Reserve Forces: Opportunity to Reduce Pension Costs
NSIAD-90-152
Published: Aug 03, 1990. Publicly Released: Aug 03, 1990.
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GAO reviewed the military forces retirement system to identify potential areas of cost reduction, focusing on members of the Ready Reserve who received additional retirement credits even though they did not meet the minimum required participation levels.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should monitor and enforce service compliance with DOD Directive 1200.15, which provides that any member eligible for retirement who earns less than 50 points in 1 year be transferred to an inactive status. |
The Office of the Secretary of Defense has accepted the recommendation. The Army published a change to its regulations in February 1992 and DOD is to make one of its promised periodic tests of reservists files to monitor compliance in October 1992.
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Air Force reservistsArmed forces reservesArmy reservistsCost analysisDefense cost controlFringe benefit costsNaval reservistsNoncompliancePensionsService credit