Army Industrial Facilities: Workforce Requirements and Related Issues Affecting Depots and Arsenals - Government Accountability Office (GAO) report

Army Industrial Facilities: Workforce Requirements and Related Issues Affecting Depots and Arsenals - GAO Report

Date:	Nov. 30, 1998
Report No.:	NSIAD-99-31
Pages:	80
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Subjects: Army bases Army personnel Base realignments Equipment maintenance Staff utilization Management information systems Military cost control Military downsizing Reductions in force Army Standard Depot System Army Workload Performance System DOD Base Realignment and Closure Account DOD Quadrennial Defense Review Base closures Summary: Because of personnel and workload reductions, the Army's depots and arsenals, which reported fiscal year 1998 employment at about 13,600 and revenues of about $1,620 million, have faced greater uncertainty about workloads, funding, and staffing levels. This report examines workforce issues at Army depots and manufacturing arsenals, focusing on the depot in Corpus Christi, Texas. GAO discusses (1) the Army's basis for personnel reductions planned at its depots during fiscal years 1998-99; (2) the Army's progress in developing an automated system for making maintenance depot staffing decisions on the basis of workload estimates; (3) factors that may affect the Army's ability to improve the cost-effectiveness of its maintenance depot's programs and operations; and (4) workload trends, staffing, and productivity issues at the Army's manufacturing arsenals.