freed military positions to higher-priority missions to enhance readiness; (3) cost was not the primary consideration in making substitutions; (4) the services believed that civilians generally cost less than military personnel; and (5) each service had several thousand positions with potential for civilian substitution.

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