### Question
Can you define what baseline number means?


### Answer
**Baseline number** is defined as the following in *10 U.S.C. § 130a*:

> the number of management headquarters and headquarters support activities personnel in the Department of Defense as of October 1, 1997

#### Citation:
  - *10 U.S.C. § 130a*
  - Heading: **Subtitle A-General Military Law > PART I-ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS > CHAPTER 3-GENERAL POWERS AND FUNCTIONS**

