DCPAS serves the critical role of ensuring that strategic planning for the right civilian talent is continually performed in order to meet DOD’s ever-demanding missions. DCPAS provides advisory/consulting services for DOD human capital planning and policy development. These services include strategic workforce planning, competency management, workforce analytics, and the accountability/evaluation of HR practices within DOD. The work of DCPAS impacts more than 770,000 DOD civilians who gain valuable advantages from the attention to workforce planning, competency and skills management, data analytics, and accountability.