Workforce Downsizing and Restructuring in the Department of Defense

This report assesses the cost-effectiveness of using the Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment (VSIP) program--a downsizing tool available to U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) personnel managers--to reduce the size of the DoD civilian workforce, in conjunction with or instead of imposing involuntary separations. It also considers how the amount and structure of VSIP could be improved.