One item to note, the GAO report does not explicitly talk about HOW DoD funds the defense contractors impacts how they staff, this is true for S/Y or else. Work has moved from a CPFF or CPP model to FFP for most defense contractors, without volume FFP does not provide incentive to keep anyone that is a 'knowledge specialist' or have any 'extra' people on payroll unless they were built into the original FFP proposal.
One item to note, the GAO report does not explicitly talk about HOW DoD funds the defense contractors impacts how they staff, this is true for S/Y or else. Work has moved from a CPFF or CPP model to FFP for most defense contractors, without volume FFP does not provide incentive to keep anyone that is a 'knowledge specialist' or have any 'extra' people on payroll unless they were built into the original FFP proposal.