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The future of the Army's civilian workforce : comparing projected inventory with anticipated requirements and estimating cost under different personnel policies

Title
The future of the Army's civilian workforce : comparing projected inventory with anticipated requirements and estimating cost under different personnel policies / Shanthi Nataraj, Lawrence M. Hanser, Frank Camm, Jessica Yeats.
Author
Nataraj, Shanthi
Publication
  • Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, [2014]
  • ©2014

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Additional Authors
  • Hanser, Lawrence M.
  • Camm, Frank A., 1949-
  • Yeats, Jessica M.
  • Rand Corporation, issuing body.
  • Arroyo Center, issuing body.
  • United States. Army, sponsoring body.
Description
xxii, 70 pages : illustration (some color); 26 cm
Summary
"In keeping with the coming drawdown in military end strength, the Department of Defense is planning to scale back its civilian workforce over the next several years. After reaching nearly 295,000 full-time employees in fiscal year (FY) 2010, the size of Army's civilian workforce has started to fall. It is necessary to manage this drawdown so that sufficient people remain available in key positions. The authors projected the future supply of Army civilians under various scenarios and examined how the Army might manage supply to meet projected demand, by bringing together workforce supply and demand models. The RAND Inventory Model was used to project the supply of Army civilians, by command and occupation, based on historical patterns of internal transfers and separations, and various scenarios for future hiring. The supply projections were matched with demand projections from RAND's Generating-Force-to-Operator model, which translates budgets for the Army's operating force into projected changes in the institutional Army, to estimate the numbers of new hires or force reductions needed to meet the demand for civilians. The findings suggest that meeting future targets will require reducing hiring rates below historical levels but that substantial hiring will still be needed in most commands. If demand drops considerably below current projections, larger cuts would likely be required. Workforce cost is projected to change largely in line with the number of personnel. If requirements based on the FY 2014 President's Budget are met by FY 2017, nominal costs are projected to remain approximately constant, with expected civilian pay raises offsetting workforce reductions."--"Abstract on web page.
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Note
  • "RAND Corporation research report series."--Web page (PDF).
  • "Prepared for the United States Army."
  • "Approved for public release; distribution unlimited."
  • "RAND Arroyo Center."
  • "RR-576-A"--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-70).
Funding (note)
  • "The research described in this report was sponsored by the United States Army under Contract
Contents
Introduction -- Methodology -- Descriptive Analyses -- Personnel Projections -- Potential Implications for Civilian Policies -- Appendix A: RAND Inventory Model Details -- Appendix B: Cost Projection Details -- Appendix C: Mission-Critical Occupations -- Appendix D: Alternative Target Scenarios -- Appendix E: Historical Data for Network Enterprise Technology Command.
Call Number
JBF 17-294
ISBN
  • 9780833085092
  • 0833085093
LCCN
2014941581
OCLC
881306735
Author
Nataraj, Shanthi, author.
Title
The future of the Army's civilian workforce : comparing projected inventory with anticipated requirements and estimating cost under different personnel policies / Shanthi Nataraj, Lawrence M. Hanser, Frank Camm, Jessica Yeats.
Publisher
Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, [2014]
Copyright Date
©2014
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Funding
"The research described in this report was sponsored by the United States Army under Contract No. W74V8H-06-C-0001"--Title page verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-70).
Added Author
Hanser, Lawrence M., author.
Camm, Frank A., 1949- author.
Yeats, Jessica M., author.
Rand Corporation, issuing body.
Arroyo Center, issuing body.
United States. Army, sponsoring body.
Research Call Number
JBF 17-294
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