Pentagon's Skills Gaps
The Defense Department has not sufficiently planned to handle its future civilian personnel needs, the Government Accountability Office concluded in a recent report.
Specifically, GAO faulted the Office of the secretary of Defense, the military services' headquarters, and the Defense Logistics
"During its downsizing in the early 1990S, DoD did not focus on reshaping the civilian workforce in a strategic manner," GAO auditors said in a letter to Rep. Solomon Ortiz of Texas, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, who requested the report. "With more than 50 percent of its civilian personnel becoming eligible to retire in the next five years, DoD may find it difficult to fill certain mission-critical jobs with qualified personnel."
IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1Solomon Ortiz
Pentagon officials told GAO they have begun analyzing skills gaps.
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