Sec. 1112. Report on Department of Defense civilian workforce personnel and contractors
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Congress finds the following: A large, disproportionate, and duplicative civilian work force coupled with bureaucratic, structural inefficiencies has detracted from the Pentagon’s production of combat power and its ability to modernize. The recent uniformed military drawdown has not been accompanied by an equivalent reduction of either the civilian or contractor work force. Right sizing the civilian workforce must be statutory in number but implemented with executive discretion.
Across-the-board cuts to the defense civilian workforce are not the answer. Spending on contract services is over 50 percent of all Department of Defense purchases even as the total defense budget has dropped. Expenditures in services contracting lack appropriate oversight, accountability, and scrutiny. The Secretary of Defense shall submit a preliminary report within 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and a final report within 180 days after such date, to the congressional defense committees detailing the structure and number of the civilian workforce and contractors of the Department of Defense.
Except as provided in paragraph (3), each report shall include the following for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2020, including a breakdown in location, job function, General Schedule
(GS)level, and date of when the job was created for the following individuals: The total number of full time equivalent employees, including each of the following: The total number of Senior Executive Service employees and their assignments. The total number of civilian employees of the Department of Defense within the military health care system. The total number of civilian employees of the Department employed at depots, arsenals, and ammunition facilities. The total number of civilian contractors of the Department of Defense, including each of the following: The total number of civilian contractors for weapons acquisitions. The total number of civilian contractors for services or labor for non-weapon systems acquisitions. The total number of civilian contractors employed at depots, arsenals, and ammunition facilities. The preliminary report provided under this subsection— shall cover the contents described in paragraph
(2)in as much detail as is ascertainable within 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act; and shall include an explanation of any impediments to developing a complete and final report by 180 days after such date of enactment.