Personnel Management

Mission 

Develop relevant, responsive and data driven total force manpower and management and military personnel policies and programs, and provide oversight on assignments, separations, force management, military decorations and awards, Voluntary Education, and Transition Assistance in support of Department of Defense and the sustainment of the All-Volunteer Force.

Vision

Ensure total force manpower management and military personnel policies and programs support the Secretary of Defense, Military Departments, and the Combatant Commanders in managing their uniformed personnel while executing their statutory and assigned roles and missions.

 

Military Force Management

Voluntary Education

Total Force Manpower

· Statute applicable/relevant to DoD Total Force mix and manpower management – Title 10 U.S.C:   
· §115a:  Annual Defense Manpower Profile Report and Related Reports 
· §129:  Civilian Personnel Management  
· §129a:  General Policy for Total Force Management 
· §2461:  Public-private Competition Required Before Conversion to Contractor Performance 
· §2463:  Guidelines and Procedures for Use of Civilian Employees to Perform Department of Defense Functions 
·§4506:  Procurement of Services: Data Analysis and Requirements Validation 

 

· Policies and procedures addressing Total Force Manpower management and resources. 
· DODD 1100.4, Guidance for Manpower Management 
· DODI 1100.22, Policy and Procedures for Determining Workforce Mix 
· DODI 1120.11, Programming and Accounting for Active Component (AC) Military Manpower 
· DODI 7730.64, Automated Extracts of Manpower and Unit Organization Element Files
· USD(P&R) Memorandum, “Guidance Related to the Utilization of Military Manpower to Perform Certain Functions,” March 2, 2012 (PDF)  

 

· “Outsourcing” – Governing documents with policies and procedures for the conversion of workload performance by government personnel to private sector performance under contract (e.g., outsourcing, competitive sourcing). 
· ASD(M&RA) Memorandum, “Suspension of DoD Public-Private Competitions and Related Policy Affecting Use of Contracts for Services,” July 10, 2023 (PDF)  
· USD(P&R) Memorandum, “Prohibition on Converting Certain Functions to Contract Performance,” Dec 1, 2011 (PDF) 

 

·  “Insourcing” – Governing documents with policies and procedures for the conversion of currently or previously contracted services to government performance (e.g., insourcing). 
· ASD (R&FM) Memorandum, “Private Sector Notification Requirements in Support of In-sourcing Actions,” January 29, 2013 (PDF)
· USD (P&R) Memorandum, “Application of Conversion Differential for Cost-Based In-sourcing Actions,” June 25, 2012 (PDF) 
· DepSecDef Memorandum, “In-sourcing Contracted Services — Implementation Guidance,” May 28, 2009 (PDF) 
· DepSecDef Memorandum, “Implementation of Section 324 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 – Guidelines and Procedures on In-sourcing New and Contracted Functions,” April 4, 2008 (PDF) 

Military Decorations And Awards

NOTE: DoD Directive (DoDD), DoD Instruction (DoDI), DoD Manual (DoDM), and Directive Type Memorandum (DTM) links are to the DoD Issuance Webpage where users may access current guidance