Marine Corps Manpower: Improvements Needed in Processes for Determining Manpower Requirements: Nsiad-87-102 - Tapa blanda

In response to a congressional request, GAO evaluated the adequacy of the processes the Marine Corps used to determine its manpower requirements for non-Fleet Marine Forces (FMF) and administrative and support components of FMF units.
GAO found that the Marine Corps: (1) often based its staffing standards on an official judgment rather than on a measured work load or on methods improvement studies; (2) did not make on-site surveys to establish personnel and supply administration requirements; (3) did not apply staffing standards for positions during one on-site survey, but based its determination mainly on interviews with work center personnel; (4) had inadequate documentation for the development and maintenance of staffing standards; (5) had inadequate oversight of the manpower determination processes; and (6) did not sufficiently coordinate or monitor the units' determination of their needs.