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Human Capital: Building on DOD's Reform Effort to Foster Governmentwide Improvements

GAO-03-851T Published: Jun 04, 2003. Publicly Released: Jun 04, 2003.
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People are at the heart of an organization's ability to perform its mission. Yet a key challenge for the Department of Defense (DOD), as for many federal agencies, is to strategically manage its human capital. DOD's proposed National Security Personnel System would provide for wide-ranging changes in DOD's civilian personnel pay and performance management and other human capital areas. Given the massive size of DOD, the proposal has important precedent-setting implications for federal human capital management. This testimony provides GAO's observations on DOD human capital reform proposals and the need for governmentwide reform.

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Civilian employeesHuman capitalInternal controlsNational security personnel systemHuman capital managementPay for performancePerformance managementPersonnel managementStaff utilizationCompensation