Defense Acquisition Organizations: Changes in Cost and Size of Civilian Workforce (Letter Report, 11/13/95, GAO/NSIAD-96-46)
Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the
composition and cost of the Department of Defense's (DOD) civilian
workforce.
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.
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REPORTNUM: NSIAD-96-46
TITLE: Defense Acquisition Organizations: Changes in Cost and Size
of Civilian Workforce
DATE: 11/13/95
SUBJECT: Defense budgets
Defense cost control
Defense procurement
Civilian employees
Military personnel
Reductions in force
Defense contracts
Labor force
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