Defense Acquisition Workforce: Actions Needed to Guide Planning Efforts and Improve Workforce Capability

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Abstract:

GAO and others have found that DOD needs to take steps to ensure DOD has an adequately sized and capable acquisition workforce to acquire about 300 billion in goods and services annually. DOD is required by statute to develop an acquisition workforce plan every 2 years. DOD issued a plan in 2010, in which it called for the department to increase the size of the acquisition workforce by 20,000 positions by fiscal year 2015, but has not yet updated the plan.

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Author Organization(s):
U.S. Government Accountability Office Washington United States
Descriptive Note:
Technical Report
Pagination:
0044

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Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
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Collection: TR
Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_4.5_Operational Contract Support; JCA_5.5_Direct; JCA_5.5.1_Communicate Intent and Guidance; JCA_5.3.3_Develop Strategy; JCA_5.3.2_Apply Situational Understanding; JCA_4.5.1_Contract Support Integration; JCA_5.6_Monitor; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_4.5.3_Program Management; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_5.6.1_Assess Compliance with Guidance; JCA_5.6.3_Assess Achievement of Objectives; JCA_4.5.4_Requirements Definition; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_5.5.3_Establish Metrics; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_1.2.1_Training; JCA_4.6_Engineering
Communities of Interest:
Engineered Resilient Systems
Descriptor(s):
personnel management, military acquisition, military personnel, civilian personnel, management personnel, employment, attrition, department of defense, acquisition, contractors, training, program management, contracted services
Report Date:
2015 Dec 01
Creation Date:
2017 Jan 30