FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 25, 2022
January 25, 2022
Contact:
Tim Kauffman
202-639-6405/202-374-6491
[email protected]
Note to Reporters on DoD Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution Process Reform Concerns
Categories:
DoD
On behalf of the 700,000 government employees represented by the American Federation of Government Employees, including 300,000 at the Department of Defense, AFGE National President Everett Kelley sent a letter to Defense Deputy Secretary Kathleen Hicks on Jan. 21 outlining our potential concerns with the commission established by Congress to reform the Department of Defense's Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) process.
President Kelley outlined the union's specific concerns that these reforms could sacrifice military readiness or use DoD's civilian workforce as a billpayer, exacerbating actions taken by the previous administration.
“Merely cutting civilian structure and then shifting it to higher cost military or contract performance has been a persistent practice within the PPBE, usually justified by claims of ‘future savings’ or ‘deferring risk’,” Kelley wrote.
Specifically, Kelley cited three key impediments:
- Contract reporting systems tracking contractors fully burdened costs are inadequate.
- Total Force Management has been weakened, resulting in contractors getting work that should go to the civilian workforce.
- Needed contract program and budget guidance is lacking, leading to cuts in the civilian workforce and contractors getting a free pass even though twice as much is spent on service contractors as civilians.
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