Military Personnel General and Flag Officer Requirements Are Unclear Based on Dods 2003 Report to Congress

By General Accounting Office

Book Id: WPLBN0000186444
Format Type: PDF eBook
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Military Personnel General and Flag Officer Requirements Are Unclear Based on Dods 2003 Report to Congress
Author:	General Accounting Office
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Accountability in government, United States. General Accounting Office
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection
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Publisher:	United States General Accounting Office (Gao)


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Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection

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Excerpt: DOD?s March 2003 report to Congress did not fully disclose the results of the general and flag officer study or explain its recommendation not to seek additional authorizations (people) to meet validated requirements (positions). The general and flag officer study validated requirements for general and flag officer positions that exceeded congressional authorizations for both the active and reserve components. However, the validated requirements data generated by the study were not disclosed in the March 2003 report to Congress. In its report, DOD did not address the magnitude of the gap between validated requirements of 1,630 positions and congressional authorizations of 1 11-a difference of 319. DOD?s report also did not address the impact of ?workarounds? used to fill the gap between requirements and authorizations, such as the practice of assigning colonels and Navy captains to general and flag officer positions. Fully disclosing the study results and discussing the implications of these findings in the March 2003 report to Congress would have provided a more complete picture of DOD?s general and flag officer requirements and may have helped to explain its recommendation not to seek additional authorizations.