GAO determined that it could make some compensation comparisons between military and civilian jobs, but they were of limited use because: (1) comparisons for some military positions would never be possible because they have no civilian counterparts, or they are not currently feasible for some other military positions because existing pay surveys do not cover civilian counterparts for these positi

A question arose in connection with the observance of the Labor Day holiday at the Army Commissary, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, as it pertained to part-time civilian employees. The Commissary employees are on a Tuesday through Saturday tour of duty and, in order to avoid paying holiday pay to full-time employees, the Army closed the Commissary the Tuesday after Labor Day. The part-time employees wer

MARC is the process used by the Army to determine the number of soldiers needed to perform combat support and combat service support functions in deployable units. GAO concern about MARC arose from the serious problems found in the Manpower Authorization Criteria program, the predecessor to MARC, which diminished the reliability and credibility of the Army's manpower planning. An effective manpow

GAO found that the services do not always follow appropriate procedures in the operation of their scientific advisory committees. Although the services have procedures for reviewing committee members' financial disclosure statements, these procedures do not provide for documenting determinations regarding potential conflicts of interest. GAO found that 32 panel members were employed by or had fin

Since 1964, the number of military bands and band members has declined. In 1964, the services had 200 bands and 7,465 band members. As of June 1, 1981, the services had 100 bands and 5,048 band members. Funding levels, in terms of constant fiscal year 1975 dollars, have also declined, although appropriated amounts have increased. According to the services, bands are an integral part of military l

Information provided by MEPCOM was of great value in describing the various organizations, procedures, and systems used to operate the recruiting programs. On the basis of a limited review, GAO did not identify any problems unique to MEPCOM that need to be specifically addressed.