Accession Number:

ADA616053

Title:

Defense Headquarters: DOD Needs to Reassess Personnel Requirements for the Office of Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, and Military Service Secretariats

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

2015-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

91.0

Abstract:

DOD Instruction 5100.73, Major DOD Headquarters Activities, defines major headquarters activities as those headquarters and the direct support integral to their operation whose primary mission is to manage or command the programs and operations of DOD, its components, and their major military units, organizations, or agencies.18 These organizations have responsibilities that include developing guidance, reviewing performance, allocating resources, and conducting mid-to-long-range budgeting as they oversee, direct, and control subordinate organizations or units. In addition to OSD, the Joint Staff, and the secretariats and staffs of the military services, other headquarters organizations include portions of the defense agencies, DOD field activities, and the combatant commands, along with their subordinate unified commands and respective service component commands. The instruction provides an official list of the organizations that it covers, including OSD the Joint Staff the Offices of the Secretary of the Army and Army Staff the Office of the Secretary of the Navy and Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Headquarters, Marine Corps and the Offices of the Secretary of the Air Force and Air Staff.

Descriptors:

• *CIVILIAN PERSONNEL
• *DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
• *MILITARY PERSONNEL
• *ORGANIZATIONAL REALIGNMENT
• *PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
• *PERSONNEL SELECTION
• FEDERAL BUDGETS
• HUMAN RESOURCES
• REQUIREMENTS

Subject Categories:

• Government and Political Science
• Personnel Management and Labor Relations

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE