BND Budget and Personnel
Personnel costs account for almost 70 percent of the BND budget, with investment accounting for another 10 percent. The Federal Intelligence Service [BND] plans to reduce its staff from 6,300 employees to 4,500. The staff level peaked at around 7,6000 during the Cold War, with 6,000 located at the central headquarters and 1,500 at branches and overseas locations. Half the staff consists of civilians working under contract, one-third are permanent civil servants, and one out of every 10 is a military serviceman.
Between the fall of the Berlin Wall and 1997 a total of nearly 750 jobs were eliminated. A further reduction of 15 percent is planned until after the year 2000. Originally, the reduction was supposed to be even faster, but this would have increased expenses due to payments for early retirement. BND civil servants and military staff leave the BND when they reach retirement age, and their posts are not filled. Although approximately 1,100 positions are to be eliminated, no more than 180 people are scheduled to retire by the year 2000.
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