DSCA Targets FY2028 for Full Security Cooperation Workforce Reforms
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has implemented 46 of 66 statutory workforce provisions mandated by the FY2024 NDAA, targeting full completion by FY2028. Persistent hiring freezes and fragmented IT data systems continue to slow modernization of U.S. foreign military sales personnel.
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has set Fiscal Year 2028 as its deadline to fully execute security cooperation workforce reforms mandated under the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024. According to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, DSCA has completed 46 of the 66 identified statutory provisions, with 15 currently in progress and five yet to begin. These reforms aim to professionalize and scale the military and civilian workforce responsible for managing Foreign Military Sales (FMS), foreign security assistance, and strategic partner capacity-building programs essential to U.S. global posture.
Five dedicated DSCA teams are driving the implementation process, led by the Human Capital Initiative, which has fulfilled 23 requirements and is actively advancing 11 others. Key milestones achieved include the standardized identification and position-coding of security cooperation roles across the Department of Defense (DOD). However, enterprise-wide tracking remains hindered by legacy IT architecture. DOD currently relies on fragmented, incompatible data systems across its security cooperation components, forcing officials to conduct manual data analysis while development continues on a central management information system designed to log personnel qualifications, assignments, and tenure.
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