Reevaluate DoD's current headquarters-reductions efforts and assess workforce requirements

Personnel

Reevaluate DoD's current headquarters-reductions efforts and conduct various reassessments of workforce requirements

The Department of Defense could re-evaluate its ongoing efforts at headquarters-reductions and re-examine the decision to focus reductions on management headquarters, as well as conduct periodic reassessments of workforce requirements. This could potentially achieve cost savings and ensure headquarters are properly sized to meet mission and Congressional requirements. GAO reports that DOD has done so.

SAVINGS

$100 million+

STATUS

LINKS

GAO: Duplication & Cost Savings Report

“If we are going to effectively tackle the long-term national security threat posed by our national debt, then we need to seriously examine how our defense dollars are being spent. Waste and inefficiency within the Pentagon not only contributes to our nation’s debt and deficit, it also diminishes the effectiveness of our nation’s armed forces."

Dan Caldwell, USMC (ret.)
Concerned Veterans for America

“I'm concerned that our increasing fractious political process, particularly with respect to federal spending, is threatening our ability to properly defend our nation both in the short term and especially in the long term."

Dan Coats
Director of National Intelligence

“This guide is a much-needed first step toward encouraging politicians to consider all available options for substantive Pentagon reform. Our troops deserve better than broken bureaucracy, and politicians shouldn't fool themselves into thinking that throwing money at the problem is the solution."

Capt. Dan Grazier, USMC (ret.)
Project on Government Oversight

Solutions

Pursuing Smart Tradeoffs