United States. Congress. Senate Committee on Armed Services and Personnel. Subcommittee on Manpower CONTRACTING OUT OF DEFENSE FUNCTIONS AND SERVICES 95-546 210 4-D HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES UNITED STATES SENATE NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION JULY 12, 1977 Printed for the use of the Committee on Armed Services U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1977 SUBCOMMITTEE ON MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL HARRY F. BYRD, JR., Virginia WILLIAM L. SCOTT, Virginia (II) Staats, Hon. Elmer B., Comptroller General of The United States, accompanied by Richard Gutmann, Director, Procurement and Sys- tems Acquisition Division; Ben McConnell, Associate Director, Pro- Fettig, Hon. Lester, Director, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget, accompanied by Mr. William Russell, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Logistics, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget_____ White, Hon. John P., Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Logistics accompanied Mr. John H. Kunse- miller, Director, Contract Administration and Support, Office of The Secretary of Defense, Manpower Affairs and Logistics; Maj. Gen. Jack I. Posner, Director of Manpower and Organization, Head- Blaylock, Mr. Kenneth, president, American Federal of Government Employees, accompanied by Mr. Joseph Gleason, executive vice president; Bob Shannon, local president of Local 2017; and Leo Shannon, Robert, president of Local 2017, American Federation of Barnard, D. Douglas, Jr., U.S. Representative from the State of Paolucci, Ronald V., vice president, aerospace operations, Lear Gibbs, Hon. Alan J., Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations and Logistics, and Maj. Gen. Charles R. Meyer, Commander, U.S. CONTRACTING OUT OF DEFENSE FUNCTIONS AND SERVICES TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1977 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL, COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:05 a.m., in room 212, Russell Senate Office Building, Hon. Sam Nunn (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Nunn and Helms. Also present: Francis J. Sullivan, staff director; John Roberts, general counsel; John T. Ticer, chief clerk; George H. Foster, E. George Reidel, George F. Travers, professional staff members; Roberta Ujakovich, research assistant; Judy I. Landesman, clerical assistant; Jeffrey Record, assistant to Senator Nunn; Ron Lehman, assistant to Senator Bartlett; Richard J. Bryan, assistant to Senator Helms; Arnold Punaro, assistant to Senator Nunn; and Dave Fitzgerald, assistant to Senator Garn. OPENING STATEMENT BY SENATOR SAM NUNN, CHAIRMAN Senator NUNN. The Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel meets today to consider policies and issues related to the contracting out of Defense functions and services. PROBLEMS IN OVERALL MANPOWER PLANNING The fiscal year 1975 Department of Defense Authorization Act included a provision, originally proposed by this committee, that states: It is the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense shall use the least costly form of manpower that is consistent with military requirements and other needs of the Department of Defense. Therefore in developing the annual manpower authorization requests to the Congress and in carrying out manpower policies, the Secretary of Defense shall, in particular, consider the advantages of converting from one form of manpower to another-military, civilian or private contract for the performance of a specified job. A full justification of any conversion from one form of manpower to another shall be contained in the annual Manpower Requirements Report to the Congress. I cite this section in full because it provides a clear statement of the overall manpower planning which should be conducted by the Defense Department. I supported this language at the time it was proposed and I support it now. Indeed this subcommittee has encouraged this kind of comprehensive planning in its review of the annual manpower authorization request. (1) |