Measuring and Reporting Leadership and Core Competency Domains

This interim report summarizes the results of an independent assessment of Department of Defense (DoD) personnel systems and databases, focused on the identification and differentiation of what personnel data exist, where, and at what organizational level, as well as what is done with those data. This research focused on what personnel data are reported, via what mechanisms, both at the military Service-level and enterprise-wide, across DoD. Three specific personnel competenciesLanguage, Regional Expertise, and Culture (LREC) capabilitiesframed and bounded this research effort: we focused on the extent to which existing personnel data reflect training, education, biographic/demographic, or professional experiences relevant to those competencies.