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To what extent has CENTCOM used insourcing to reduce reliance on contractors, rebalance its workforce, and generate efficiencies?

The GAO released a report last week regarding the excessive reliance on contract support, and associated risks, in using contractor personnel to train Afghan police.

What processes are in place within the Air Force to ensure the workload associated with reductions being made in the civilian workforce is in fact ceasing, as opposed to being absorbed by other labor sources such as contractors or military…

What assurances can you give me that, as civilian reductions or hiring freezes are occurring across Air Force installations, work is not shifting illegally to contract performance?

To what extent have the existing data sets available to Navy planners...contributed to the functional streamlining, organizational realignments, workforce shaping decisions, and civilian personnel reductions reflected in last year's…

What processes are in place within the Navy to ensure the workload associated with reductions being made in the civilian workforce is in fact ceasing, as opposed to being absorbed by other labor sources such as contractors or military…

As efficiencies are being executed across SOUTHCOM, are the workload and functions associated with those being tracked as eliminated or divested through the annual inventory of functions?

President Obama has made reducing reliance on contractors and rebalancing the workforce a major management initiative of his Administration.

Contractors are only used to source highly technical positions and capabilities not found in U.S. Government personnel.

There was a lot of discussion last year about the 'exceptions' to the FY10 civilian levels Secretary Gates mandated.

President Obama has made reducing reliance on contractors and rebalancing the workforce a major management initiative of his Administration.

The key to these realignments is about strengthening our alliance with Japan.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Admiral Willard, thank you for your dedicated service and your testimony today, and I know this will be one of your last times before Congress.

As efficiencies are being executed across PACOM, is the workload and functions associated with those being tracked as eliminated or divested?

What processes are in place within PACOM to ensure the workload associated with reductions being made in the civilian workforce is in fact ceasing?

Are you comfortable that all contracted services currently supporting PACOM are the most cost-effective and risk-averse source of labor?

You indicated in your prepared statement, you indicated that throughout Africa, small teams of soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, coastguardsmen, and DOD civilians and contractors, along with teammates from many other U.S. Government…

As efficiencies are being executed across EUCOM, is the workload and functions associated with those being tracked as eliminated or divested through the annual inventory of functions?