Options for Department of Defense Total Workforce Supply and Demand Analysis: Potential Approaches and Available Data Sources

This report reviews approaches used in the private sector and government organizations for determining workforce supply and demand and describes the data sources available to U.S. Department of Defense managers to support workforce analysis from a total force perspective. It highlights such choices as the scope of analysis, the level of aggregation, projection techniques, the time period for historical analysis, and the data sources to be used.