Creating Readiness Metrics for the Army Civilian Workforce: A Way Ahead for Integrating Readiness into Civilian Workforce Planning

The authors develop a definition of and method for measuring civilian workforce readiness to inform Army policies and practices. They review existing literature and policy documents, conduct interviews with Army and U.S. Department of Defense stakeholders, develop a logic model for civilian workforce readiness, and identify potential data sources across U.S. government databases for the proposed readiness metrics.