{"id":21203,"date":"2015-12-30T20:38:50","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T20:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2015\/12\/30\/report-dod-needs-big-cuts-in-civilian-contract-spending-in-next-budget\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:51:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:51:25","slug":"report-dod-needs-big-cuts-in-civilian-contract-spending-in-next-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/2015\/12\/30\/report-dod-needs-big-cuts-in-civilian-contract-spending-in-next-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: DoD needs big cuts in civilian, contract spending in next budget"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Defense has been following a congressional directive to reduce spending on civilian and contract employees, the department told the Government Accountability Office. However, GAO investigators say they can&#8217;t find the data to back this up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GAO looked into whether the DoD has been complying with a mandate in the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act to bring down staffing levels and reduce expenses on the civilian side on par with similar reductions to military personnel, which total about 7 percent since 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Report: <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/680\/674420.pdf\" title=\"http:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/680\/674420.pdf\">Complete Information Needed to Assess DoD&#8217;s Progress for Reductions and Associated Savings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The DoD&#8217;s civilian staff is currently made up of about 756,000 full-time employees and at least 641,000 contractors \u2014 though that number is likely significantly higher, according to the GAO \u2014 compared with some 2.1 million military employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congress also gave DoD authority to exempt certain critical civilian roles, reducing the pool for potential cuts by almost 70 percent. Under a plan submitted to Congress in February, DoD would bring the total civilian workforce \u2014 minus exclusions \u2014 from 238,000 in 2012 to 221,000 by 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During that same period, budget records show civilian personnel costs \u2014 payroll and benefits \u2014 have dropped 0.9 percent, far short of the military side, which has dropped 8.1 percent. GAO investigators said that, since the cost reductions are not specifically pegged to personnel cuts, it&#8217;s impossible to determine what effect those cuts are having on the bottom line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, DoD&#8217;s 2016 budget includes an increase in spending on contractors, which will only make it more difficult to make up the other half of the congressional mandate with only one more fiscal year to hit the mark, currently estimated to be about $4.1 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"549\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635870863709957898-dod-contractor-wfjpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635870863709957898-dod-contractor-wfjpg.jpg 747w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635870863709957898-dod-contractor-wfjpg.jpg?resize=300,220 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