Selective Service Administration a.k.a.

Selective Service SystemHeather W and Devon D

Mission Statement

• “The statutory missions of Selective Service are to be prepared to provide trained and untrained personnel to the DoD in the event of a national emergency and to be prepared to implement an Alternative Service Program for registrants classified as conscience objectors.”

A more precise mission statement…

“The mission of the Selective Service System is:•to provide manpower to the armed forces in an emergency; and•to run an Alternative Service Program for men classified as conscientious objectors during a draft.Selective Service would provide manpower to the military by conducting a draft using a list of young men's names gathered through the Selective Service registration process. Virtually all men - ages 18 through 25 - must register. Only if there is high compliance with this law, will a future draft be fair and equitable. The obligation of a man to register is imposed by the Military Selective Service Act, which establishes and governs the operations of the Selective Service System.The Alternative Service Program would provide public service work assignments in America's communities in lieu of military service for men classified as conscientious objectors to all military service.”

Vision

• “The Selective Service System will be an active partner in the national preparedness community that anticipates and responds to the changing needs of the Nation.”

A Brief History• “For more than 50 years, Selective Service and the registration requirement for

America's young men have served as a backup system to provide manpower to the U.S. Armed Forces.

• President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 which created the country's first peacetime draft and formally established the Selective Service System as an independent Federal agency.

• From 1948 until 1973, during both peacetime and periods of conflict, men were drafted to fill vacancies in the armed forces which could not be filled through voluntary means.

• In 1973, the draft ended and the U.S. converted to an All-Volunteer military.• The registration requirement was suspended in April 1975. It was resumed again

in 1980 by President Carter in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Registration continues today as a hedge against underestimating the number of servicemen needed in a future crisis.

• The obligation of a man to register is imposed by the Military Selective Service Act. The Act establishes and governs the operations of the Selective Service System.”

Hierarchical Chart• Region I (dark blue)

– Headquarters: North Chicago, Illinois

• Region II (tan/brown)– Headquarters: Smyrna, Georgia– Includes Puerto Rico & U.S.

Virgin Islands• Region III (bright blue)

– Headquarters: Denver, Colorado

– Includes Guam & Northern Mariana Island

• Data Management Center: Palatine, Illinois

• National Headquarters: Arlington, Virginia

They are an independent federal agency.

They are divided into regions based on geography.

Structure/Leadership Positions• Director

– On December 4, 2009, Mr. Lawrence G. Romo became the 12th Director of the Selective Service System.

• Deputy Director– Edward T. Allard III

• Chief of Staff– Deborah H. Hubbard

• General Counsel– Rudy G. Sanchez

• Public and Intergovernmental Affairs– Richard S. Flahavan

• Operations– Ernest E. Garcia

• Information Technology / Chief Information Officer– Rakesh Gupta

• Support Services– Deborah H. Hubbard (Acting)

• Financial Management / Chief Financial Officer– Carlo Verdino

• Data Management Center– P.O. Box 94638, Palatine, IL 60094-

4638– Susan A. Cappo - Manager

• Region I– North Chicago, IL 60064-3038– Thomas G. White

• Region II– Smyrna, GA 30080– Keith A. Scragg

• Region III– Denver, CO 80207-2323– Kenneth Bing

Duties• National HQ – Director Lawrence G. Romo – 60 full time employees

– “National Headquarters personnel provide leadership, and administrative and technical support to the Agency. They also plan and develop new methods to make a future draft fair and equitable.”

• Data Management Center – Manager Susan A. Cappo – 48 full time employees– “Agency employees at the Data Management Center process the registration materials

sent in by young men who register.”• Region I – Region Director Thomas G. White – 9 full time employees, 18 state directors, 75

part time reservists,3,620 volunteer local board members authorized– “serves as a base of operations for the Agency's field structure in the northeastern and

midwestern portions of the United States, including New York City and Chicago. Covers 16 states and the District of Columbia.”

• Region II – Region Director Keith A. Scragg - 10 full-time employees, 15 state directors, 73 part-time reservists, 3,410 volunteer local board members authorized– “serves as a base of operations for the Agency's field structure in the southeastern and

south central portions of the United States, including Houston, Miami, and Atlanta. Covers 13 states and 2 territories.”

• Region III – Region Director Kenneth Bing - 9 full-time employees, 23 state directors, 1 state deputy director, 87 part-time reservists, 3,315 volunteer local board members authorized– “serves as a base of operations for the Agency's field structure in the western part of the

United States, including Los Angeles and Denver. Covers 21 states and 2 territories.”

Press CoverageMost of the press coverage and press is related to compliance with registration in states. In 2001 the man who was the millionth to register got Congressional welcome, and in 2002, Delaware had almost 100% registration.

•(April 2010) Selective Service State-by-State Registration Compliance Rates for CY 2009•(April 2009) Selective Service State-by-State Registration Compliance Rates for CY 2008•(May 2008) Selective Service State-by-State Registration Compliance Rates for CY 2007•(May 2007) Selective Service State-by-State Registration Compliance Rates for CY 2006•(May 2006) Selective Service State-by-State Registration Compliance Rates for CY 2005•(May 25, 2005) Selective Service State-by-State Registration Compliance Rates for CY 2004•(May 11, 2004) Selective Service State-by-State Registration Compliance Rates for CY 2003•(May 23, 2003) Selective Service State-by-State Registration Compliance Rates for CY 2002•(May 22, 2002) Delaware On the Verge of 100 Percent Selective Service Registration Compliance•(July 11, 2001) Millionth Man to Register Gets Congressional Welcome•(May 22, 2001) Second Annual State-by-State Registration Compliance News Conference•(December 18, 2000) On-line Change Of Address announcement

Funding

• Agency Budget (FY 2010)– $24,200,000

• I’m not sure what all of this money goes to, but if the budget were cut, I think the easiest thing to do might be to cut some of the workers.

• If we were in a crisis to where the draft was needed, the budget might need to be increased to support new tasks that aren’t done daily.