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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.
The Nat. Defense Authorization Act for FY 2005 mandated that the GAO review whether the transition assistance program (TAP) is meeting the needs of service members leaving the military. This report: (1) assessed TAP administration, including program participation, & (2) identified actions agencies are taking to improve TAP & challenges that remain. TAP serves military personnel with at least 180 days of active duty who separate or retire & members of the Reserves & National Guard who are released from active duty, a process termed demobilization. Recently, the Reserves & National Guard have been called to active duty in greater numbers than at any other time since the Korean War. Includes recommendations. Charts & tables.
GAO-05-544 Military and Veterans' Benefits: Enhanced Services Could Improve Transition Assistance for Reserves and National Guard
" Over the next few years, over a million military servicemembers are expected to transition to civilian life and some may face challenges such as finding employment. To help them, TAP provides departing servicemembers employment assistance and information on VA benefits, among other things. Begun in 2011, efforts to revamp TAP are underway based on the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 and the administration's recommendations. The act also mandated GAO to review TAP. This report addresses: 1) the status of TAP implementation; 2) the extent to which elements of effective implementation and evaluation of TAP have been addressed; and 3) any challenges that may remain. To do this GAO identified five elements of effective implementation and evaluation based on relevant federal laws and previously established GAO criteria for training programs; reviewed related GAO work; assessed reports, plans, and policies provided by agencies that administer TAP; interviewed officials from entities that support servicemembers and veterans; and conducted four nongeneralizable discussion groups with servicemembers who had taken TAP at three military installations. "