Report
Officer Career Management
Jan 19, 2021
The 2018 National Defense Authorization Act called for two reports on policies for regular and reserve officer career management that give perspectives on the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act and the Reserve Officer Personnel Management Act. The authors of the present report summarize the perspectives of the military departments on the issues in those two reports and provide information to inform potential policy changes.
Steps Toward Modernization in the 2018 and 2019 National Defense Authorization Acts
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Section 572 of the fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) called for the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the secretaries of the military departments, to provide two reports on policies for regular and reserve officer career management. The reports are intended to provide perspectives on the body of statutory provisions commonly referred to as the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act (DOPMA) and the Reserve Officer Personnel Management Act (ROPMA). The first report addressed the sequencing of promotion lists. The second report encompassed 15 additional promotion or career management issues. Sections 501 through 507 of the fiscal year 2019 NDAA enacted some of the provisions explored in the 2018 reporting requirements and required further reporting on a new promotion-related flexibility.
The director of Officer and Enlisted Personnel Management within the Office of the Secretary of Defense asked RAND for assistance in obtaining perspectives from service secretariat, military, and reserve staffs on the issues to be covered in the various reports required by the 2018 legislation, organizing the perspectives, and providing additional information or analysis helpful in informing potential statutory or policy changes. The authors of this report summarize that work and also outline related statutory changes introduced in the 2019 legislation.
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
Promotions
Chapter Three
Tenure
Chapter Four
Talent Management
Chapter Five
Active/Reserve Permeability
Chapter Six
Crosscutting Issues
Chapter Seven
Flexibilities Introduced in the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act
Chapter Eight
Conclusions and Recommendations
Appendix A
Review and Reporting Topics
Appendix B
Selected Status of Forces Survey Results
Appendix C
Statutory and Policy Provisions by Topic
This research was sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and conducted by the Forces and Resources Policy Center within RAND National Defense Research Institute, a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense Intelligence Community.
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