APPENDIX I

Survey Teams to Monitor Compliance with DoD Policy

We cannot agree with the GAO generalization that survey teams are "not giving serious consideration to substituting civilians for military personnel." These teams routinely review the staffing practices of installation commanders and report their findings to the military department or major command headquarters.

It is agreed, however, that additional emphasis might be needed.
An initial step has been taken and further action is being con-
sidered. The ASD(M&RA) emphasized the function of these
and similar teams to the military departments on April 17, 1970
as an effective means to identify, among other things, the
arbitrary use of military personnel in positions suitable for
civilian incumbents. A copy of this memorandum is enclosed.
We are also considering establishing a uniform system of surveys
and audits which will redirect and focus these resources of the
military departments toward improving our capability to evaluate
manpower utilization practices in the field. Military-civilian
staffing practices will be highlighted as one of the areas to be
addressed.

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GAO note: The DOD attachments have not been included.

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marks concerning those attachments have been included, as appropriate, in the body of the report.

APPENDIX II

ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES OF USE OF MILITARY PERSONNEL

IN CIVILIAN-TYPE POSITIONS

The commissary store at the Pearl Harbor Naval Station was authorized 40 positions for enlisted military personnel but had 46 personnel assigned to perform commissary duties. These personnel were performing the same types of duty as were being performed by civilians employed at the commissary store. Installation officials agreed that all the positions filled by military personnel could be filled by civilians.

The Single Passenger Reservation Center at Travis Air Force Base schedules international air travel for all DOD personnel on flights made on military or commercial aircraft originating from the west coast. The Center was authorized 57 military positions and 37 civilian positions. Installation officials stated that 49 of the 57 military positions could be filled by civilians.

The Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, requested an authorization for 13 additional civilian and 74 military positions to handle an increased work load at its data processing installation. Officials at the base stated that they did not request more civilian positions and less military positions because of civilian employment ceilings. In response to this request, the base was authorized 15 additional military positions and no additional civilian positions.

Two data processing functions at the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, were consolidated into a single department in January 1969. The consolidation involved the transfer of 29 civilian positions from one function and 14 enlisted military positions from the other function. An additional position was created for a military officer to serve as director of the new department. The positions held by the 14 enlisted military personnel generally involved tabulatingmachine operations that could be performed by civilians. At the time of the consolidation, no consideration was given to civilianizing these 14 positions or the position of the new director.

At June 30, 1970, 1,746 military personnel were assigned to garrison units at Fort Carson, which were authorized a total

APPENDIX II

strength of 806 positions. These units were responsible for performing administrative, maintenance, and operating functions (housekeeping-type duties) at the installation. Duties performed by most of these personnel could have been performed by civilians.

APPENDIX III

PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS OF THE

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

AND THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE ARMY, NAVY, AND AIR FORCE