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    Modeling, simulation, and operations analysis in Afghanistan and Iraq : operational vignettes, lessons learned, and a survey of selected efforts (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780833082114 , 0833084704 , 0833082116 , 9780833084705
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 167 pages)
    Serie: Rand Corporation research report series RR-382-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Print version Connable, Ben Modeling, simulation, and operations analysis in Afghanistan and Iraq
    Schlagwort(e): Soldiers Protection ; Simulation methods ; Evaluation ; Logistics Simulation methods ; Evaluation ; Military planning Simulation methods ; Evaluation ; Decision making Simulation methods ; Evaluation ; Operations research ; Counterinsurgency Simulation methods ; Evaluation ; Irregular warfare Simulation methods ; Evaluation ; Soldiers ; Logistics ; Military planning ; Decision making ; Operations research ; Counterinsurgency ; Irregular warfare ; COMPUTERS ; Data Modeling & Design ; Operations research ; Military Science - General ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; Electronic book
    Kurzfassung: RAND conducted a lessons learned examination of operations analysis, modeling, and simulation in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. This report identifies ways in which analysts have attempted to support commanders' decisions in counterinsurgency and irregular warfare, describes many of the models and tools they employed, provides insight into the challenges they faced, and suggests ways in which the application of modeling, simulation, and analysis might be improved for current and future operations. RAND identified four broad categories of decisions: force protection, logistics, campaign assessment, and force structuring. Modeling, simulation, and analysis were most effective in supporting force protection and logistics decisions, and least effective in supporting campaign assessment and force structuring
    Kurzfassung: RAND conducted a lessons learned examination of operations analysis, modeling, and simulation in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. This report identifies ways in which analysts have attempted to support commanders' decisions in counterinsurgency and irregular warfare, describes many of the models and tools they employed, provides insight into the challenges they faced, and suggests ways in which the application of modeling, simulation, and analysis might be improved for current and future operations. RAND identified four broad categories of decisions: force protection, logistics, campaign assessment, and force structuring. Modeling, simulation, and analysis were most effective in supporting force protection and logistics decisions, and least effective in supporting campaign assessment and force structuring
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation , "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-167)
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    The development and application of the RAND Program Classification Tool (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780833059420 , 0833084860 , 0833059424 , 9780833084866
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 56 pages)
    Serie: RAND toolkit v. 1
    Paralleltitel: Print version Acosta, Joie D Development and application of the RAND program classification tool
    Schlagwort(e): Medical care Evaluation ; Mental health services Evaluation ; Brain Wounds and injuries ; Treatment ; Evaluation ; Health services administration ; Evaluation ; Medical care ; Mental health services ; Brain ; Health services administration ; Evaluation ; Mental Health Services ; Program Evaluation methods ; Quality Improvement ; Brain Injuries therapy ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Psychopathology ; Depression ; Evaluation ; Health services administration ; Medical care ; Evaluation ; Mental health services ; Evaluation ; United States ; United States ; Electronic book
    Kurzfassung: As a result of extended military engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan during the past decade, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has implemented numerous programs to support servicemembers and family members who experience difficulty handling stress, face mental health challenges, or are affected by a traumatic brain injury (TBI). As these efforts have proliferated, it has become more challenging to monitor these programs and to avoid duplication. To support DoD in this area, RAND compiled a comprehensive catalog of DoD-funded programs that address psychological health and TBI. In creating the catalog of programs, RAND recognized the need to consistently describe and compare multiple programs according to a set of core program characteristics, driven largely by the lack of a single, clear, widely-accepted operational definition of what constitutes a program. To do this, RAND developed the RAND Program Classification Tool (R-PCT) to allow users to describe and compare programs, particularly those related to psychological health and TBI, along eight key dimensions. The tool consists of a set of questions and responses for consistently describing various aspects of programs, along with detailed guidance regarding how to select the appropriate responses. The purpose of this report is to describe the R-PCT, to help potential users understand how it was developed, and to explain how the tool can be used
    Anmerkung: "RR-487/1-OSD."--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper , "Glossary": pages 53-54 , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury , "RAND Corporation research report series."--Web page (PDF) , "Approved for public release; distribution unlimited , "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-56)
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    A systematic process to facilitate evidence-informed decisionmaking regarding program expansion (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780833084170 , 0833084836 , 0833084178 , 9780833084835
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 70 pages)
    Serie: RAND toolkit v. 3
    Serie: RAND Corporation research report series RR487z3
    Paralleltitel: Print version Martin, Laurie T Systematic process to facilitate evidence-informed decisionmaking regarding program expansion
    Schlagwort(e): Health services administration ; Medical care Evaluation ; Evidence-based medicine Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Mental health services Evaluation ; Brain Wounds and injuries ; Treatment ; Evaluation ; Health services administration ; Medical care ; Evidence-based medicine ; Mental health services ; Brain ; Quality Improvement ; Decision Making ; Evidence-Based Practice ; Brain Injuries therapy ; Mental Health Services ; Program Evaluation ; Evidence-Based Medicine ; Evaluation Studies as Topic ; Military Personnel psychology ; United States ; Mental health services ; Evaluation ; Handbooks and manuals ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Psychopathology ; Depression ; Evidence-based medicine ; Health services administration ; Medical care ; Evaluation ; United States ; Electronic book
    Kurzfassung: While the Department of Defense supports more than 200 psychological health and traumatic brain injury programs, it lacks an approach and process to systematically develop, track, and assess the performance of this portfolio of programs. Further, there is not yet a uniform approach to decisionmaking around program support and expansion of particularly promising, evidence-based programs. This lack of centralized oversight may result in the proliferation of untested programs that are developed without an evidence base; an inefficient use of resources; and added cost and administrative inefficiencies. RAND researchers developed a potential model and tools to support a centralized, systematic, and ongoing process to help in making decisions around continued program support, and by which expansion can be facilitated. This report includes two tools. The first is a Program Abstraction Form, which collects relevant background information from programs and asks explicitly about program effectiveness and the design of the program evaluation used to assess program effectiveness, as a poor evaluation design may lead to incorrect conclusions about the effectiveness of the program. The second is the RAND Program Expansion Tool, which provides a standardized summary of the quality and outcome of a program evaluation. The focus of these tools is on decisionmaking around program expansion, and does not preclude or address initial funding decisions of particularly promising new programs that may not yet have a solid evidence base
    Kurzfassung: While the Department of Defense supports more than 200 psychological health and traumatic brain injury programs, it lacks an approach and process to systematically develop, track, and assess the performance of this portfolio of programs. Further, there is not yet a uniform approach to decisionmaking around program support and expansion of particularly promising, evidence-based programs. This lack of centralized oversight may result in the proliferation of untested programs that are developed without an evidence base; an inefficient use of resources; and added cost and administrative inefficiencies. RAND researchers developed a potential model and tools to support a centralized, systematic, and ongoing process to help in making decisions around continued program support, and by which expansion can be facilitated. This report includes two tools. The first is a Program Abstraction Form, which collects relevant background information from programs and asks explicitly about program effectiveness and the design of the program evaluation used to assess program effectiveness, as a poor evaluation design may lead to incorrect conclusions about the effectiveness of the program. The second is the RAND Program Expansion Tool, which provides a standardized summary of the quality and outcome of a program evaluation. The focus of these tools is on decisionmaking around program expansion, and does not preclude or address initial funding decisions of particularly promising new programs that may not yet have a solid evidence base
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury , "RR-487/3-OSD."--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper , "Glossary": pages xv-xvi , "Approved for public release; distribution unlimited , "National Defense Research Institute , "RAND Corporation research report series."--Web page (PDF) , Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-70)
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    Measuring success in health care value-based purchasing programs : summary and recommendations (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780833083951 , 0833085514 , 0833083953 , 9780833085511
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 54 pages)
    Serie: Research report RR-308/1-ASPE
    Paralleltitel: Print version Damberg, Cheryl Measuring success in health care value-based purchasing programs
    Schlagwort(e): Health care reform ; Medicare ; Health services administration ; Purchasing Management ; Medical care Purchasing ; Government purchasing ; Health care reform ; Medicare ; Health services administration ; Purchasing ; Medical care ; Government purchasing ; Health Services Administration ; Value-Based Purchasing ; Delivery of Health Care ; Health Care Reform ; Medicare ; Government purchasing ; Health care reform ; Health services administration ; Medicare ; Purchasing ; Management ; United States ; United States
    Kurzfassung: Value-based purchasing (VBP) refers to a broad set of performance-based payment strategies that link financial incentives to health care providers' performance on a set of defined measures in an effort to achieve better value. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is advancing the implementation of VBP across an array of health care settings in the Medicare program in response to requirements in the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and policymakers are grappling with many decisions about how best to design and implement VBP programs so that they are successful in achieving stated goals. This report summarizes the current state of knowledge about VBP programs, focusing on pay-for-performance programs, accountable care organizations, and bundled payment programs. The authors discuss VBP program goals and what constitutes success; the evidence on the impact of these programs; factors that characterize high- and low-performing providers in VBP programs; the measures, incentive structures, and benchmarks used by VBP programs; evidence on spillover effects and unintended consequences; and gaps in the knowledge base. The report concludes with a set of recommendations for the design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of VBP programs and a discussion of HHS's efforts in this regard
    Kurzfassung: Value-based purchasing (VBP) refers to a broad set of performance-based payment strategies that link financial incentives to health care providers' performance on a set of defined measures in an effort to achieve better value. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is advancing the implementation of VBP across an array of health care settings in the Medicare program in response to requirements in the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and policymakers are grappling with many decisions about how best to design and implement VBP programs so that they are successful in achieving stated goals. This report summarizes the current state of knowledge about VBP programs, focusing on pay-for-performance programs, accountable care organizations, and bundled payment programs. The authors discuss VBP program goals and what constitutes success; the evidence on the impact of these programs; factors that characterize high- and low-performing providers in VBP programs; the measures, incentive structures, and benchmarks used by VBP programs; evidence on spillover effects and unintended consequences; and gaps in the knowledge base. The report concludes with a set of recommendations for the design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of VBP programs and a discussion of HHS's efforts in this regard
    Anmerkung: "Sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services."--Title page verso , "RAND Health , "RAND Corporation research report series."--Web page (PDF) , "RR-306/1-ASPE."--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper , Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-54)
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    A program manager's guide for program improvement in ongoing psychological health and traumatic brain injury programs (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780833080523 , 0833084844 , 0833080520 , 9780833084842
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 42 pages)
    Serie: RAND toolkit v.4
    Paralleltitel: Print version Ryan, Gery W Program manager's guide for program improvement in ongoing psychological health and traumatic brain injury programs
    Schlagwort(e): Medical care Evaluation ; Health services administration ; Quality assurance Management ; Mental health services Evaluation ; Medical care ; Health services administration ; Quality assurance ; Mental health services ; Brain Wounds and injuries ; Treatment ; Evaluation ; Brain ; Post-traumatic stress disorder ; Soldiers Mental health services ; Veterans Mental health services ; Depression, Mental ; Brain Injuries therapy ; Program Evaluation ; Mental Health Services ; Quality Improvement ; Post-traumatic stress disorder ; Veterans ; Mental health services ; Depression, Mental ; United States ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Psychopathology ; Depression ; Brain ; Wounds and injuries ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Between 2001 and 2011, the U.S. Department of Defense has implemented numerous programs to support service members and their families in coping with the stressors from a decade of the longstanding conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. These programs, which address both psychological health and traumatic brain injury (TBI), number in the hundreds and vary in their size, scope, and target population. To ensure that resources are wisely invested and maximize the benefits of such programs, RAND developed a tool to help assess program performance, consider options for improvement, implement solutions, then assess whether the changes worked, with the intention of helping those responsible for managing or implementing programs to conduct assessments of how well the program is performing and to implement solutions for improving performance. Specifically, the tool is intended to provide practical guidance in program improvement and continuous quality improvement for all programs
    Kurzfassung: Between 2001 and 2011, the U.S. Department of Defense has implemented numerous programs to support service members and their families in coping with the stressors from a decade of the longstanding conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. These programs, which address both psychological health and traumatic brain injury (TBI), number in the hundreds and vary in their size, scope, and target population. To ensure that resources are wisely invested and maximize the benefits of such programs, RAND developed a tool to help assess program performance, consider options for improvement, implement solutions, then assess whether the changes worked, with the intention of helping those responsible for managing or implementing programs to conduct assessments of how well the program is performing and to implement solutions for improving performance. Specifically, the tool is intended to provide practical guidance in program improvement and continuous quality improvement for all programs
    Anmerkung: "National Defense Research Institute , "Approved for public release; distribution unlimited , "RAND Corporation research report series."--Web page (PDF) , "RR-487/4-OSD."--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury , Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-42)
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    Measuring deeper learning through cognitively demanding test items : results from the analysis of six national and international exams (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780833085528 , 0833085522
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 97 pages)
    Serie: Research report
    Schlagwort(e): Problem solving Evaluation ; Written communication Evaluation ; Achievement tests ; Critical thinking Evaluation ; Problem solving ; Written communication ; Achievement tests ; Critical thinking ; Critical thinking ; Evaluation ; Written communication ; Evaluation ; United States ; Achievement tests ; Electronic books
    Anmerkung: "Sponsored by the William and Flora Hewlitt Foundation , Includes bibliographical references
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    How effective is correctional education, and where do we go from here? : the results of a comprehensive evaluation (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833084934 , 0833085298 , 0833084933 , 9780833085290
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvii, 124 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation research report series RR-564-BJA
    Paralleltitel: Print version How effective is correctional education, and where do we go from here?
    Schlagwort(e): Educational evaluation ; Prisoners Education ; Evaluation ; Juvenile delinquents Education ; Evaluation ; Educational evaluation ; Prisoners ; Juvenile delinquents ; EDUCATION ; Evaluation & Assessment ; Prisoners ; Education ; Evaluation ; Educational evaluation ; Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency ; Juvenile delinquents ; Education ; Evaluation ; United States ; Social Sciences ; Social Welfare & Social Work ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Penology ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: "More than 2 million adults are incarcerated in U.S. prisons, and each year more than 700,000 leave federal and state prisons and return to communities. Unfortunately, within three years, 40 percent will be reincarcerated. One reason for this is that ex-offenders lack the knowledge, training, and skills to support a successful return to communities. Trying to reduce such high recidivism rates is partly why states devote resources to educating and training individuals in prison. This raises the question of how effective -- and cost-effective -- correctional education is: an even more salient question given the funding environment states face from the 2008 recession and its continuing aftermath. With funding from the Second Chance Act of 2007, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, asked RAND to help answer this question as part of a comprehensive examination of the current state of correctional education for incarcerated adults and juveniles. The RAND team conducted a systematic review of correctional education programs for incarcerated adults and juveniles. This included a meta-analysis on correctional education's effects on recidivism and postrelease employment outcomes for incarcerated adults, as well as a synthesis of evidence on programs for juveniles. The study also included a nationwide survey of state correctional education directors to understand how correctional education is provided today and the recession's impact. The authors also compared the direct costs of correctional education with those of reincarceration to put the recidivism findings into a broader context."--Provided by publisher
    Kurzfassung: "More than 2 million adults are incarcerated in U.S. prisons, and each year more than 700,000 leave federal and state prisons and return to communities. Unfortunately, within three years, 40 percent will be reincarcerated. One reason for this is that ex-offenders lack the knowledge, training, and skills to support a successful return to communities. Trying to reduce such high recidivism rates is partly why states devote resources to educating and training individuals in prison. This raises the question of how effective -- and cost-effective -- correctional education is: an even more salient question given the funding environment states face from the 2008 recession and its continuing aftermath. With funding from the Second Chance Act of 2007, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, asked RAND to help answer this question as part of a comprehensive examination of the current state of correctional education for incarcerated adults and juveniles. The RAND team conducted a systematic review of correctional education programs for incarcerated adults and juveniles. This included a meta-analysis on correctional education's effects on recidivism and postrelease employment outcomes for incarcerated adults, as well as a synthesis of evidence on programs for juveniles. The study also included a nationwide survey of state correctional education directors to understand how correctional education is provided today and the recession's impact. The authors also compared the direct costs of correctional education with those of reincarceration to put the recidivism findings into a broader context."--Provided by publisher
    Anmerkung: "RR-564-BJA."--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper , Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-124)
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    An operational architecture for improving Air Force command and control through enhanced agile combat support planning, execution, monitoring, and control processes (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780833090034 , 0833090038 , 9780833081407
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxi, 95 pages)
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Lynch, Kristin F Operational architecture for improving Air Force command and control through enhanced agile combat support planning, execution, monitoring, and control processes
    Schlagwort(e): United States Operational readiness ; United States ; Operational art (Military science) ; Command and control systems ; Operational art (Military science) ; Command and control systems ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Command and control systems ; United States ; Operational art (Military science) ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Military & Naval Science ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: This document presents an architecture that describes a TO-BE vision for integrating enhanced ACS processes into Air Force command and control (C2) as it is defined in Joint Publications. This architecture addresses the near-term--what C2 processes could be in the next 4-5 years using current Air Force assets. It first identifies C2 processes and the echelons of command responsible for executing those processes and then describes how enhanced ACS planning, execution, monitoring, and control processes to provide senior leaders with enterprise ACS capability and constraint information. We use this architecture to identify and describe where shortfalls or major gaps exist between current ACS processes (the AS-IS) and this vision for integrating enahcned ACS processes into Air Force C2 (the TO-BE)
    Kurzfassung: This document presents an architecture that describes a TO-BE vision for integrating enhanced ACS processes into Air Force command and control (C2) as it is defined in Joint Publications. This architecture addresses the near-term--what C2 processes could be in the next 4-5 years using current Air Force assets. It first identifies C2 processes and the echelons of command responsible for executing those processes and then describes how enhanced ACS planning, execution, monitoring, and control processes to provide senior leaders with enterprise ACS capability and constraint information. We use this architecture to identify and describe where shortfalls or major gaps exist between current ACS processes (the AS-IS) and this vision for integrating enahcned ACS processes into Air Force C2 (the TO-BE)
    Anmerkung: "RAND Project Air Force , "RR-261-AF"--Cover page 4 , "Research report , "Prepared for the United States Air Force ; approved for public release; distribution unlimited , Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-95)
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    Changing the Army's weapon training strategies to meet operational requirements more efficiently and effectively (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780833082619 , 083308996X , 0833082612 , 9780833089960
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 75 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation research report series RR-448-A
    Paralleltitel: Print version Crowley, James C., 1945- Changing the Army's weapon training strategies to meet operational requirements more efficiently and effectively
    Schlagwort(e): Military education ; Military weapons ; Soldiers Training of ; Military education ; Military weapons ; Soldiers ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; Military weapons ; Soldiers ; Training of ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Military Science - General ; Military education ; Military & Naval Science ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: "The ability of soldiers to engage the enemy effectively is fundamental to the operational success of the U.S. Army. As a result, the Army devotes considerable effort and resources to weapon training. The Army's current challenge is to adapt weapon training strategies to meet complex operational environments and changing unit readiness processes; take full advantage of training technologies; and, in an era of declining defense budgets, make weapon training strategies more efficient. This report documents the findings, conclusions, and implications of a two-year project supporting the Army's efforts to adapt its weapon training strategies and the processes through which they are developed. The potential of emerging technologies to make weapon training strategies more effective and efficient is also examined. The report outlines directions the Army could take to improve its weapon training strategies and the processes for adapting them. It concludes that improving the processes for adapting weapon training to new requirements can make them more effective and efficient, but that improvements should be made in the context of holistically improving the Army's training and leader development programs. In addition, while there are many potential benefits to increasing the use of technologies in weapon training strategies, there are many factors that act to limit the amount of improvement that must be considered before deciding on implementation."--Abstract on RAND home page
    Kurzfassung: "The ability of soldiers to engage the enemy effectively is fundamental to the operational success of the U.S. Army. As a result, the Army devotes considerable effort and resources to weapon training. The Army's current challenge is to adapt weapon training strategies to meet complex operational environments and changing unit readiness processes; take full advantage of training technologies; and, in an era of declining defense budgets, make weapon training strategies more efficient. This report documents the findings, conclusions, and implications of a two-year project supporting the Army's efforts to adapt its weapon training strategies and the processes through which they are developed. The potential of emerging technologies to make weapon training strategies more effective and efficient is also examined. The report outlines directions the Army could take to improve its weapon training strategies and the processes for adapting them. It concludes that improving the processes for adapting weapon training to new requirements can make them more effective and efficient, but that improvements should be made in the context of holistically improving the Army's training and leader development programs. In addition, while there are many potential benefits to increasing the use of technologies in weapon training strategies, there are many factors that act to limit the amount of improvement that must be considered before deciding on implementation."--Abstract on RAND home page
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for the United States Army , "RAND Arroyo Center , "Approved for public release; distribution unlimited , "RR-448-A"--Page 4 of cover , "The research described in this report was sponsored by the United States Army under Contract, No. W74V8H-06-C-0001"--Title page verso , Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-75)
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    Sourcing and global distribution of medical supplies (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780833085184 , 0833085182
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource
    Serie: Research report
    Schlagwort(e): Materials management Evaluation ; Materials management ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Infrastructure ; Armed Forces ; Medical care ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Medical supplies ; United States Armed Forces ; Medical care ; United States Armed Forces ; Medical supplies ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references
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    How will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act affect liability insurance costs? (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780833086235 , 0833086235
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Auerbach, David I. How Will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Affect Liability Insurance Costs?
    Schlagwort(e): United States ; United States ; Health insurance Costs ; Liability insurance Costs ; Health insurance ; Liability insurance ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Insurance ; Liability ; Health insurance ; Costs ; Liability insurance ; Costs ; United States ; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (United States) ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Insurance ; Risk Assessment & Management ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: "This report identifies potential mechanisms through which the Affordable Care Act (ACA) might affect liability claim costs and develops rough estimates of the size and direction of expected impacts as of 2016. Overall, effects of the ACA appear likely to be small relative to aggregate auto, workers' compensation, and medical malpractice insurer payouts, but some states and insurance lines may experience cost changes as high as 5 percent or more"--Publisher's description
    Kurzfassung: "This report identifies potential mechanisms through which the Affordable Care Act (ACA) might affect liability claim costs and develops rough estimates of the size and direction of expected impacts as of 2016. Overall, effects of the ACA appear likely to be small relative to aggregate auto, workers' compensation, and medical malpractice insurer payouts, but some states and insurance lines may experience cost changes as high as 5 percent or more"--Publisher's description
    Anmerkung: "RAND Institute for Civil Justice , Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 6, 2014)
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    Improving dementia long-term care : a policy blueprint (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833086686 , 0833086685 , 9780833086679 , 0833086669 , 9780833086303 , 0833086677 , 9780833086662
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 40 pages)
    Paralleltitel: Print version Shih, Regina A Improving dementia long-term care
    Schlagwort(e): Older people with disabilities Long-term care ; Chronically ill Long-term care ; Medical policy ; Older people with mental disabilities Long-term care ; Dementia Patients ; Long-term care ; Government policy ; Dementia Patients ; Long-term care ; Older people with disabilities ; Chronically ill ; Medical policy ; Older people with mental disabilities ; Dementia ; Dementia ; Quality Improvement ; Aged ; Dementia therapy ; Long-Term Care ; Electronic books ; MEDICAL ; Geriatrics ; Chronically ill ; Long-term care ; Dementia ; Patients ; Long-term care ; Medical policy ; Older people with disabilities ; Long-term care ; Psychiatry ; Health & Biological Sciences ; Psychiatric Disorders, Individual ; United States ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Social Security ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Social Services & Welfare ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: "In 2010, 15 percent of Americans older than age 70 had dementia, and the number of new dementia cases among those 65 and older is expected to double by the year 2050. As the baby boomer generation ages, many older adults will require dementia-related long-term services and supports (LTSS). This blueprint is the only national document to date that engages local, state, and national stakeholders to specifically focus on policy options at the intersection of dementia and LTSS. The authors undertook five major tasks that resulted in a prioritized list of policy options and research directions to help decisionmakers improve the dementia LTSS delivery system, workforce, and financing. These were to (1) identify weaknesses in the LTSS system that may be particularly severe for persons with dementia; (2) review national and state strategies addressing dementia or LTSS policy; (3) identify policy options from the perspective of a diverse group of stakeholders; (4) evaluate the policy options; and (5) prioritize policy options by impact and feasibility. Stakeholders identified 38 policy options. RAND researchers independently evaluated these options against prespecified criteria, settling on 25 priority options. These policy options can be summarized into five objectives for the dementia LTSS system: (1) increase public awareness of dementia to reduce stigma and promote earlier detection; (2) improve access to and use of LTSS; (3) promote high-quality, person- and caregiver-centered care; (4) provide better support for family caregivers of people with dementia; and (5) reduce the burden of dementia LTSS costs on individuals and families. This policy blueprint provides a foundation upon which to build consensus among a larger set of stakeholders to set priorities and the sequencing of policy recommendations"--
    Kurzfassung: "In 2010, 15 percent of Americans older than age 70 had dementia, and the number of new dementia cases among those 65 and older is expected to double by the year 2050. As the baby boomer generation ages, many older adults will require dementia-related long-term services and supports (LTSS). This blueprint is the only national document to date that engages local, state, and national stakeholders to specifically focus on policy options at the intersection of dementia and LTSS. The authors undertook five major tasks that resulted in a prioritized list of policy options and research directions to help decisionmakers improve the dementia LTSS delivery system, workforce, and financing. These were to (1) identify weaknesses in the LTSS system that may be particularly severe for persons with dementia; (2) review national and state strategies addressing dementia or LTSS policy; (3) identify policy options from the perspective of a diverse group of stakeholders; (4) evaluate the policy options; and (5) prioritize policy options by impact and feasibility. Stakeholders identified 38 policy options. RAND researchers independently evaluated these options against prespecified criteria, settling on 25 priority options. These policy options can be summarized into five objectives for the dementia LTSS system: (1) increase public awareness of dementia to reduce stigma and promote earlier detection; (2) improve access to and use of LTSS; (3) promote high-quality, person- and caregiver-centered care; (4) provide better support for family caregivers of people with dementia; and (5) reduce the burden of dementia LTSS costs on individuals and families. This policy blueprint provides a foundation upon which to build consensus among a larger set of stakeholders to set priorities and the sequencing of policy recommendations"--
    Anmerkung: "The research in this report was produced within RAND Health and RAND Labor and Population."--Title page verso , "This report results from the RAND Corporation's Investment in People and Ideas program."--Title page verso , Includes bibliographical references
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    Effects of military service on earnings and education revisited : variation by service duration, occupation, and civilian unemployment (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833086952 , 0833086952 , 9780833086273
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (88 pages)
    Schlagwort(e): Military discharge ; Soldiers Education, Non-military ; Military discharge ; Soldiers ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Salaries, etc ; Military discharge ; Soldiers ; Education, Non-military ; United States Armed Forces ; Pay, allowances, etc ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The overriding objective of U.S. military compensation policy is to attract and retain the force necessary to meet the nation's national security objectives. Whether and how military service affects earnings and an individual's likelihood of completing college (one determinant of future earnings) has implications for military policies related to compensation, recruiting, and retention. Estimating the effect of military service is complicated by the fact that veterans are likely to differ from nonveterans in ways that are correlated with subsequent economic outcomes but are not observable to the researcher. This report builds on earlier work to understand how military service affects earnings, especially how these effects differ by the number of years of service and their military occupational specialties while serving. The authors also sought to understand how external factors and policies affect these impacts. To do this, they examined how economic conditions in the civilian labor market when individuals exit active duty affect postservice earnings, and they studied the effect on earnings of an Army recruiting program, Partnership for Youth Success, designed to promote enlistment but with the potential to ease the financial transition from military to civilian life
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-88)
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    Strengthening coastal planning : how coastal regions could benefit from Louisiana's planning and analysis framework (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833085801 , 0833085808 , 9780833084552 , 0833085816 , 0833084550 , 9780833085818
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 44 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation research report series
    Paralleltitel: Print version Groves, David G Strengthening coastal planning
    Schlagwort(e): Coastal zone management ; Shore protection Planning ; Planning Technique ; Coastal engineering Planning ; Coastal zone management ; Shore protection ; Planning ; Coastal engineering ; Coastal zone management ; Planning ; Technique ; Shore protection ; Planning ; Sociology & Social History ; Social Sciences ; Communities - Urban Groups ; United States ; Louisiana ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Real Estate ; General ; NATURE ; Natural Disasters ; Electronic book
    Kurzfassung: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction; Forces at Work on the Louisiana Coast; A Modified River Runs Through It; Business as Usual Will Not Halt the Land Loss; The Risk of Coastal Flooding Is Rising; Economic and Social Implications of a Coast at Risk; Challenges in Creating a Master Plan; Diverse Range and Large Number of Possible Solutions; The Future Is Uncertain; A Diverse Region Seeking Different and Sometimes Conflicting Outcomes; Need for Coordination Across Jurisdictions.
    Kurzfassung: Determining How To Allocate Funds Across Project TypesStriking a Balance Between Near-Term and Long-Term Outcomes; Balancing Among Different Planning Objectives; Ensuring Robustness for the Uncertain Future; Louisiana's 2012 Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast; Next Steps for Louisiana; Chapter Four: Reducing Coastal Risk Through Integrated Planning; Growing Vulnerability of Coastal Regions; Costs of Coastal Flooding; Strengthening Coastal Resilience Requires a Comprehensive Planning Process; Coastal Risks Are Increasing, but in Uncertain Ways.
    Kurzfassung: Evolution of the Master Planning ProcessChapter Two: Analytical Support for the Development of Louisiana's 50-Year Comprehensive Plan; New Analytical Capabilities Informed the Planning Framework; Accounting for Deep Uncertainty Using Scenarios; Systems Models, CLARA, and Innovative Flood Risk Modeling; The Planning Tool and Innovative Decisionmaking; Supporting CPRA Decisionmaking with Analysis; Chapter Three: Using the Planning Tool to Support the Development of a Comprehensive Plan for Louisiana; Planning Tool Analysis Supported Deliberations; Comparing Projects on an Even Playing Field.
    Kurzfassung: This report highlights RAND's contributions to the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority's Master Plan. Its purpose is to help policymakers in other coastal regions understand the value of a solid technical foundation to support decisionmaking on strategies to reduce flood risk, rebuild or restore coastal environments, and increase the resilience of developed coastal regions
    Kurzfassung: There Are Many Different Types of Strategies to Consider to Reduce Risks and Restore Coastal LandscapesSolutions Will Be Implemented by Local, Regional, State, and Federal Agencies; Principles for Integrated Coastal Planning; Public Participation Is Essential Throughout the Planning Process; Technical Analysis Is Meant to Inform Deliberations and Value Judgments by Decisionmakers; A Sustainable Long-Term Strategy Must Be Robust and Adaptive; Building on Louisiana's Planning Experience; Appendix: A Brief Description of Robust Decision Making; References.
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references
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    Health and economic outcomes in the alumni of the Wounded Warrior Project, 2010-2012 (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833082589 , 0833082582 , 9780833082572 , 0833082574
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (1 PDF file (xx, 101 pages)))
    Serie: RAND Corporation research report series
    Paralleltitel: Print version Krull, Heather Health and Economic Outcomes in the Alumni of the Wounded Warrior Project : 2010-2012
    Schlagwort(e): Wounded Warrior Project ; Disabled veterans ; Veterans Mental health ; Veterans Health and hygiene ; Veterans Employment ; Disabled veterans Health and hygiene ; Disabled veterans Mental health ; Disabled veterans Economic conditions ; Disabled veterans ; Veterans ; Veterans ; Veterans ; Disabled veterans ; Disabled veterans ; Disabled veterans ; Veterans Health ; Military Personnel ; Disabled Persons rehabilitation ; Organizations, Nonprofit ; Rehabilitation economics ; Treatment Outcome ; HEALTH & FITNESS ; Diseases ; General ; MEDICAL ; Clinical Medicine ; MEDICAL ; Diseases ; MEDICAL ; Evidence-Based Medicine ; MEDICAL ; Internal Medicine ; LAW ; Labor & Employment ; Disabled veterans ; Veterans ; Employment ; Veterans ; Health and hygiene ; Veterans ; Mental health ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books ; Statistics
    Kurzfassung: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction and Background; Chapter Two: Survey Methodology; Chapter Three: Analysis and Results; Methodology; Ensure That Wounded Warriors Are Well-Adjusted in Mind and Spirit; Strategic Objective 1a: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Visiting Health Care Professionals to Get Help with Such Issues as Stress, Emotional, Alcohol, Drug, or Family Problems. Strategic Objective 1b: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Who Talk with Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans as a Resource or Tool to Help Cope with Feelings of Stress or Emotional or Mental Health ConcernsStrategic Objective 1d: Decrease the Percentage of Alumni Whose Emotional Problems Interfere with Work or Regular Activities; Strategic Objective 1e: Decrease the Percentage of Alumni Whose Military Experiences Were So Frightening, Horrible, or Upsetting That They Have Not Been Able to Escape from Memories or Effects of Them. Strategic Objective 1g: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Who Can Adapt When Change Occurs or Bounce Back After Illness, Injury, or HardshipDepression Risk Questionnaire; Summary; Ensure That Wounded Warriors Are Well-Adjusted in Body; Strategic Objective 2b: Decrease the Percentage of Alumni Whose Physical Health Problems Interfere with Work or Regular Activities; Strategic Objective 2e: Decrease the Percentage of Alumni Who Are Overweight or Obese; Summary; Ensure That Wounded Warriors Are Economically Empowered. Strategic Objective 3a: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Who Complete Associate's Degrees, Bachelor's Degrees, or HigherStrategic Objective 3b: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Who Complete Business, Technical, or Vocational School (Certificate or Diploma); Strategic Objective 3c: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Who Are Employed Full Time or Part Time or Self-Employed; Strategic Objective 3e: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Who Own Homes; Strategic Objective 3f: Reduce Alumni's Total Amount of Outstanding Debt, Excluding Mortgage, That Is Greater Than 20,000; Summary. Chapter Four: Comparisons with Related StudiesWounded Warrior Project Alumnus Characteristics; Strategic Objective 1a: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Visiting Health Care Professionals to Get Help with Such Issues as Stress, Emotional, Alcohol, Drug, or Family Problems; Strategic Objective 1e: Decrease the Percentage of Alumni Whose Military Experiences Were So Frightening, Horrible, or Upsetting That They Are Not Able to Escape from Memories or Effects of Them; Patient Health Questionnaire: Major Depressive Disorder. Strategic Objective 2b: Decrease the Percentage of Alumni Whose Physical Problems Interfere with Work or Regular Activities
    Kurzfassung: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction and Background; Chapter Two: Survey Methodology; Chapter Three: Analysis and Results; Methodology; Ensure That Wounded Warriors Are Well-Adjusted in Mind and Spirit; Strategic Objective 1a: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Visiting Health Care Professionals to Get Help with Such Issues as Stress, Emotional, Alcohol, Drug, or Family Problems. Strategic Objective 1b: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Who Talk with Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans as a Resource or Tool to Help Cope with Feelings of Stress or Emotional or Mental Health ConcernsStrategic Objective 1d: Decrease the Percentage of Alumni Whose Emotional Problems Interfere with Work or Regular Activities; Strategic Objective 1e: Decrease the Percentage of Alumni Whose Military Experiences Were So Frightening, Horrible, or Upsetting That They Have Not Been Able to Escape from Memories or Effects of Them. Strategic Objective 1g: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Who Can Adapt When Change Occurs or Bounce Back After Illness, Injury, or HardshipDepression Risk Questionnaire; Summary; Ensure That Wounded Warriors Are Well-Adjusted in Body; Strategic Objective 2b: Decrease the Percentage of Alumni Whose Physical Health Problems Interfere with Work or Regular Activities; Strategic Objective 2e: Decrease the Percentage of Alumni Who Are Overweight or Obese; Summary; Ensure That Wounded Warriors Are Economically Empowered. Strategic Objective 3a: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Who Complete Associate's Degrees, Bachelor's Degrees, or HigherStrategic Objective 3b: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Who Complete Business, Technical, or Vocational School (Certificate or Diploma); Strategic Objective 3c: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Who Are Employed Full Time or Part Time or Self-Employed; Strategic Objective 3e: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Who Own Homes; Strategic Objective 3f: Reduce Alumni's Total Amount of Outstanding Debt, Excluding Mortgage, That Is Greater Than 20,000; Summary. Chapter Four: Comparisons with Related StudiesWounded Warrior Project Alumnus Characteristics; Strategic Objective 1a: Increase the Percentage of Alumni Visiting Health Care Professionals to Get Help with Such Issues as Stress, Emotional, Alcohol, Drug, or Family Problems; Strategic Objective 1e: Decrease the Percentage of Alumni Whose Military Experiences Were So Frightening, Horrible, or Upsetting That They Are Not Able to Escape from Memories or Effects of Them; Patient Health Questionnaire: Major Depressive Disorder. Strategic Objective 2b: Decrease the Percentage of Alumni Whose Physical Problems Interfere with Work or Regular Activities
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    Promoting patient safety through effective health information technology risk management (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780833089786 , 0833089781
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource
    Serie: Research report
    DDC: 610.285
    Schlagwort(e): Data protection ; Medical care Information technology ; Medical records Access control ; Health services administration Information technology ; Management ; Data protection ; Medical care ; Medical records ; Health services administration ; Data protection ; Medical records ; Access control ; United States ; Electronic books
    Anmerkung: "Sponsored by the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology , Includes bibliographical references
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    The RAND online measure repository for evaluating psychological health and traumatic brain injury programs (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833059383 , 0833084852 , 0833059386 , 9780833084859
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 61 pages)
    Serie: RAND toolkit v. 2
    Serie: RAND Corporation research report series RR487z2
    Paralleltitel: Print version Acosta, Joie D RAND online measure repository for evaluating psychological health and traumatic brain injury programs
    Schlagwort(e): Medical care Evaluation ; Mental health services Evaluation ; Brain Wounds and injuries ; Treatment ; Evaluation ; Health services administration ; Psychodiagnostics ; Medical care ; Mental health services ; Brain ; Health services administration ; Psychodiagnostics ; Program Evaluation methods ; Mental Health Services ; Quality Improvement ; Brain Injuries therapy ; United States ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Psychopathology ; Depression ; Health services administration ; Medical care ; Evaluation ; Mental health services ; Evaluation ; Psychodiagnostics ; United States ; Electronic book
    Kurzfassung: Since 2001, U.S. military forces have been engaged in extended conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. While most military personnel cope well across the deployment cycle, the operational tempo may raise the risk of mental health problems, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depression, and consequences from traumatic brain injury (TBI). To support servicemembers and their families as they cope with these challenges, the U.S. Department of Defense has implemented numerous programs addressing biological, social, spiritual, and holistic influences on psychological health along the resilience, prevention, and treatment continuum that focus on a variety of clinical and nonclinical concerns. As these efforts have proliferated, evaluating their effectiveness has become increasingly important. To support the design and implementation of program evaluation, RAND developed the RAND Online Measure Repository (ROMR) which indexes and describes measures related to psychological health and TBI. The ROMR is a publicly accessible, online, searchable database containing 171 measures related to psychological health and TBI. This report describes the rationale for developing the ROMR, the content included in the ROMR, and its potential in both civilian and military populations. The ROMR includes information about measure domains, psychometrics, number of items, and costs, which can inform the selection of measures for program evaluations. Included measures address domains of primary importance to psychological health (PTSD, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and resiliency) and TBI (cognition, executive functioning, and memory). Also identified are measures relevant to military units, such as unit cohesion and force readiness and preservation
    Kurzfassung: Since 2001, U.S. military forces have been engaged in extended conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. While most military personnel cope well across the deployment cycle, the operational tempo may raise the risk of mental health problems, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depression, and consequences from traumatic brain injury (TBI). To support servicemembers and their families as they cope with these challenges, the U.S. Department of Defense has implemented numerous programs addressing biological, social, spiritual, and holistic influences on psychological health along the resilience, prevention, and treatment continuum that focus on a variety of clinical and nonclinical concerns. As these efforts have proliferated, evaluating their effectiveness has become increasingly important. To support the design and implementation of program evaluation, RAND developed the RAND Online Measure Repository (ROMR) which indexes and describes measures related to psychological health and TBI. The ROMR is a publicly accessible, online, searchable database containing 171 measures related to psychological health and TBI. This report describes the rationale for developing the ROMR, the content included in the ROMR, and its potential in both civilian and military populations. The ROMR includes information about measure domains, psychometrics, number of items, and costs, which can inform the selection of measures for program evaluations. Included measures address domains of primary importance to psychological health (PTSD, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and resiliency) and TBI (cognition, executive functioning, and memory). Also identified are measures relevant to military units, such as unit cohesion and force readiness and preservation
    Anmerkung: "Glossary": pages 55-56 , "RR-487/2-OSD."--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury , "RAND Corporation research report series."--Web page (PDF) , "Approved for public release; distribution unlimited , "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (page 61)
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    Identifying permanently disabled workers with disproportionate earnings losses for supplemental payments (2014)
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    Schlagwort(e): People with disabilities ; Income maintenance programs ; Supplemental security income program ; People with disabilities ; Income maintenance programs ; Supplemental security income program ; Supplemental security income program ; United States ; LAW ; Labor & Employment ; Income maintenance programs ; People with disabilities ; Electronic books
    Anmerkung: "Rand Center for Health and Safety in the Workplace , Includes bibliographical references
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    Hidden heroes : America's military caregivers (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780833085559 , 0833085557 , 9780833085580 , 0833085565 , 0833085581 , 9780833085566
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 258 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation research report series RR-499-TEDF
    Schlagwort(e): Veterans Health and hygiene ; Military social work ; Veterans Care ; Psychological aspects ; Veterans Mental health services ; Veterans Medical care ; Medicine, Military ; Caregivers Services for ; Psychology, Military ; Military nursing ; Veterans ; Military social work ; Veterans ; Veterans ; Veterans ; Medicine, Military ; Caregivers ; Psychology, Military ; Military nursing ; Veterans statistics & numerical data ; Disabled Persons rehabilitation ; Needs Assessment statistics & numerical data ; Social Support ; Socioeconomic Factors ; Caregivers statistics & numerical data ; Veterans ; Mental health services ; HEALTH & FITNESS ; Work-Related Health ; United States ; Caregivers ; Services for ; Medicine, Military ; Military nursing ; Military social work ; Psychology, Military ; Veterans ; Health and hygiene ; Veterans ; Medical care ; HISTORY ; United States ; State & Local ; General ; United States ; Electronic books ; Statistics
    Kurzfassung: "While much has been written about the role of caregiving for the elderly and chronically ill and for children with special needs, little is known about "military caregivers"--The population of those who care for wounded, ill, and injured military personnel and veterans. These caregivers play an essential role in caring for injured or wounded service members and veterans. This enables those for whom they are caring to live better quality lives, and can result in faster and improved rehabilitation and recovery. Yet playing this role can impose a substantial physical, emotional, and financial toll on caregivers. This report summarizes the results of a study designed to describe the magnitude of military caregiving in the United States today, as well as to identify gaps in the array of programs, policies, and initiatives designed to support military caregivers. Improving military caregivers' well-being and ensuring their continued ability to provide care will require multifaceted approaches to reducing the current burdens caregiving may impose, and bolstering their ability to serve as caregivers more effectively. Given the systematic differences among military caregiver groups, it is also important that tailored approaches meet the unique needs and characteristics of post-9/11 caregivers."--Abstract
    Kurzfassung: "While much has been written about the role of caregiving for the elderly and chronically ill and for children with special needs, little is known about "military caregivers"--The population of those who care for wounded, ill, and injured military personnel and veterans. These caregivers play an essential role in caring for injured or wounded service members and veterans. This enables those for whom they are caring to live better quality lives, and can result in faster and improved rehabilitation and recovery. Yet playing this role can impose a substantial physical, emotional, and financial toll on caregivers. This report summarizes the results of a study designed to describe the magnitude of military caregiving in the United States today, as well as to identify gaps in the array of programs, policies, and initiatives designed to support military caregivers. Improving military caregivers' well-being and ensuring their continued ability to provide care will require multifaceted approaches to reducing the current burdens caregiving may impose, and bolstering their ability to serve as caregivers more effectively. Given the systematic differences among military caregiver groups, it is also important that tailored approaches meet the unique needs and characteristics of post-9/11 caregivers."--Abstract
    Kurzfassung: Introduction -- Critical Lifelines : The Role and Contributions of Military Caregivers -- Understanding and Addressing Caregiver Needs : the Risks and Consequences of Caregiving and Programs to Mitigate Them -- Evolving Needs : Sustaining Caregiver and Care Recipient Well-Being Now and in the Future -- Closing Gaps : Conclusions and Recommendations -- Appendices : A. Survey Methods ; B. Survey Analysis ; C. Enumeration of Military Caregivers -D. Environmental Scan Methods -- E. Environmental Scan Organizational Characteristics -- F. Federal and State Policies and Programs to Support Military Caregivers -- G. Programs and Organizations Excluded from the Environmental Scan -- H. Military Support Programs and Organizations Included in the Environmental Scan
    Anmerkung: "RR-499-TEDF"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-258)
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    Final report : evaluation of tools and metrics to support employer selection of health plans (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780833082411 , 0833086073 , 0833082418 , 9780833086075
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 72 pages)
    Ausgabe: Final report
    Serie: Rand corporation research report series
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Mattke, Soeren. Final Report Evaluation of Tools and Metrics to Support Employer Selection of Health Plans
    Schlagwort(e): Health planning ; Employer-sponsored health insurance ; Health planning ; Employer-sponsored health insurance ; MEDICAL ; Preventive Medicine ; Employer-sponsored health insurance ; Health planning ; United States ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Insurance ; Risk Assessment & Management ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) places strong emphasis on quality of care as a means to improve outcomes for Americans and promote the financial sustainability of our health care system. Included in the ACA are new disclosure requirements that require health plans to provide a summary of benefits and coverage that accurately describes the benefits under the plan or coverage. These requirements are intended to support employers' procurement of high-value health coverage for their employees. This report attempts to help employers understand the structural differences between health plans and the performance dimensions along which plans can differ, as well as to educate employers about available tools that can be used to evaluate plan options. The report also discusses the extent to which these and other tools or resources are used by employers to inform choices between health plans
    Kurzfassung: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) places strong emphasis on quality of care as a means to improve outcomes for Americans and promote the financial sustainability of our health care system. Included in the ACA are new disclosure requirements that require health plans to provide a summary of benefits and coverage that accurately describes the benefits under the plan or coverage. These requirements are intended to support employers' procurement of high-value health coverage for their employees. This report attempts to help employers understand the structural differences between health plans and the performance dimensions along which plans can differ, as well as to educate employers about available tools that can be used to evaluate plan options. The report also discusses the extent to which these and other tools or resources are used by employers to inform choices between health plans
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    Preparing principals to raise student achievement : implementation and effects of the New Leaders program in ten districts (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833086402 , 0833086979 , 0833086405 , 9780833086976
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxix, 118 pages)
    Paralleltitel: Print version Gates, Susan M., 1968- Preparing principals to raise student achievement
    Schlagwort(e): Educational leadership Case studies ; School principals Case studies Training of ; Education, Urban Case studies ; School management and organization Case studies ; Educational leadership ; School principals ; Education, Urban ; School management and organization ; United States ; School management and organization ; Case studies ; School principals ; Training of ; Education, Urban ; Theory & Practice of Education ; Education ; EDUCATION ; Teaching Methods & Materials ; Arts & Humanities ; Educational leadership ; Social Sciences ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: New Leaders is a nonprofit organization with a mission to ensure high academic achievement for all students by developing outstanding school leaders to serve in urban schools. Its premise is that a combination of preparation and improved working conditions for principals, especially greater autonomy, would lead to improved student outcomes. Its approach involves both preparing principals and partnering with school districts and charter management organizations (CMOs) to improve the conditions in which its highly trained principals work. As part of the partnerships, New Leaders agrees to provide carefully selected and trained principals who can be placed in schools that need principals and to provide coaching and other support after those principals are placed. The districts and CMOs agree to establish working conditions that support, rather than hinder, the principals' efforts to improve student outcomes. This report describes how the New Leaders program was implemented in partner districts, and it provides evidence of the effect that New Leaders has on student achievement
    Kurzfassung: New Leaders is a nonprofit organization with a mission to ensure high academic achievement for all students by developing outstanding school leaders to serve in urban schools. Its premise is that a combination of preparation and improved working conditions for principals, especially greater autonomy, would lead to improved student outcomes. Its approach involves both preparing principals and partnering with school districts and charter management organizations (CMOs) to improve the conditions in which its highly trained principals work. As part of the partnerships, New Leaders agrees to provide carefully selected and trained principals who can be placed in schools that need principals and to provide coaching and other support after those principals are placed. The districts and CMOs agree to establish working conditions that support, rather than hinder, the principals' efforts to improve student outcomes. This report describes how the New Leaders program was implemented in partner districts, and it provides evidence of the effect that New Leaders has on student achievement
    Anmerkung: "Sponsored by New Leaders , "RR-507-NL"--Page 4 of cover , "RAND Education , Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-118)
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    The Deployment Life Study : methodological overview and baseline sample description (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833079923 , 0833086766 , 0833079921 , 9780833086761
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 82 pages)
    Paralleltitel: Print version Tanielian, Terri L Deployment Life Study
    Schlagwort(e): Families of military personnel Longitudinal studies ; Families of military personnel Research ; Families of military personnel ; Families of military personnel ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; Longitudinal studies ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Families of military personnel ; Military & Naval Science ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: In the past decade, U.S. military families have experienced extreme stress, as U.S. soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines have experienced extended and repeated deployments. As a result, U.S. policymakers and Department of Defense leadership have placed an emphasis on family readiness for deployment and other military-related stressors. However, family readiness is not a well-understood construct. The Deployment Life Study was designed to provide a deeper understanding of family readiness and to address the sources of readiness among military families. It is a longitudinal study of military families over the course of a full deployment cycle--predeployment, during deployment, and postdeployment. Over the course of three years, the study will follow 2,724 families from each service and component, interviewing service members, their spouses, and one child between the ages of 11 and 17 in each family (if applicable) every four months. Baseline data are weighted to be representative of married service members who were eligible to deploy sometime between June 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012. This report describes the Deployment Life Study theoretical model; the content of the baseline assessment; the design and procedures associated with data collection, sampling and recruiting procedures; and the baseline sample of military families
    Kurzfassung: In the past decade, U.S. military families have experienced extreme stress, as U.S. soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines have experienced extended and repeated deployments. As a result, U.S. policymakers and Department of Defense leadership have placed an emphasis on family readiness for deployment and other military-related stressors. However, family readiness is not a well-understood construct. The Deployment Life Study was designed to provide a deeper understanding of family readiness and to address the sources of readiness among military families. It is a longitudinal study of military families over the course of a full deployment cycle--predeployment, during deployment, and postdeployment. Over the course of three years, the study will follow 2,724 families from each service and component, interviewing service members, their spouses, and one child between the ages of 11 and 17 in each family (if applicable) every four months. Baseline data are weighted to be representative of married service members who were eligible to deploy sometime between June 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012. This report describes the Deployment Life Study theoretical model; the content of the baseline assessment; the design and procedures associated with data collection, sampling and recruiting procedures; and the baseline sample of military families
    Anmerkung: "RAND Arroyo Center and National Defense Research Institute , "RR-209-A/OSD"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references
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    Implementation actions for improving Air Force command and control through enhanced agile combat support planning, execution, monitoring, and control processes (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833090041 , 0833090046
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 58 pages)
    Serie: Technical report RR-259-AF
    Paralleltitel: Print version Lynch, Kristin F Implementation actions for improving Air Force command and control through enhanced agile combat support planning, execution, monitoring, and control processes
    Schlagwort(e): United States Operational readiness ; United States ; Military planning ; Command and control systems ; Military planning ; Command and control systems ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Command and control systems ; Military planning ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: "The focus of this analysis is on how enhanced ACS processes can be implemented and integrated into the Air Force and Joint command and control (C2) enterprise. Using the vision for enhanced C2 provided in the updated architecture developed as a companion piece to this analysis, we identify and describe where shortfalls or major gaps exist between current ACS processes (the AS-IS) and the vision for integrating enhanced ACS processes into Air Force C2 (the TO-BE). We evaluate C2 nodes from the level of the President and Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) to the units and sources of supply. We also evaluate these nodes across the operational phases, from readiness preparation through planning, deployment, employment, sustainment, and reconstitution."--Provided by publisher
    Kurzfassung: "The focus of this analysis is on how enhanced ACS processes can be implemented and integrated into the Air Force and Joint command and control (C2) enterprise. Using the vision for enhanced C2 provided in the updated architecture developed as a companion piece to this analysis, we identify and describe where shortfalls or major gaps exist between current ACS processes (the AS-IS) and the vision for integrating enhanced ACS processes into Air Force C2 (the TO-BE). We evaluate C2 nodes from the level of the President and Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) to the units and sources of supply. We also evaluate these nodes across the operational phases, from readiness preparation through planning, deployment, employment, sustainment, and reconstitution."--Provided by publisher
    Anmerkung: "Contract no. FA7014-06-C-0001."--Title page verso , "RR-259-AF"--Cover page 4 , "Research report , "Prepared for the United States Air Force, approved for public release; distribution unlimited"--Title page , Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-58)
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    Improving demographic diversity in the U.S. Air Force officer corps (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833084286 , 0833086960 , 0833084283 , 9780833086969
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 70 pages)
    Serie: Project Air Force report
    Serie: RAND Corporation Research report series
    Paralleltitel: Print version Lim, Nelson Improving demographic diversity in the U.S. Air Force officer corps
    Schlagwort(e): United States Officers ; United States ; Diversity in the workplace ; Diversity in the workplace ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Air Forces ; Armed Forces ; Officers ; Diversity in the workplace ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: "Despite the Air Force's efforts to create a force that mirrors the racial, ethnic, and gender differences of the nation's population, minority groups and women are underrepresented in the active-duty line officer population, especially at senior levels (i.e., colonel and above). This report examines the reasons for this, with the goal of identifying potential policy responses. The authors analyzed data from multiple sources on Air Force eligibility, youths' intention to serve, accessions, retention, and promotion. A key finding is that African Americans and Hispanics are underrepresented in the Air Force compared with the nation's population mainly because they meet Air Force officer eligibility requirements at lower rates (e.g., they are much less likely than whites to have a college degree). Another reason for lower representation of minorities and women among senior leaders is that, once in the military, women and minorities are less likely to choose career fields that give them the highest potential to become senior leaders. In addition, female officers have lower retention rates than male officers, and the reasons for this are not clear. Finally, the authors comprehensively examined the Air Force promotion system and found no evidence to suggest it treats women and minorities differently than white men with similar records. The authors recommend that the Air Force should seek comparable quality across ethnic/minority groups in the accession processes, since competitiveness even at this stage is a predictor of promotion success. More racial/ethnic minorities and women who are cadets and officers should be in rated career fields, which have the highest promotion rates to the senior ranks."--Publisher's website
    Kurzfassung: "Despite the Air Force's efforts to create a force that mirrors the racial, ethnic, and gender differences of the nation's population, minority groups and women are underrepresented in the active-duty line officer population, especially at senior levels (i.e., colonel and above). This report examines the reasons for this, with the goal of identifying potential policy responses. The authors analyzed data from multiple sources on Air Force eligibility, youths' intention to serve, accessions, retention, and promotion. A key finding is that African Americans and Hispanics are underrepresented in the Air Force compared with the nation's population mainly because they meet Air Force officer eligibility requirements at lower rates (e.g., they are much less likely than whites to have a college degree). Another reason for lower representation of minorities and women among senior leaders is that, once in the military, women and minorities are less likely to choose career fields that give them the highest potential to become senior leaders. In addition, female officers have lower retention rates than male officers, and the reasons for this are not clear. Finally, the authors comprehensively examined the Air Force promotion system and found no evidence to suggest it treats women and minorities differently than white men with similar records. The authors recommend that the Air Force should seek comparable quality across ethnic/minority groups in the accession processes, since competitiveness even at this stage is a predictor of promotion success. More racial/ethnic minorities and women who are cadets and officers should be in rated career fields, which have the highest promotion rates to the senior ranks."--Publisher's website
    Anmerkung: "RR-495-AF"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 68-70)
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    Preparing principals to raise student achievement : implementation and effects of the New Leaders program in ten districts : appendix (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833086990 , 0833086995
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 155 pages)
    Paralleltitel: Print version Gates, Susan M., 1968- Preparing principals to raise student achievement
    Schlagwort(e): School management and organization Case studies ; Educational leadership Case studies ; Education, Urban Case studies ; School principals Case studies Training of ; School management and organization ; Educational leadership ; Education, Urban ; School principals ; United States ; School principals ; Training of ; Educational leadership ; Case studies ; Education, Urban ; School management and organization ; EDUCATION ; Teaching Methods & Materials ; Arts & Humanities ; Electronic book
    Anmerkung: "Sponsored by New Leaders , Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-155)
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    The association between base-area social and economic characteristics and airmen's outcomes (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833078599 , 0833085190 , 0833078593 , 9780833085191
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 168 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation research report series RR-132-AF
    Paralleltitel: Print version Meadows, Sarah O. (Sarah Opal), 1978- Association between base-area social and economic characteristics and airmen's outcomes
    Schlagwort(e): Quality of life Statistics ; Social indicators ; Airmen Social conditions 21st century ; Neighborhoods Social aspects ; Quality of life ; Social indicators ; Airmen ; Neighborhoods ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; HEALTH & FITNESS ; Work-Related Health ; United States ; Statistics ; Neighborhoods ; Social aspects ; Quality of life ; Social indicators ; Military & Naval Science ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: To help Air Force Services tailor support for Airmen and their families through analyses of the relevance of neighborhood, or area, characteristics of major Air Force installations located within the United States, researchers applied established social indicators and neighborhood methodology to identify which areas may have greater need for Air Force resources. This document reports the results of that analysis. It examines whether and how base-area characteristics are associated with individual-level Airman outcomes across several different domains. The objective is to help the Air Force identify communities where Airmen and their families may have greater levels of need so that it can adapt programs or resources to counteract stressors related to the base areas and the lack of nonmilitary resources in the area. Using census and personnel data, the authors created a set of area profiles that make up the RAND Base Area Social and Economic Index, or RAND BASE-I, measuring aspects of household composition, employment, income and poverty, housing, social, and transportation of area residents (both military and civilian). These factors are outside of Air Force control; however, Air Force Services may be able to help offset potential negative impacts of community characteristics on Airmen and their families. Using existing Air Force survey data, the authors then assessed whether these base-area characteristics were associated with Airmen's outcomes related to health and well-being, military and neighborhood cohesion, ratings of neighborhood resources, use of on-base resources, satisfaction, and career intentions. The analysis also tested whether Airmen who live off base and commute to work may be more exposed to social and economic conditions in the larger base area than Airmen who primarily live and work on base
    Kurzfassung: To help Air Force Services tailor support for Airmen and their families through analyses of the relevance of neighborhood, or area, characteristics of major Air Force installations located within the United States, researchers applied established social indicators and neighborhood methodology to identify which areas may have greater need for Air Force resources. This document reports the results of that analysis. It examines whether and how base-area characteristics are associated with individual-level Airman outcomes across several different domains. The objective is to help the Air Force identify communities where Airmen and their families may have greater levels of need so that it can adapt programs or resources to counteract stressors related to the base areas and the lack of nonmilitary resources in the area. Using census and personnel data, the authors created a set of area profiles that make up the RAND Base Area Social and Economic Index, or RAND BASE-I, measuring aspects of household composition, employment, income and poverty, housing, social, and transportation of area residents (both military and civilian). These factors are outside of Air Force control; however, Air Force Services may be able to help offset potential negative impacts of community characteristics on Airmen and their families. Using existing Air Force survey data, the authors then assessed whether these base-area characteristics were associated with Airmen's outcomes related to health and well-being, military and neighborhood cohesion, ratings of neighborhood resources, use of on-base resources, satisfaction, and career intentions. The analysis also tested whether Airmen who live off base and commute to work may be more exposed to social and economic conditions in the larger base area than Airmen who primarily live and work on base
    Anmerkung: "RR-132-AF"--Back cover , "RAND Project Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-168)
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    An evaluation of the implementation and perceived utility of the Airman Resilience Training Program (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833086280 , 0833087134 , 0833086286 , 9780833087133
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 83 pages)
    Serie: Research report
    Paralleltitel: Print version Evaluation of the implementation and perceived utility of the Airman Resilience Training Program
    Schlagwort(e): United States Airmen ; United States ; Military education ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Military art and science ; Military education ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Military art and science ; Military education ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air Forces ; United States ; MEDICAL ; Preventive Medicine ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Airmen ; Military art and science ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: "Since 2001, the U.S. military has been functioning at an operational tempo that is historically high for the all-volunteer force in which service members are deploying for extended periods on a repeated basis. Even with the drawdown of troops from Iraq in 2011, some service members are returning from deployment experiencing difficulties handling stress, mental health problems, or deficits caused by a traumatic brain injury (TBI). In response to these challenges, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has implemented numerous programs to support service members and their families in these areas. In 2009, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute to develop a comprehensive catalog of existing programs sponsored or funded by DoD to support psychological health and care for TBI, to create tools to support ongoing assessment and evaluation of the DoD portfolio of programs, and to conduct evaluations of a subset of these programs. This report describes RAND's assessment of an Air Force program, Airman Resilience Training (ART), a psychoeducational program designed to improve airmen's reactions to stress during and after deployment and to increase the use of mental health services when needed. ART was initiated in November 2010, replacing a previous program named Landing Gear, which had been in place since April 2008. The RAND study took place from August 2011 through November 2011. This report will be of particular interest to officials within the Air Force who are responsible for the psychological health and well-being of airmen, as well as to others within the military who are developing programs for service members to help them cope with stress while in combat situations and after returning from deployment."--"Abstract" on web page
    Kurzfassung: "Since 2001, the U.S. military has been functioning at an operational tempo that is historically high for the all-volunteer force in which service members are deploying for extended periods on a repeated basis. Even with the drawdown of troops from Iraq in 2011, some service members are returning from deployment experiencing difficulties handling stress, mental health problems, or deficits caused by a traumatic brain injury (TBI). In response to these challenges, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has implemented numerous programs to support service members and their families in these areas. In 2009, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute to develop a comprehensive catalog of existing programs sponsored or funded by DoD to support psychological health and care for TBI, to create tools to support ongoing assessment and evaluation of the DoD portfolio of programs, and to conduct evaluations of a subset of these programs. This report describes RAND's assessment of an Air Force program, Airman Resilience Training (ART), a psychoeducational program designed to improve airmen's reactions to stress during and after deployment and to increase the use of mental health services when needed. ART was initiated in November 2010, replacing a previous program named Landing Gear, which had been in place since April 2008. The RAND study took place from August 2011 through November 2011. This report will be of particular interest to officials within the Air Force who are responsible for the psychological health and well-being of airmen, as well as to others within the military who are developing programs for service members to help them cope with stress while in combat situations and after returning from deployment."--"Abstract" on web page
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , "National Defense Research Institute , "RR-655-OSD , Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-83)
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    Authorities and options for funding USSOCOM operations (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833085061 , 0833087150 , 0833085069 , 9780833087157
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 75 pages)
    Paralleltitel: Print version Loredo, Elvira N Authorities and options for funding USSOCOM operations
    Schlagwort(e): U.S. Special Operations Command Finance ; U.S. Special Operations Command ; Military planning ; Military planning ; United States ; Military policy ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; U.S. Special Operations Command ; Armies ; Finance ; HISTORY ; Military ; Strategy ; Military planning ; United States Military policy ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: This report examines mechanisms, sources, and inter-Service agreements for funding special operations forces (SOF) operations and provides recommendations to reduce the frequency and duration of disputes between the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM), the Military Departments, and Geographic Combatant Commands over their respective funding responsibilities for SOF, especially with respect to when Service Common (Major Force Program (MFP) 2) and SOF Peculiar (MFP 11) funds should be used. The Geographic Combatant Commanders, in accordance with guidance received from the President and Secretary of Defense, generate requests for unplanned activities and operations, sometimes in response to unanticipated events. Such events fall outside planned and programmed activities, creating validated operational support requirements that are unfunded and/or unbudgeted. Each time this occurs, it leads to prolonged negotiations to work out funding responsibility disputes among a variety of stakeholders to secure the funding necessary to execute the new requirement. SOCOM's Global SOF Network (GSN) envisions increased use of SOF, which would further increase the frequency of such disputes and could be hindered by current funding processes, motivating the research conducted to produce this report. If the President and Congress agree to expand the use of SOF as described by the GSN concept, it would be necessary to increase the flexibility of funding available for validated but unfunded operations. To increase the effectiveness of SOF, the Department of Defense needs funding solutions that are responsive to global events while enabling effective financial stewardship that satisfies the needs of all stakeholders
    Kurzfassung: This report examines mechanisms, sources, and inter-Service agreements for funding special operations forces (SOF) operations and provides recommendations to reduce the frequency and duration of disputes between the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM), the Military Departments, and Geographic Combatant Commands over their respective funding responsibilities for SOF, especially with respect to when Service Common (Major Force Program (MFP) 2) and SOF Peculiar (MFP 11) funds should be used. The Geographic Combatant Commanders, in accordance with guidance received from the President and Secretary of Defense, generate requests for unplanned activities and operations, sometimes in response to unanticipated events. Such events fall outside planned and programmed activities, creating validated operational support requirements that are unfunded and/or unbudgeted. Each time this occurs, it leads to prolonged negotiations to work out funding responsibility disputes among a variety of stakeholders to secure the funding necessary to execute the new requirement. SOCOM's Global SOF Network (GSN) envisions increased use of SOF, which would further increase the frequency of such disputes and could be hindered by current funding processes, motivating the research conducted to produce this report. If the President and Congress agree to expand the use of SOF as described by the GSN concept, it would be necessary to increase the flexibility of funding available for validated but unfunded operations. To increase the effectiveness of SOF, the Department of Defense needs funding solutions that are responsive to global events while enabling effective financial stewardship that satisfies the needs of all stakeholders
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for the U.S. Special Operations Command."' , "National Defense Research Institute , "RR-360-SOCOM"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-75)
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    How deployments affect the capacity and utilization of army treatment facilities (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833080455 , 0833090054 , 0833080458 , 9780833090058
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 66 pages)
    Serie: Research report RR-257-A
    Paralleltitel: Print version Resnick, Adam C How deployments affect the capacity and utilization of army treatment facilities
    Schlagwort(e): United States Medical care ; United States ; United States ; Deployment (Strategy) ; Health facilities Utilization ; Families of military personnel Medical care ; Deployment (Strategy) ; Health facilities ; Families of military personnel ; Health Manpower utilization ; Health Services utilization ; Health Facilities utilization ; Military Family ; Health Workforce statistics & numerical data ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; Health facilities ; Utilization ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Human Resources & Personnel Management ; Military & Naval Science ; Armed Forces ; Medical care ; Deployment (Strategy) ; United States ; United States ; Electronic book
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for the United States Army , "RR-257-A"--Page 4 of cover , At head of title: Arroyo Center , Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-66)
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    Adapting the Army's training and leader development programs for future challenges (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833076380 , 0833083236 , 0833076388 , 9780833083234
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxix, 118 pages)
    Serie: Technical report
    Paralleltitel: Print version Crowley, James C., 1945- Adapting the Army's training and leader development programs for future challenges
    Schlagwort(e): United States Officers ; Training of ; United States ; Command of troops Study and teaching ; Military education ; Leadership Study and teaching ; Command of troops ; Military education ; Leadership ; Command of troops ; Study and teaching ; Leadership ; Study and teaching ; Military education ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Training ; Armed Forces ; Officers ; Training of ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The Army's operational requirements have expanded since the start of the 21st century. Its forces must be prepared to react to a wide range of potential missions, ranging from peacekeeping to high-intensity conflict, and these complex preparation activities must be accomplished even while a significant proportion of its structure is deployed and operationally engaged. Complicating force preparation is the consideration that Army budgets are facing large reductions and efficiency is of increasing importance. This new environment generates a need for major changes to the Army's programs for training units and developing leaders. RAND Arroyo Center undertook research designed to support Army efforts in these areas by examining the Army's processes for managing its training and leader development programs. This examination concluded that current processes are not set up for making major, integrated changes across the range of training and leader development programs and that these processes need major change. Especially important is the lack of a true businesslike approach for making resource allocation decisions that achieve the best possible overall readiness benefit. Based on this examination, specific directions for improving training and leader development management processes are developed and presented. This report should be of interest to those involved in designing Army training and leader development strategies and those involved in the process of providing resources for their implementation
    Kurzfassung: The Army's operational requirements have expanded since the start of the 21st century. Its forces must be prepared to react to a wide range of potential missions, ranging from peacekeeping to high-intensity conflict, and these complex preparation activities must be accomplished even while a significant proportion of its structure is deployed and operationally engaged. Complicating force preparation is the consideration that Army budgets are facing large reductions and efficiency is of increasing importance. This new environment generates a need for major changes to the Army's programs for training units and developing leaders. RAND Arroyo Center undertook research designed to support Army efforts in these areas by examining the Army's processes for managing its training and leader development programs. This examination concluded that current processes are not set up for making major, integrated changes across the range of training and leader development programs and that these processes need major change. Especially important is the lack of a true businesslike approach for making resource allocation decisions that achieve the best possible overall readiness benefit. Based on this examination, specific directions for improving training and leader development management processes are developed and presented. This report should be of interest to those involved in designing Army training and leader development strategies and those involved in the process of providing resources for their implementation
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for the United States Army , "Arroyo Center , Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-118)
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    Supporting employers in the reserve operational forces era : are changes needed to reservists' employment rights legislation, policies, or programs? (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833080912 , 0833081977 , 0833080911 , 9780833081971
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 94 pages)
    Serie: Rand Corporation research report series RR-152-OSD
    Schlagwort(e): United States ; United States ; Leave of absence Law and legislation ; Veterans Employment ; Law and legislation ; Leave of absence ; Veterans ; Veterans ; Employment ; Law and legislation ; Law - U.S ; Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (United States) ; Law, Politics & Government ; Law - U.S. - General ; LAW ; Labor & Employment ; Leave of absence ; Law and legislation ; United States ; United States Armed Forces ; Reserves ; Legal status, laws, etc ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a U.S. Department of Defense office (DoD), asked the RAND Corporation to study the implications that using the Reserve Components (RCs) as an operational force can have for employers in view of employment rights protections for RC members. Specifically, ESGR wanted to know whether changes are needed to the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), 1994 legislation designed to prevent hiring discrimination and bolster job protection for members of the armed forces, including those of the RCs; ESGR support programs; or RC activation and deployment policies, given the increased mobilization of the National Guard and Reserve and the continuing need to balance the rights, duties, and obligations of employers, RC members, and RC members' families. The study involved the review and analysis of existing research and data related to USERRA and the effects on employers of employee absences more generally, an analysis of the 2011 DoD National Survey of Employers, focus groups with employers conducted in 2012, interviews with RC chiefs conducted in 2011, and a legal and legislative history review of USERRA. This report describes key findings from the analysis
    Kurzfassung: Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a U.S. Department of Defense office (DoD), asked the RAND Corporation to study the implications that using the Reserve Components (RCs) as an operational force can have for employers in view of employment rights protections for RC members. Specifically, ESGR wanted to know whether changes are needed to the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), 1994 legislation designed to prevent hiring discrimination and bolster job protection for members of the armed forces, including those of the RCs; ESGR support programs; or RC activation and deployment policies, given the increased mobilization of the National Guard and Reserve and the continuing need to balance the rights, duties, and obligations of employers, RC members, and RC members' families. The study involved the review and analysis of existing research and data related to USERRA and the effects on employers of employee absences more generally, an analysis of the 2011 DoD National Survey of Employers, focus groups with employers conducted in 2012, interviews with RC chiefs conducted in 2011, and a legal and legislative history review of USERRA. This report describes key findings from the analysis
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , "National Security Research Division , Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-94)
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    Brandishing cyberattack capabilities (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833080059 , 0833080059 , 9780833080042 , 0833080040
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource
    Serie: RAND Corporation research report series RR175
    Paralleltitel: Print version Libicki, Martin C Brandishing Cyberattack Capabilities
    Schlagwort(e): Deterrence (Strategy) ; Information warfare ; Cyberterrorism ; Deterrence (Strategy) ; Information warfare ; Cyberterrorism ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; Arms Control ; Cyberterrorism ; Deterrence (Strategy) ; Information warfare ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Deterrence is possible only when others have at least a good idea of possible U.S. military reprisals, but cyberattack capabilities resist such demonstration. This report explores ways they can be and under what circumstances, then goes on to examine the difficulties and the drawbacks. Such "brandishing" is no panacea and could even backfire if misinterpreted. Its success also relies on the strength of other elements of the deterrence posture
    Kurzfassung: Deterrence is possible only when others have at least a good idea of possible U.S. military reprisals, but cyberattack capabilities resist such demonstration. This report explores ways they can be and under what circumstances, then goes on to examine the difficulties and the drawbacks. Such "brandishing" is no panacea and could even backfire if misinterpreted. Its success also relies on the strength of other elements of the deterrence posture
    Anmerkung: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Includes bibliographical references
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    An assessment of the Army's Tactical Human Optimization, Rapid Rehabilitation and Reconditioning Program (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833078346 , 0833081187 , 0833078348 , 9780833081186
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 83 pages)
    Serie: Technical report TR-1309-A
    Paralleltitel: Print version Kelly, Terrence K Assessment of the Army's Tactical Human Optimization, Rapid Rehabilitation and Reconditioning Program
    Schlagwort(e): United States Physical training ; United States Physical training ; United States Medical care ; United States Rehabilitation ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; MEDICAL ; Health Policy ; Armed Forces ; Medical care ; Armed Forces ; Physical training ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armies ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Introduction -- Organization -- Personnel -- Leader Development and education -- Facilities, Materiel, and Training Assessment -- Implications for Doctrine and Policy -- Findings and recommendations -- Appendix A: USSOCOM Planning Template for Small and Large THOR3 Facilities -- Appendix B: USSOCOM Materiel requirements -- Appendix C: Cite Visits.
    Kurzfassung: In 2009, U.S. Special Operations Command provided U.S. Army Special Operations Command with funds to establish the Tactical Human Optimization, Rapid Rehabilitation and Reconditioning (THOR3) program, an investment reflecting "truth number 1" of special operations forces: "humans are more important than hardware." The goals of THOR3 are to increase the physical and mental capabilities of Army special forces, help these soldiers recover more rapidly from injuries sustained in combat or training, and help them stay healthy and able to contribute longer. The program differs from other Army fitness programs in several important ways, including its holistic approach to improving physical and mental performance, its focus on individual and unit needs, and its reliance on a professional staff of program coordinators, strength and conditioning coaches, physical therapists, dietitians, and cognitive enhancement specialists to deliver training and rehabilitation services that are on par with those provided to professional sports teams. U.S. Army Special Operations Command asked RAND Arroyo Center to determine whether THOR3 is effectively utilizing the resources provided and to identify opportunities for improvement in the program's planning and implementation, staffing (including hiring and retention), leader development and education, facility and equipment requirements, and ability to support participating personnel
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references
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    Workplace wellness programs study : final report (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833080738 , 0833081217 , 0833080733 , 9780833081216
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxi, 137 pages)
    Serie: Research report
    Paralleltitel: Print version Mattke, Soeren Workplace wellness programs study
    Schlagwort(e): Employee health promotion ; Occupational health services ; Health behavior ; Health promotion ; Industrial hygiene ; Employee health promotion ; Occupational health services ; Health behavior ; Health promotion ; Industrial hygiene ; Workplace ; Health Promotion ; Occupational Health Services ; Health Behavior ; Medicine ; Health & Biological Sciences ; Industrial Medicine ; United States ; Occupational health services ; MEDICAL ; Preventive Medicine ; Employee health promotion ; Health behavior ; Health promotion ; Industrial hygiene ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The report investigates the characteristics of workplace wellness programs, their prevalence, their impact on employee health and medical cost, facilitators of their success, and the role of incentives in such programs. The authors employ four data collection and analysis streams: a review of the scientific and trade literature, a national survey of employers, a longitudinal analysis of medical claims and wellness program data from a sample of employers, and five case studies of existing wellness programs in a diverse set of employers to gauge the effectiveness of wellness programs and employees' and employers' experiences
    Kurzfassung: The report investigates the characteristics of workplace wellness programs, their prevalence, their impact on employee health and medical cost, facilitators of their success, and the role of incentives in such programs. The authors employ four data collection and analysis streams: a review of the scientific and trade literature, a national survey of employers, a longitudinal analysis of medical claims and wellness program data from a sample of employers, and five case studies of existing wellness programs in a diverse set of employers to gauge the effectiveness of wellness programs and employees' and employers' experiences
    Anmerkung: "RAND Health , "RR-254-DOL"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references
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    Improving federal and Department of Defense use of service-disabled veteran-owned businesses (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833080974 , 083308478X , 0833080970 , 9780833084781
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 30 pages)
    Serie: Rand Corporation research report series RR-322-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Cox, Amy G Improving federal and Department of Defense use of service-disabled veteran-owned businesses
    Schlagwort(e): United States Rules and practice ; United States ; Business enterprises owned by veterans with disabilities Government policy ; Veteran-owned business enterprises Government policy ; Public contracts ; Business enterprises owned by veterans with disabilities ; Veteran-owned business enterprises ; Public contracts ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; Rules ; HISTORY ; Military ; Veterans ; Public contracts ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The report investigates the barriers that service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) may face when attempting to contract with the federal government and the Department of Defense. The government and DoD goals are to award 3 percent of prime-contract dollars to SDVOSBs but current contracting falls below that level. The authors assess the characteristics of service-disabled veterans that support successful business ownership and identify possible barriers to meeting the 3 percent goals
    Kurzfassung: The report investigates the barriers that service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) may face when attempting to contract with the federal government and the Department of Defense. The government and DoD goals are to award 3 percent of prime-contract dollars to SDVOSBs but current contracting falls below that level. The authors assess the characteristics of service-disabled veterans that support successful business ownership and identify possible barriers to meeting the 3 percent goals
    Anmerkung: "RAND National Security Research Division , Includes bibliographical references (pages 29-30)
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    A methodology for determining Air Force Education Requirements Board (AFERB) advanced academic degree (AAD) requirements (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833081292 , 0833084755 , 0833081292 , 9780833084750
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 39 pages)
    Serie: Research report
    Paralleltitel: Print version Terry, Tara L Methodology for determining Air Force Education Requirements Board (AFERB) advanced academic degree (AAD) requirements
    Schlagwort(e): United States Air Force Academy ; United States Officers ; Promotions ; United States Personnel management ; United States Officers ; Education (Higher) ; United States Air Force Academy ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Law, Politics & Government ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Human Resources & Personnel Management ; Armed Forces ; Officers ; Promotions ; Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; Air Forces ; Military & Naval Science ; United States Air Force Academy ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: United States Air Force career field managers (CFMs) annually predict the number of billet vacancies that will require an officer who holds an advanced academic degree (AAD), and submit these requirements to the Air Force Education Requirements Board to fill the projected vacancies. The process requires CFMs to predict specific vacancies three to five years before they occur, which can be difficult and produces inaccuracies that can lead to a shortfall of officers qualified to fill positions that require an AAD or to an oversupply of officers with AADs, which unnecessarily increases Air Force costs. This report examines the Air Force process for producing, allocating, and assigning officers with master's and doctorate degrees. The authors find that a relatively low percentage of officers with master's or doctorate degrees were matched to a billet that requires that degree and academic specialty in fiscal years 2000 through 2010. The authors provide a methodology for determining the required production level of officers who earn AADs, and this report serves as a user's guide for the modeling tools that illustrate the methodology
    Kurzfassung: United States Air Force career field managers (CFMs) annually predict the number of billet vacancies that will require an officer who holds an advanced academic degree (AAD), and submit these requirements to the Air Force Education Requirements Board to fill the projected vacancies. The process requires CFMs to predict specific vacancies three to five years before they occur, which can be difficult and produces inaccuracies that can lead to a shortfall of officers qualified to fill positions that require an AAD or to an oversupply of officers with AADs, which unnecessarily increases Air Force costs. This report examines the Air Force process for producing, allocating, and assigning officers with master's and doctorate degrees. The authors find that a relatively low percentage of officers with master's or doctorate degrees were matched to a billet that requires that degree and academic specialty in fiscal years 2000 through 2010. The authors provide a methodology for determining the required production level of officers who earn AADs, and this report serves as a user's guide for the modeling tools that illustrate the methodology
    Anmerkung: "RAND Project Air Force , "Prepared for the United States Air Force , "RR-332-AF"--Back cover , "This work was ... conducted within the Manpower, Personnel, and Training Program of RAND Project Air Force"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (page 39)
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    Does it cost more to train residents or to replace them? : a look at the costs and benefits of operating graduate medical education programs (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833082992 , 083308299X
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (1 PDF file (xix, 74 pages)))
    Serie: Research report
    DDC: 610.71173
    Schlagwort(e): Residents (Medicine) Training of ; Medical policy ; Medical colleges ; Residents (Medicine) ; Medical policy ; Medical colleges ; Medicare economics ; Hospitals, Teaching economics ; Internship and Residency economics ; Physicians, Primary Care economics ; Medical policy ; United States ; Medical colleges ; Residents (Medicine) ; Training of ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Medicare is the primary vehicle for federal support for physician residency training programs through its graduate medical education payments to teaching hospitals. One important factor influencing the decisions that a teaching hospital makes regarding graduate medical education (GME) program offerings is how the residency programs are likely to affect its financial performance. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is concerned that the increasing trend toward physician specialization is inconsistent with the needs of an efficient, high-quality, high-value health care delivery system for primary care physicians (MedPAC, 2010). MedPAC asked RAND to use available literature and data to summarize how the costs and benefits of operating residency training programs are likely to vary by specialty. The underlying policy question is whether Medicare support for residency training programs should be restructured to differentiate between programs that are less costly or self-sustaining and those that are more costly to the supporting institution
    Kurzfassung: Medicare is the primary vehicle for federal support for physician residency training programs through its graduate medical education payments to teaching hospitals. One important factor influencing the decisions that a teaching hospital makes regarding graduate medical education (GME) program offerings is how the residency programs are likely to affect its financial performance. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is concerned that the increasing trend toward physician specialization is inconsistent with the needs of an efficient, high-quality, high-value health care delivery system for primary care physicians (MedPAC, 2010). MedPAC asked RAND to use available literature and data to summarize how the costs and benefits of operating residency training programs are likely to vary by specialty. The underlying policy question is whether Medicare support for residency training programs should be restructured to differentiate between programs that are less costly or self-sustaining and those that are more costly to the supporting institution
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    Denying flight : strategic options for employing no-fly zones (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833081810 , 0833081829 , 0833081780 , 0833081837 , 0833081810 , 9780833081834 , 9780833081780 , 9780833081827
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Paralleltitel: Print version Mueller, Karl P Denying flight
    Schlagwort(e): Air power Case studies ; Air traffic rules, International ; Air warfare Case studies ; Air power ; Air traffic rules, International ; Air warfare ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Air power ; Air traffic rules, International ; Air warfare ; Military policy ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air Forces ; United States ; Case studies ; United States Military policy ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: In recent years, discussions about external military intervention in local conflicts have often included consideration of no-fly zones (NFZs) as a policy option. In the past two decades, the U.S. Air Force has participated in three contingencies involving NFZs over Bosnia, Iraq, and Libya, and NFZ proposals have been proffered for some time as an option for intervention in the Syrian civil war that would avoid placing Western troops on the ground. This paper provides a preliminary look at NFZs as a strategic approach in such situations. It evaluates the possible objectives of NFZs, including (1) preventing the use of airpower, (2) coercing adversaries, (3) preparing future battlefields, (4) weakening potential enemies, (5) political posturing, and (6) signaling or creating commitment, and discusses the potential utility and probable limitations of each
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references
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    Sea power and American interests in the western Pacific (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833078919 , 0833078917 , 9780833078902 , 0833078933 , 0833078909 , 0833078925 , 9780833078926 , 9780833078933
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 193 pages)
    Paralleltitel: Print version Gompert, David C Sea power and American interests in the western Pacific
    Schlagwort(e): Naval strategy ; Sea-power ; Geopolitics ; Sea-power ; Sea-power ; Naval strategy ; Sea-power ; Geopolitics ; Sea-power ; Sea-power ; Sea-power ; Strategic aspects of individual places ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Naval Science - General ; China ; Pacific Area ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Marine & Naval ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Geopolitics ; Naval strategy ; International relations ; China Strategic aspects ; United States Relations ; China Relations ; China ; United States ; China ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: China sees American sea power in East Asian waters as threatening to itself, its regional aspirations, and possibly its global access. So it is mounting a challenge with anti-ship missiles, submarines, and a growing fleet of its own. However, the United States will not relinquish its sea power, which it sees as needed to maintain its influence and stability, despite China's growing might, in this vital region. History shows that rivalries between established and rising sea powers tend to end badly, to wit: Britain versus Germany before World War I and the United States versus Japan before World War II. In this case, technology that enables the targeting of surface ships, especially aircraft carriers, favors the challenger, China. The United States can exploit technology more boldly than it has previously to make its sea power less vulnerable by relying more on submarines, drones, and smaller, elusive, widely distributed strike platforms. Yet, such a U.S. strategy could take decades and even then be vulnerable to Chinese cyber-war. Therefore, in parallel with making its sea power more survivable, the United States should propose an alternative to confrontation at sea: East Asian multilateral maritime-security cooperation, with China invited to join. While China might be wary that such a regional arrangement would be designed to contain and constrain it, the alternative of exclusion and isolation could induce China to join
    Kurzfassung: China sees American sea power in East Asian waters as threatening to itself, its regional aspirations, and possibly its global access. So it is mounting a challenge with anti-ship missiles, submarines, and a growing fleet of its own. However, the United States will not relinquish its sea power, which it sees as needed to maintain its influence and stability, despite China's growing might, in this vital region. History shows that rivalries between established and rising sea powers tend to end badly, to wit: Britain versus Germany before World War I and the United States versus Japan before World War II. In this case, technology that enables the targeting of surface ships, especially aircraft carriers, favors the challenger, China. The United States can exploit technology more boldly than it has previously to make its sea power less vulnerable by relying more on submarines, drones, and smaller, elusive, widely distributed strike platforms. Yet, such a U.S. strategy could take decades and even then be vulnerable to Chinese cyber-war. Therefore, in parallel with making its sea power more survivable, the United States should propose an alternative to confrontation at sea: East Asian multilateral maritime-security cooperation, with China invited to join. While China might be wary that such a regional arrangement would be designed to contain and constrain it, the alternative of exclusion and isolation could induce China to join
    Anmerkung: "Rand National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references
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    Workforce planning in the intelligence community : a retrospective (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833080783 , 0833083279 , 0833080784 , 9780833083272
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 76 pages)
    Serie: Rand Corporation research report series RR-114-ODNI
    Schlagwort(e): United States Personnel management ; United States Personnel management ; United States ; United States ; Intelligence service Personnel management ; Intelligence service ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Personnel management ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The U.S. intelligence community has a continuing and important role to play in providing the best intelligence and analytic insight possible to aid the nation's leaders in making decisions and taking action. Executing this role will require unprecedented collaboration and information sharing. The personnel throughout the intelligence agencies are essential to accomplishing these tasks. The intelligence community has made significant progress during the past decade in rebuilding its workforce and developing capabilities lost during the 1990s. As decisionmakers look ahead to a future most certainly defined by constrained budgets, it will be important to avoid repeating the post-Cold War drawdown experience and losing capability in a similar way because the consequences of such actions can be long lasting. This report chronicles intelligence community efforts over more than half a decade to improve community-wide workforce planning and management. It describes workforce planning tools that will help decisionmakers maintain a workforce capable of meeting the challenges that lie ahead, even as budgets decline. In addition, the community's collective efforts to take a more strategic approach to workforce planning point to a number of important considerations that serve as guideposts for the future: (1) rebuilding lost capability takes time, (2) resource flexibility is needed, (3) risk is an essential element in workforce planning, (4) systematic planning shores up requirements, and (5) the supply of military personnel is likely to decline. These lessons learned through an era of workforce rebuilding can inform resource decisions today and in the years to come
    Kurzfassung: The U.S. intelligence community has a continuing and important role to play in providing the best intelligence and analytic insight possible to aid the nation's leaders in making decisions and taking action. Executing this role will require unprecedented collaboration and information sharing. The personnel throughout the intelligence agencies are essential to accomplishing these tasks. The intelligence community has made significant progress during the past decade in rebuilding its workforce and developing capabilities lost during the 1990s. As decisionmakers look ahead to a future most certainly defined by constrained budgets, it will be important to avoid repeating the post-Cold War drawdown experience and losing capability in a similar way because the consequences of such actions can be long lasting. This report chronicles intelligence community efforts over more than half a decade to improve community-wide workforce planning and management. It describes workforce planning tools that will help decisionmakers maintain a workforce capable of meeting the challenges that lie ahead, even as budgets decline. In addition, the community's collective efforts to take a more strategic approach to workforce planning point to a number of important considerations that serve as guideposts for the future: (1) rebuilding lost capability takes time, (2) resource flexibility is needed, (3) risk is an essential element in workforce planning, (4) systematic planning shores up requirements, and (5) the supply of military personnel is likely to decline. These lessons learned through an era of workforce rebuilding can inform resource decisions today and in the years to come
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence , "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-76)
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    Commercial intratheater airlift : cost-effectiveness analysis of use in U.S. Central Command (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833078377 , 0833081209 , 0833078372 , 9780833081209
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 82 pages)
    Serie: Report TR-1313-AF
    Paralleltitel: Print version McGarvey, Ronald G Commercial intratheater airlift
    Schlagwort(e): United States ; United States ; Airlift, Military Costs ; Evaluation ; Airlift, Military ; United States ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Intratheater airlift delivers critical and time-sensitive supplies, such as blood products for transfusions or repair parts for vehicles, to deployed forces. Traditionally, military aircraft have provided this airlift. However, for various reasons, in recent years a number of commercial carriers have provided a significant amount of airlift within U.S. Central Command. But was this more cost-effective than using organic U.S. Air Force aircraft? To explore this question, the authors collected historical (2009) U.S. Central Command data and created models to identify the most cost-effective combination of commercial and organic airlift to perform the required movements. The calculations needed to address differences in fixed and marginal costs across alternatives as well as the effects of price elasticities of demand for commercial airlift providers. Model optimization runs showed a preference for U.S. Air Force-organic aircraft but suggested that commercial alternatives should be retained to supplement Air Force aircraft for a small fraction of movements. The authors further observed that U.S. Central Command planners could have benefitted from more sophisticated decision support tools to make daily intratheater cargo-aircraft allocation decisions
    Kurzfassung: Intratheater airlift delivers critical and time-sensitive supplies, such as blood products for transfusions or repair parts for vehicles, to deployed forces. Traditionally, military aircraft have provided this airlift. However, for various reasons, in recent years a number of commercial carriers have provided a significant amount of airlift within U.S. Central Command. But was this more cost-effective than using organic U.S. Air Force aircraft? To explore this question, the authors collected historical (2009) U.S. Central Command data and created models to identify the most cost-effective combination of commercial and organic airlift to perform the required movements. The calculations needed to address differences in fixed and marginal costs across alternatives as well as the effects of price elasticities of demand for commercial airlift providers. Model optimization runs showed a preference for U.S. Air Force-organic aircraft but suggested that commercial alternatives should be retained to supplement Air Force aircraft for a small fraction of movements. The authors further observed that U.S. Central Command planners could have benefitted from more sophisticated decision support tools to make daily intratheater cargo-aircraft allocation decisions
    Anmerkung: "RAND Project Air Force , Includes bibliographical references
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    First steps toward improving DoD STEM workforce diversity : response to the 2012 Department of Defense STEM Diversity Summit (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833081018 , 0833084763 , 0833081012 , 9780833084767
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Serie: Rand Corporation research report series RR-329-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Lim, Nelson First steps toward improving DoD STEM workforce diversity
    Schlagwort(e): United States Personnel management ; United States ; Diversity in the workplace ; Diversity in the workplace ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades ; United States ; Diversity in the workplace ; Personnel management ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: In FY 2011-2012, leaders from the Executive Branch and the Department of Defense (DoD) offered directives and guidance intended to increase diversity across all federal agencies. In response, the DoD Research and Engineering Enterprise and DoD's Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity held a two-day summit in November 2012 on improving diversity within the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce. This report supports the efforts of the DoD STEM Diversity Summit by providing suggestions for future research, analysis, and action. The authors describe policies that discuss the federal government's values and priorities regarding diversity in the federal workforce; offer a closer look at current STEM demographics, including those of the DoD's STEM workforce; discuss current STEM-diversity outreach programs, highlighting the types of data that should be collected in the future; and offer recommendations for DoD leaders to consider as they move forward with their efforts to diversify the STEM workforce
    Kurzfassung: In FY 2011-2012, leaders from the Executive Branch and the Department of Defense (DoD) offered directives and guidance intended to increase diversity across all federal agencies. In response, the DoD Research and Engineering Enterprise and DoD's Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity held a two-day summit in November 2012 on improving diversity within the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce. This report supports the efforts of the DoD STEM Diversity Summit by providing suggestions for future research, analysis, and action. The authors describe policies that discuss the federal government's values and priorities regarding diversity in the federal workforce; offer a closer look at current STEM demographics, including those of the DoD's STEM workforce; discuss current STEM-diversity outreach programs, highlighting the types of data that should be collected in the future; and offer recommendations for DoD leaders to consider as they move forward with their efforts to diversify the STEM workforce
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    Penaid nonproliferation : hindering the spread of countermeasures against ballistic missile defenses (2013)
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    Serie: Rand Corporation research report RR378
    Paralleltitel: Print version Speier, Richard Penaid nonproliferation
    Schlagwort(e): Ballistic missile defenses ; Weapons of mass destruction ; National security ; Ballistic missile defenses ; Weapons of mass destruction ; National security ; National security ; Weapons of mass destruction ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Weapons ; Ballistic missile defenses ; Military readiness ; United States Defenses ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: An attacker's missile-borne countermeasures to ballistic missile defenses are known as penetration aids, or penaids. To support efforts to prevent the proliferation of penaid-related items, this research recommends controls on potential exports according to the structure of the international Missile Technology Control Regime
    Kurzfassung: An attacker's missile-borne countermeasures to ballistic missile defenses are known as penetration aids, or penaids. To support efforts to prevent the proliferation of penaid-related items, this research recommends controls on potential exports according to the structure of the international Missile Technology Control Regime
    Anmerkung: "National Defense Research Institute , "RR-378-DTRA"--Page 4 of cover , "Prepared for the Naval Postgraduate School, Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Combating WMD , Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-71)
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    Out of the shadows : the health and well-being of private contractors working in conflict environments (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833082336 , 0833082353 , 0833082337 , 9780833082350
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 115 pages)
    Serie: Rand Corporation research report series RR-420-RC
    Paralleltitel: Print version Dunigan, Molly Out of the shadows
    Schlagwort(e): Government contractors Medical care ; Government contractors Mental health ; Government contractors Health and hygiene ; Government contractors ; Government contractors ; Government contractors ; Contract Services ; Military Medicine ; Warfare ; Occupational Health ; Combat Disorders ; United States ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Psychopathology ; Depression ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Affairs & Administration ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Over the past decade, private contractors have been deployed extensively around the globe. In addition to supporting U.S. and allied forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, contractors have assisted foreign governments, nongovernmental organizations, and private businesses by providing a wide range of services, including base support and maintenance, logistical support, transportation, intelligence, communications, construction, and security. At the height of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, contractors outnumbered U.S. troops deployed to both theaters. Although these contractors are not supposed to engage in offensive combat, they may nonetheless be exposed to many of the stressors that are known to have physical and mental health implications for military personnel. RAND conducted an online survey of a sample of contractors who had deployed on contract to a theater of conflict at least once between early 2011 and early 2013. The survey collected demographic and employment information, along with details about respondents⁰́₉ deployment experience (including level of preparation for deployment, combat exposure, and living conditions), mental health (including probable posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and alcohol misuse), physical health, and access to and use of health care. The goal was to describe the contractors⁰́₉ health and well-being and to explore differences across the sample by such factors as country of citizenship, job specialty, and length and frequency of contract deployment. The findings provide a foundation for future studies of contractor populations and serve to inform policy decisions affecting contractors, including efforts to reduce barriers to mental health treatment for this population
    Kurzfassung: Over the past decade, private contractors have been deployed extensively around the globe. In addition to supporting U.S. and allied forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, contractors have assisted foreign governments, nongovernmental organizations, and private businesses by providing a wide range of services, including base support and maintenance, logistical support, transportation, intelligence, communications, construction, and security. At the height of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, contractors outnumbered U.S. troops deployed to both theaters. Although these contractors are not supposed to engage in offensive combat, they may nonetheless be exposed to many of the stressors that are known to have physical and mental health implications for military personnel. RAND conducted an online survey of a sample of contractors who had deployed on contract to a theater of conflict at least once between early 2011 and early 2013. The survey collected demographic and employment information, along with details about respondents⁰́₉ deployment experience (including level of preparation for deployment, combat exposure, and living conditions), mental health (including probable posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and alcohol misuse), physical health, and access to and use of health care. The goal was to describe the contractors⁰́₉ health and well-being and to explore differences across the sample by such factors as country of citizenship, job specialty, and length and frequency of contract deployment. The findings provide a foundation for future studies of contractor populations and serve to inform policy decisions affecting contractors, including efforts to reduce barriers to mental health treatment for this population
    Anmerkung: "RR-420-RC"--Page 4 of cover , At head of title: Rand National Security Research Division , Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-115)
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    Leadership stability in Army Reserve component units (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833079947 , 0833081195 , 0833079948 , 9780833081193
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 71 pages)
    Serie: Rand Corporation monograph series
    Paralleltitel: Print version Lippiatt, Thomas F., 1940- Leadership stability in Army Reserve component units
    Schlagwort(e): United States Officers ; United States Unit cohesion ; United States Operational readiness ; United States Personnel management ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Leadership ; Command of troops ; Leadership ; Command of troops ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; Armed Forces ; Unit cohesion ; Command of troops ; Leadership ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; United States ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Training ; Armed Forces ; Officers ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Stability of personnel is highly valued in all military forces, especially in units that are preparing for deployment. A particular concern is personnel turbulence (personnel leaving the unit and being replaced by others) among the unit leadership. Even if the Army must live with turbulence among the bulk of unit members, it would prefer to have unit officers and noncommissioned officers in place to plan and oversee training of the troops with whom they will deploy. This monograph reports results of a study to determine the level of turbulence among unit leadership and to address several related questions: What causes leader turbulence? What effects might it have on training and preparation for future missions that may require RC units? What steps, if any, could be taken to mitigate it? The authors used data from 2003 through 2011 on Army National Guard infantry battalions and Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve military police and truck companies. They find high rates of personnel instability, caused generally by vacancies, personnel losses, and those who don't deploy. This turbulence generates a large influx of new leaders entering units who have not been through all the training with the soldiers they will lead. The monograph makes recommendations for estimating preparation time for different types of units and for department policy to mitigate effects on mission preparation
    Kurzfassung: Stability of personnel is highly valued in all military forces, especially in units that are preparing for deployment. A particular concern is personnel turbulence (personnel leaving the unit and being replaced by others) among the unit leadership. Even if the Army must live with turbulence among the bulk of unit members, it would prefer to have unit officers and noncommissioned officers in place to plan and oversee training of the troops with whom they will deploy. This monograph reports results of a study to determine the level of turbulence among unit leadership and to address several related questions: What causes leader turbulence? What effects might it have on training and preparation for future missions that may require RC units? What steps, if any, could be taken to mitigate it? The authors used data from 2003 through 2011 on Army National Guard infantry battalions and Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve military police and truck companies. They find high rates of personnel instability, caused generally by vacancies, personnel losses, and those who don't deploy. This turbulence generates a large influx of new leaders entering units who have not been through all the training with the soldiers they will lead. The monograph makes recommendations for estimating preparation time for different types of units and for department policy to mitigate effects on mission preparation
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , "National Security Research Division , Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-71)
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    Reducing long-term costs while preserving a robust strategic airlift fleet : options for the current fleet and next-generation aircraft (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833077011 , 0833081160 , 0833077015 , 9780833081162
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 127 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation monograph series
    Paralleltitel: Print version Mouton, Christopher A Reducing long-term costs while preserving a robust strategic airlift fleet
    Schlagwort(e): United States Planning ; United States Appropriations and expenditures ; United States ; United States ; C-17 (Jet transport) Costs ; Galaxy (Jet transport) Costs ; Airlift, Military Planning ; C-17 (Jet transport) ; Galaxy (Jet transport) ; Airlift, Military ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Airlift, Military ; Planning ; Armed Forces ; Appropriations and expenditures ; C-17 (Jet transport) ; Costs ; Planning ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The current strategic airlift fleet will be reaching the end of its service life in the next few decades, which has raised concerns about the cost and possible budget spike that would result from the need to recapitalize that fleet. This monograph presents the results of a cost-effectiveness analysis to determine the best way to recapitalize the USAF intertheater (strategic) airlift fleet. The authors examined a broad range of aircraft alternatives, including existing and emerging technologies, and permutations of USAF plans for the current fleet with a view to meeting projected requirements while minimizing life-cycle costs and smoothing out spending peaks. The expected demand for airlift was modeled against the capabilities of each alternative aircraft to form a set of alternative fleet compositions to meet that demand. The authors then estimated the cost for each of the options to determine those that were the most cost-effective. The most cost-effective option involved a highly advanced conceptual design, which represents significant risk. The next most cost-effective options hedge this risk by starting with commercial derivatives as aircraft retire, followed later by a highly advanced aircraft
    Kurzfassung: The current strategic airlift fleet will be reaching the end of its service life in the next few decades, which has raised concerns about the cost and possible budget spike that would result from the need to recapitalize that fleet. This monograph presents the results of a cost-effectiveness analysis to determine the best way to recapitalize the USAF intertheater (strategic) airlift fleet. The authors examined a broad range of aircraft alternatives, including existing and emerging technologies, and permutations of USAF plans for the current fleet with a view to meeting projected requirements while minimizing life-cycle costs and smoothing out spending peaks. The expected demand for airlift was modeled against the capabilities of each alternative aircraft to form a set of alternative fleet compositions to meet that demand. The authors then estimated the cost for each of the options to determine those that were the most cost-effective. The most cost-effective option involved a highly advanced conceptual design, which represents significant risk. The next most cost-effective options hedge this risk by starting with commercial derivatives as aircraft retire, followed later by a highly advanced aircraft
    Anmerkung: "Project Air Force , "Prepared for the United States Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-127)
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    Costs of flying units in Air Force active and reserve components (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833081919 , 0833081918 , 9780833076663 , 0833076663
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 67 pages)
    Serie: Technical report TR-1275-AF
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Robbert, Albert A., 1944- Costs of flying units in Air Force active and reserve components
    Schlagwort(e): United States Operational readiness ; United States Costs ; Evaluation ; United States Costs ; Evaluation ; United States Appropriations and expenditures ; Evaluation ; United States Management ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Armed Forces ; Appropriations and expenditures ; Evaluation ; Armed Forces ; Management ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air Forces ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The relative costs of operating and supporting Air Force active- and reserve-component units are an important consideration in programming the mix of forces for various missions. Unfortunately, there are no generally accepted or well-documented methodologies for compiling the costs and output measures to be included in these comparisons. This report describes the development of one such methodology and applies it to an exploration of force mix alternatives in several weapon systems. Using data from the Air Force Total Ownership Cost decision support system from fiscal years 2006 through 2010, the author estimates the cost of operating the C-130 tactical airlifter, KC-135 aerial refueler, and F-16 multirole fighter fleets in Air Force active and reserve components. The author highlights the ways in which cost considerations favor the active and reserve components differently and discusses how this can help determine a cost-minimizing active/reserve mix
    Kurzfassung: The relative costs of operating and supporting Air Force active- and reserve-component units are an important consideration in programming the mix of forces for various missions. Unfortunately, there are no generally accepted or well-documented methodologies for compiling the costs and output measures to be included in these comparisons. This report describes the development of one such methodology and applies it to an exploration of force mix alternatives in several weapon systems. Using data from the Air Force Total Ownership Cost decision support system from fiscal years 2006 through 2010, the author estimates the cost of operating the C-130 tactical airlifter, KC-135 aerial refueler, and F-16 multirole fighter fleets in Air Force active and reserve components. The author highlights the ways in which cost considerations favor the active and reserve components differently and discusses how this can help determine a cost-minimizing active/reserve mix
    Anmerkung: "Approved for public release; distribution inlimited , "Prepared for the United States Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (page 67)
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    Understanding why a ground combat vehicle that carries nine dismounts is important to the Army (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833082855 , 083308285X
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 40 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation research report series RR184
    Schlagwort(e): United States Equipment and supplies ; United States ; Armored vehicles, Military ; Combat sustainability (Military science) ; Armored vehicles, Military ; Combat sustainability (Military science) ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Combat sustainability (Military science) ; Armed Forces ; Equipment and supplies ; Armored vehicles, Military ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The Army has examined the lessons of half a dozen significant conflicts, starting with World War II, has conducted numerous studies over the last 65 years, and has found time and again that an ability to conduct dismounted fire and maneuver is the fundamental squad-level tactic. It has also consistently determined that squads should be organized around two fire teams and should contain no fewer than nine soldiers, though a larger number has usually been preferred, to accomplish fire and maneuver doctrine, but also for reasons of squad resilience, lethality, and leader span of control. To support fully enabled mechanized infantry squads, the Army has, for the last fifty years, tried to develop and field survivable, lethal infantry fighting vehicles that are also capable of carrying a full nine to eleven man squad that can dismount to fight on foot. The Army has not been able to do this for a variety of reasons, and its current infantry fighting vehicle, the M2 Bradley, cannot carry enough soldiers to enable squad-level fire and maneuver from a single vehicle. As a result, today's mechanized infantry are more at risk when transitioning from mounted to dismounted operations, and squad-level dismounted fire and maneuver is compromised in some situations. The Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV), if developed as planned, will finally provide the infantry with an IFV that can accommodate a full squad. For this reason, the Army considers the program to be one of its most important
    Kurzfassung: The Army has examined the lessons of half a dozen significant conflicts, starting with World War II, has conducted numerous studies over the last 65 years, and has found time and again that an ability to conduct dismounted fire and maneuver is the fundamental squad-level tactic. It has also consistently determined that squads should be organized around two fire teams and should contain no fewer than nine soldiers, though a larger number has usually been preferred, to accomplish fire and maneuver doctrine, but also for reasons of squad resilience, lethality, and leader span of control. To support fully enabled mechanized infantry squads, the Army has, for the last fifty years, tried to develop and field survivable, lethal infantry fighting vehicles that are also capable of carrying a full nine to eleven man squad that can dismount to fight on foot. The Army has not been able to do this for a variety of reasons, and its current infantry fighting vehicle, the M2 Bradley, cannot carry enough soldiers to enable squad-level fire and maneuver from a single vehicle. As a result, today's mechanized infantry are more at risk when transitioning from mounted to dismounted operations, and squad-level dismounted fire and maneuver is compromised in some situations. The Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV), if developed as planned, will finally provide the infantry with an IFV that can accommodate a full squad. For this reason, the Army considers the program to be one of its most important
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-40)
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    Post-traumatic stress disorder and the earnings of military reservists (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833082725 , 0833082728
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 45 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation technical report series TR1006
    Schlagwort(e): Post-traumatic stress disorder Economic aspects ; People with disabilities Employment ; Veterans Employment ; Pay equity ; Post-traumatic stress disorder ; People with disabilities ; Veterans ; Pay equity ; HEALTH & FITNESS ; Diseases ; General ; MEDICAL ; Clinical Medicine ; MEDICAL ; Diseases ; MEDICAL ; Evidence-Based Medicine ; MEDICAL ; Internal Medicine ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Labor ; Pay equity ; People with disabilities ; Employment ; Veterans ; Employment ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: This report investigates the effects of having symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on the labor market earnings of reservists in the years following deployment. Data on more than 315,000 reservists returning from deployments between 2003 and 2006, combined with longitudinal labor market earnings data, indicate that reservists who have symptoms of PTSD do earn substantially less than those who do not experience PTSD, but much of that gap in earnings was apparent prior to deployment. This suggests that characteristics of individuals reporting symptoms of PTSD that typically are not controlled for in empirical studies are responsible for much of the observed difference in earnings. Controlling for such characteristics, the study finds that reservists reporting symptoms of PTSD on average earn up to 6 percent less than they would have earned if they had not had such symptoms in the first four years following deployment. These lower earnings are attributable to higher military separation rates, a concomitant decline in military earnings, and no compensating increase in civilian labor market earnings
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    Analyses of the Department of Defense acquisition workforce : update to methods and results through FY 2011 (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833080585 , 0833083260 , 083308058X , 9780833083265
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Serie: Rand Corporation research report series RR-110-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Gates, Susan M., 1968- Analyses of the Department of Defense acquisition workforce
    Schlagwort(e): United States Procurement ; United States Personnel management ; United States ; United States ; Civil service ; Civil service ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; COMPUTERS ; Data Modeling & Design ; Armed Forces ; Procurement ; Civil service ; Personnel management ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The organic defense acquisition workforce consists of military personnel and Department of Defense civilian personnel who provide the management, technical, and business capabilities needed to oversee defense acquisition programs from start to finish. This workforce must itself be managed so that the right numbers of the right personnel are in the right positions at the right time. Since 2006, RAND has been helping develop data-based tools to support analysis of this workforce. This volume updates a 2008 report by documenting revisions to methods, providing descriptive information on the workforce through fiscal year 2011, and providing a user's manual for a model that can help managers project workforce needs through 2021 under different assumptions about the future. The report illustrates the use of the model
    Kurzfassung: The organic defense acquisition workforce consists of military personnel and Department of Defense civilian personnel who provide the management, technical, and business capabilities needed to oversee defense acquisition programs from start to finish. This workforce must itself be managed so that the right numbers of the right personnel are in the right positions at the right time. Since 2006, RAND has been helping develop data-based tools to support analysis of this workforce. This volume updates a 2008 report by documenting revisions to methods, providing descriptive information on the workforce through fiscal year 2011, and providing a user's manual for a model that can help managers project workforce needs through 2021 under different assumptions about the future. The report illustrates the use of the model
    Anmerkung: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-73)
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    Fixing leaks : assessing the Department of Defense's approach to preventing and deterring unauthorized disclosures (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833081803 , 0833083457 , 0833081802 , 9780833083456
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 53 pages)
    Serie: Rand Corporation research report series
    Schlagwort(e): United States Information resources management ; United States ; Leaks (Disclosure of information) Prevention ; Security classification (Government documents) Management ; Leaks (Disclosure of information) ; Security classification (Government documents) ; Information resources management ; United States ; United States ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: In 2012, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence established the Unauthorized Disclosures Program Implementation Team to prevent and deter the unauthorized disclosures of classified information by all Department of Defense personnel through the implementation of the UD Strategic Plan. RAND was asked to help monitor and assess the potential for effectiveness of this new initiative. Researchers determined that the UD PIT's implementation of the UD Strategic Plan has made important and discernible progress toward its main objectives, but the advances are partial, fragile, and may be impermanent, facing strategic and tactical obstacles. RAND offered 22 recommendations, including ways to sustain and expand the effort, a continued emphasis on top-down support, establishing metrics, improving accountability, and prioritizing responses
    Kurzfassung: In 2012, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence established the Unauthorized Disclosures Program Implementation Team to prevent and deter the unauthorized disclosures of classified information by all Department of Defense personnel through the implementation of the UD Strategic Plan. RAND was asked to help monitor and assess the potential for effectiveness of this new initiative. Researchers determined that the UD PIT's implementation of the UD Strategic Plan has made important and discernible progress toward its main objectives, but the advances are partial, fragile, and may be impermanent, facing strategic and tactical obstacles. RAND offered 22 recommendations, including ways to sustain and expand the effort, a continued emphasis on top-down support, establishing metrics, improving accountability, and prioritizing responses
    Anmerkung: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-53)
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    The mix of military and civilian faculty at the United States Air Force Academy : finding a sustainable balance for enduring success (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833076939 , 0833081152 , 0833076930 , 9780833081155
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Serie: Rand Corporation monograph series MG-1237-AF
    Paralleltitel: Print version Keller, Kirsten M Mix of military and civilian faculty at the United States Air Force Academy
    Schlagwort(e): United States Air Force Academy Faculty ; Vocational guidance ; United States Air Force Academy Faculty ; Personnel management ; United States Air Force Academy Faculty ; United States Air Force Academy Faculty ; Salaries, etc ; United States Air Force Academy ; United States Air Force Academy ; United States Air Force Academy ; United States Air Force Academy ; Military cadets Education (Higher) ; Military education ; Military cadets ; Military education ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Training ; Military education ; Universities and colleges ; Faculty ; Universities and colleges ; Faculty ; Salaries, etc ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air Forces ; United States ; United States Air Force Academy ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The mission of the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is "to educate, train and inspire men and women to become officers of character, motivated to lead the United States Air Force in service to our nation." To achieve this mission, USAFA provides cadets with both military training and a four-year college education similar to that offered at civilian institutions. Unlike at civilian institutions, however, USAFA academic classes are taught by a mix of active-duty military officers and civilian professors. Since civilians were formally incorporated onto the faculty at USAFA in the early 1990s, there has been continued debate over the best mix of military and civilian faculty needed to achieve the academy's mission. Furthermore, the Air Force currently faces difficulty in meeting USAFA faculty requirements for officers with advanced academic degrees, often resulting in understaffed departments. Funding for temporary faculty to fill these positions is also declining. A RAND study sought to help address these issues by examining the impact of potential changes to the current military-civilian academic faculty composition in five areas of importance to USAFA's mission and the broader U.S. Air Force: (1) cadets' officership development, (2) cadets' academic development, (3) cost, (4) staffing challenges, and (5) officer career development (i.e., how degree attainment and teaching tours at USAFA affect the career paths of active-duty military personnel at different points in their careers). Based on the study's findings, this report makes recommendations for a faculty composition that best balances these key factors and is sustainable into the future
    Kurzfassung: The mission of the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is "to educate, train and inspire men and women to become officers of character, motivated to lead the United States Air Force in service to our nation." To achieve this mission, USAFA provides cadets with both military training and a four-year college education similar to that offered at civilian institutions. Unlike at civilian institutions, however, USAFA academic classes are taught by a mix of active-duty military officers and civilian professors. Since civilians were formally incorporated onto the faculty at USAFA in the early 1990s, there has been continued debate over the best mix of military and civilian faculty needed to achieve the academy's mission. Furthermore, the Air Force currently faces difficulty in meeting USAFA faculty requirements for officers with advanced academic degrees, often resulting in understaffed departments. Funding for temporary faculty to fill these positions is also declining. A RAND study sought to help address these issues by examining the impact of potential changes to the current military-civilian academic faculty composition in five areas of importance to USAFA's mission and the broader U.S. Air Force: (1) cadets' officership development, (2) cadets' academic development, (3) cost, (4) staffing challenges, and (5) officer career development (i.e., how degree attainment and teaching tours at USAFA affect the career paths of active-duty military personnel at different points in their careers). Based on the study's findings, this report makes recommendations for a faculty composition that best balances these key factors and is sustainable into the future
    Anmerkung: "Project Air Force , "Prepared for the United States Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-169)
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    Development and pilot test of the RAND Suicide Prevention Program evaluation toolkit (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833085207 , 0833085204
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (52 pages)
    Schlagwort(e): RAND Suicide Prevention Program ; RAND Suicide Prevention Program ; Suicidal behavior Treatment ; Suicide Prevention ; Evaluation ; Suicidal behavior ; Suicide ; United States ; Suicidal behavior ; Treatment ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Suicide ; Electronic books
    Anmerkung: "RAND National Defense Research Institute
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    Maternal depression : implications for systems serving mother and child (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833083067 , 0833083066
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (1 PDF file (8 pages)))
    Serie: RAND Corporation research report series RR-404-CCBHO
    DDC: 618.76
    Schlagwort(e): Postpartum depression ; Social service ; Postpartum depression ; Social service ; Public Sector economics ; Maternal Welfare economics ; Depression economics ; Child Welfare economics ; Social service ; Postpartum depression ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: This report highlights evidence on the impact of maternal depression on the mother and child as it relates to the public-sector systems that serve them and discusses potential short- and long-term cost implications. The goal of this brief is to serve as a source of information for state and local policymakers and practitioners concerned with child and family outcomes, and to inform them of the evidence connecting maternal depression and negative outcomes for mother and child. The overview of the evidence is not meant to be exhaustive; rather, this brief highlights evidence most relevant to the impact of untreated maternal depression on both the mother and the child and the potential cost implications for systems that serve those families affected by depression. Due to the lack of clear data implicating the specific costs of maternal depression to each public-sector system, this brief focuses on the conceptual links between maternal depression and negative outcomes, as well as the hypothesized impact on each system
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF title page
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    The Army's role in overcoming anti-access and area of denial challenges (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833079930 , 0833083384 , 083307993X , 9780833083388
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 36 pages)
    Paralleltitel: Print version Gordon, John, 1956- Army's role in overcoming anti-access and area of denial challenges
    Schlagwort(e): United States Operations other than war ; United States ; Deployment (Strategy) ; Unified operations (Military science) ; Access denial (Military science) ; Deployment (Strategy) ; Unified operations (Military science) ; Access denial (Military science) ; Deployment (Strategy) ; Unified operations (Military science) ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Access denial (Military science) ; Armed Forces ; Operations other than war ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The U.S. armed forces must be prepared to deploy to a wide range of locations and confront adversaries that span the threat spectrum from poorly armed bands to peer-level foes. In future operations, the United States is also likely to face a range of anti-access and area denial threats that require a joint or combined response. Anti-access challenges prevent or degrade a force's ability to enter an operational area and can be geographic, military, or diplomatic. Area denial challenges are threats to forces within the operational area. As they relate to U.S. ground forces, these latter threats are characterized by the opponent's ability to obstruct the actions of U.S. forces once they have deployed. This report reviews selected findings from a study of Army and joint anti-access and area denial challenges. It also proposes a joint approach to countering these threats in future operations. There are important interdependencies and synergies between the services in terms of their ability to overcome these types of challenges. For example, some threats to the Army's ability to deploy to an operational area must be addressed primarily by the other services. Likewise, the Army could provide considerable assistance to the Air Force and Navy in suppressing or destroying air defenses that challenge joint air operations. For this reason, the services will need to work together to develop operational concepts and systems that will be effective in countering emerging and growing threats in future operations
    Kurzfassung: The U.S. armed forces must be prepared to deploy to a wide range of locations and confront adversaries that span the threat spectrum from poorly armed bands to peer-level foes. In future operations, the United States is also likely to face a range of anti-access and area denial threats that require a joint or combined response. Anti-access challenges prevent or degrade a force's ability to enter an operational area and can be geographic, military, or diplomatic. Area denial challenges are threats to forces within the operational area. As they relate to U.S. ground forces, these latter threats are characterized by the opponent's ability to obstruct the actions of U.S. forces once they have deployed. This report reviews selected findings from a study of Army and joint anti-access and area denial challenges. It also proposes a joint approach to countering these threats in future operations. There are important interdependencies and synergies between the services in terms of their ability to overcome these types of challenges. For example, some threats to the Army's ability to deploy to an operational area must be addressed primarily by the other services. Likewise, the Army could provide considerable assistance to the Air Force and Navy in suppressing or destroying air defenses that challenge joint air operations. For this reason, the services will need to work together to develop operational concepts and systems that will be effective in countering emerging and growing threats in future operations
    Anmerkung: "RAND Arroyo Center , "Prepared for the United States Army , Includes bibliographical references (pages 35-36)
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    Improving the deployment of Army health care professionals : an evaluation of PROFIS (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833081124 , 0833081128 , 9780833078049 , 0833078046
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 99 pages)
    Serie: Report TR-1227-A
    Serie: RAND Corporation technical report series TR1227
    DDC: 355.3/450973
    Schlagwort(e): United States Operational readiness ; United States Medical personnel ; United States Personnel management ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Military planning ; Military planning ; Persons ; Named Groups ; Disciplines and Occupations ; Military Personnel ; Military Medicine ; Occupational Groups ; Medicine ; Health Occupations ; Military planning ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Medical personnel ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The Army Medical Department's Professional Filler System was developed in 1980 to support continuous overseas contingency operations while simultaneously balancing the Army's requirement to maintain a healthy force, deploy a medical force to support military operations, and manage/meet access-to-care demands for all military health system beneficiaries. PROFIS allows health care providers to practice in a military treatment facility when not deployed, which contributes to the maintenance of their medical and technical skills. The PROFIS Deployment System, developed in 2005, is an internal management system that is used to battle roster deploying units with the correct PROFIS personnel so that the U.S. Army Medical Command can plan proactively for deployments. Recently, there have been concerns over how PROFIS affects the medical readiness and availability of providers for training with the unit preparing to deploy. This report describes the functionality of the Army's PROFIS in the current operating environment and assesses potential modifications or improvements to the system. Using a literature review, interviews, a survey, and administrative data, this research sought to identify and understand the effect of PROFIS, and deployments more broadly, on providers and other military personnel. The study also assessed modifications and alternatives to the current PROFIS that might address the identified issues
    Kurzfassung: The Army Medical Department's Professional Filler System was developed in 1980 to support continuous overseas contingency operations while simultaneously balancing the Army's requirement to maintain a healthy force, deploy a medical force to support military operations, and manage/meet access-to-care demands for all military health system beneficiaries. PROFIS allows health care providers to practice in a military treatment facility when not deployed, which contributes to the maintenance of their medical and technical skills. The PROFIS Deployment System, developed in 2005, is an internal management system that is used to battle roster deploying units with the correct PROFIS personnel so that the U.S. Army Medical Command can plan proactively for deployments. Recently, there have been concerns over how PROFIS affects the medical readiness and availability of providers for training with the unit preparing to deploy. This report describes the functionality of the Army's PROFIS in the current operating environment and assesses potential modifications or improvements to the system. Using a literature review, interviews, a survey, and administrative data, this research sought to identify and understand the effect of PROFIS, and deployments more broadly, on providers and other military personnel. The study also assessed modifications and alternatives to the current PROFIS that might address the identified issues
    Anmerkung: "The research described in this report was sponsored by the Army Office of the Surgeon General , Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-99)
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    Lessons from Department of Defense disaster relief efforts in the Asia-Pacific Region (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833080431 , 0833081950 , 0833080431 , 9780833081957
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 146 pages)
    Serie: Report RR-146-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Moroney, Jennifer D. P., 1973- Lessons from Department of Defense disaster relief efforts in the Asia-Pacific Region
    Schlagwort(e): United States Rules and practice ; Evaluation ; United States ; Disaster relief Case studies ; Disaster relief Evaluation ; Humanitarian assistance Evaluation ; Humanitarian assistance Case studies ; Emergency management Case studies ; Integrated operations (Military science) Case studies ; Disaster relief ; Disaster relief ; Humanitarian assistance ; Humanitarian assistance ; Emergency management ; Integrated operations (Military science) ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Human Rights ; Armed Forces ; Civic action ; Disaster relief ; Disaster relief ; Evaluation ; Emergency management ; Humanitarian assistance ; Integrated operations (Military science) ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; Pacific Area ; United States ; Case studies ; United States ; United States Case studies Armed Forces ; Civic action ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The Department of Defense has long been able to play a major role in international humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HA/DR) due to its unique capabilities, manpower, and forward-deployed resources. The Asia-Pacific region is of particular importance to the United States because it bears the brunt of more than half of the world's natural disasters and is home to numerous key U.S. allies. In an effort to improve the effectiveness of HA/DR operations in the future, this report analyzes recent operations in Burma, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Japan, and identifies lessons that have emerged in the areas of (1) interagency coordination, (2) communication with the affected country, (3) coordination with other state and non-state actors, (4) prospects for U.S. security cooperation and building partner capacity for HA/DR, and (5) prospects for the increased involvement of regional organizations in HA/DR. This report also identifies complementary capabilities and comparative advantages that exist around the region, presents options for leveraging these capabilities to deal with future disasters, and assesses various crisis management mechanisms involving allies and partners that can be applied to other contingencies
    Kurzfassung: The Department of Defense has long been able to play a major role in international humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HA/DR) due to its unique capabilities, manpower, and forward-deployed resources. The Asia-Pacific region is of particular importance to the United States because it bears the brunt of more than half of the world's natural disasters and is home to numerous key U.S. allies. In an effort to improve the effectiveness of HA/DR operations in the future, this report analyzes recent operations in Burma, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Japan, and identifies lessons that have emerged in the areas of (1) interagency coordination, (2) communication with the affected country, (3) coordination with other state and non-state actors, (4) prospects for U.S. security cooperation and building partner capacity for HA/DR, and (5) prospects for the increased involvement of regional organizations in HA/DR. This report also identifies complementary capabilities and comparative advantages that exist around the region, presents options for leveraging these capabilities to deal with future disasters, and assesses various crisis management mechanisms involving allies and partners that can be applied to other contingencies
    Anmerkung: "National Security Research Division , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Includes bibliographical references
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    Review of security cooperation mechanisms combatant commands utilize to build partner capacity (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833082107 , 0833084658 , 0833082108 , 9780833084651
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxix, 196 pages)
    Serie: Rand Corporation research report series RR-413-OSD
    Schlagwort(e): Nation-building Evaluation ; National security International cooperation ; Evaluation ; Nation-building ; National security ; Law, Politics & Government ; International Relations ; United States ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Security cooperation has long been an important instrument of the U.S. government and the Department of Defense for advancing national security objectives vis-à-vis allies and partner countries, including building critical relationships, securing peacetime and contingency access, and building partner capacity (BPC). One of the key challenges for policymakers and combatant commands is gaining a more complete understanding of the real value of BPC activities. Assessments of prior and ongoing BPC activities, in particular, have become increasingly important given the current fiscal climate and budgetary limitations. But it is no easy task to assess the value of what are essentially qualitative activities, and data limitations severely hinder assessments. The tools available -- such as resources, authorities, programs, processes, and organizational relationships -- may or may not be the optimal ones for the delivery of BPC activities to partner countries. This report characterizes security cooperation mechanisms used by combatant commands for BPC, produces a detailed database of the mechanism elements, develops and applies a preliminary means of evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of select mechanisms, and draws on the analysis from the case studies to recommend ways to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of those mechanisms in the future
    Kurzfassung: Security cooperation has long been an important instrument of the U.S. government and the Department of Defense for advancing national security objectives vis-à-vis allies and partner countries, including building critical relationships, securing peacetime and contingency access, and building partner capacity (BPC). One of the key challenges for policymakers and combatant commands is gaining a more complete understanding of the real value of BPC activities. Assessments of prior and ongoing BPC activities, in particular, have become increasingly important given the current fiscal climate and budgetary limitations. But it is no easy task to assess the value of what are essentially qualitative activities, and data limitations severely hinder assessments. The tools available -- such as resources, authorities, programs, processes, and organizational relationships -- may or may not be the optimal ones for the delivery of BPC activities to partner countries. This report characterizes security cooperation mechanisms used by combatant commands for BPC, produces a detailed database of the mechanism elements, develops and applies a preliminary means of evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of select mechanisms, and draws on the analysis from the case studies to recommend ways to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of those mechanisms in the future
    Anmerkung: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Joint Staff and OSD/CAPE , Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-196)
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    Understanding the cost and quality of military-related education benefit programs (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833084798 , 0833084798
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 25 pages)
    Serie: Rand Corporation research report series RR-297-OSD
    Schlagwort(e): United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Military education Costs ; Veterans Education ; Costs ; Military education ; Veterans ; HISTORY ; Military ; Veterans ; Military education ; Costs ; United States ; Montgomery G.I. Bill (United States) ; Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (United States) ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Since the 1944 passage of the original GI Bill following World War II, the military has provided veterans with a collection of financial aid benefits designed to help them attend college. While research has shown that these programs have helped many veterans acquire a college education, less is known about the impact of more recent educational benefits for veterans. This is especially true of the Post-9/11 GI Bill, which, in conjunction with a number of other assistance programs, has afforded veterans new educational opportunities. The Post-9/11 GI Bill offers tuition subsidies paid directly to institutions, a housing allowance tied to cost of living, and a book stipend, which in combination are usually more generous than preceding GI Bills. However, issues such as rising tuition costs; an increasing presence of low-quality, for-profit institutions that target veterans; and a potentially confusing array of benefit options could mitigate the impact of these programs on the recruitment, retention, and human capital development of service members. This report contextualizes these issues and formulates a research agenda to address them
    Kurzfassung: Since the 1944 passage of the original GI Bill following World War II, the military has provided veterans with a collection of financial aid benefits designed to help them attend college. While research has shown that these programs have helped many veterans acquire a college education, less is known about the impact of more recent educational benefits for veterans. This is especially true of the Post-9/11 GI Bill, which, in conjunction with a number of other assistance programs, has afforded veterans new educational opportunities. The Post-9/11 GI Bill offers tuition subsidies paid directly to institutions, a housing allowance tied to cost of living, and a book stipend, which in combination are usually more generous than preceding GI Bills. However, issues such as rising tuition costs; an increasing presence of low-quality, for-profit institutions that target veterans; and a potentially confusing array of benefit options could mitigate the impact of these programs on the recruitment, retention, and human capital development of service members. This report contextualizes these issues and formulates a research agenda to address them
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , "National Security Research Division , Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-25) , Report number from resource home page
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    Implementation of the DOD Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan : a framework for change through accountability (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833082640 , 0833084747 , 0833082647 , 9780833084743
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 69 pages)
    Serie: Rand Corporation research report series RR-333-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Lim, Nelson Implementation of the DOD Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan
    Schlagwort(e): United States Personnel management ; United States ; Organizational change ; Diversity in the workplace ; Organizational change ; Diversity in the workplace ; Personnel management ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Workplace Culture ; United States ; Diversity in the workplace ; Organizational change ; Electronic book
    Kurzfassung: Two recent policy documents lay out a new vision for diversity in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD): the Military Leadership Diversity Commission's From Representation to Inclusion: Diversity Leadership for the 21st-Century Military and the Department of Defense Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan, 2012-2017. These documents define the mission, set goals for diversity, and provide a general strategic framework for achieving these goals. The purpose of this report is to provide a framework to support DoD in the implementation of its strategic plan and to ensure that the resources devoted to these efforts are targeted for long-term success. The framework emphasizes the creation of an enduring accountability system; categorizes the strategic initiatives specified in DoD's strategic plan along three key dimensions -- compliance, communication, and coordination ("the three Cs"); and prioritizes them across time -- short, medium, and long term. The framework can help all DoD components work toward the vision described in the strategic plan in a deliberate, synchronized effort by complying with current laws, regulations, and directives; communicating effectively to internal as well as external stakeholders; and coordinating efforts to ensure continuing change
    Kurzfassung: Two recent policy documents lay out a new vision for diversity in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD): the Military Leadership Diversity Commission's From Representation to Inclusion: Diversity Leadership for the 21st-Century Military and the Department of Defense Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan, 2012-2017. These documents define the mission, set goals for diversity, and provide a general strategic framework for achieving these goals. The purpose of this report is to provide a framework to support DoD in the implementation of its strategic plan and to ensure that the resources devoted to these efforts are targeted for long-term success. The framework emphasizes the creation of an enduring accountability system; categorizes the strategic initiatives specified in DoD's strategic plan along three key dimensions -- compliance, communication, and coordination ("the three Cs"); and prioritizes them across time -- short, medium, and long term. The framework can help all DoD components work toward the vision described in the strategic plan in a deliberate, synchronized effort by complying with current laws, regulations, and directives; communicating effectively to internal as well as external stakeholders; and coordinating efforts to ensure continuing change
    Anmerkung: "National Security Research Division , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-69)
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    The Affordable Care Act and health insurance markets (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833082886 , 0833082884
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource
    Serie: Research reports RR-189-DHHS
    Schlagwort(e): United States ; United States ; United States ; Health insurance ; Health care reform ; Health insurance ; Health care reform Costs ; Health care reform ; Insurance, Health economics ; Health Care Reform economics ; Insurance, Health statistics & numerical data ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Social Services & Welfare ; MEDICAL ; Medicaid & Medicare ; Health care reform ; Costs ; Health care reform ; Economic aspects ; Health insurance ; Economic aspects ; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (United States) ; United States ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Social Security ; United States ; Electronic books ; Statistics
    Kurzfassung: The Affordable Care Act changes the rating regulations governing the nongroup and small group markets while simultaneously encouraging enrollment through a combination of subsidies, tax credits, and tax penalties. Policymakers and other stakeholders are interested in understanding how these changes might affect health insurance enrollment, premiums, and other coutcomes to inform exchange implementation and planning. In this report, we estimate the effects of the Affordable Care Act on health insurance enrollment and premiums in ten states (Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Texas) and the nation overall, with a focus on outcomes in the nongroup and small group markets
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF title page (viewed on Feb. 20, 2014)
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    Effects of the Affordable Care Act on consumer health care spending and rsk of catastrophic health costs (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833083654 , 0833083651
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Serie: Research report RR-383-CMF
    Paralleltitel: Print version Effects of the Affordable Care Act on consumer health care spending and risk of catastrophic health costs
    Schlagwort(e): United States ; United States ; United States ; Health care reform Economic aspects ; Health care reform ; Medicaid ; Health Expenditures trends ; Insurance, Health ; Health Care Reform ; Catastrophic Illness economics ; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (United States) ; United States ; Health care reform ; Economic aspects ; MEDICAL ; Medicaid & Medicare ; United States ; Electronic books ; Statistics
    Kurzfassung: This study examines the likely effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on average annual consumer health care spending and the risk of catastrophic medical costs for the United States overall and in two large states that have decided not to expand their Medicaid programs (Texas and Florida). The ACA will have varied impacts on individuals' and families' spending on health care, depending on income level and on estimated 2016 insurance status without the ACA. The authors find that average out-of-pocket spending is expected to decrease for all groups considered in the analysis, although decreases in out-of-pocket spending will be largest for those who would otherwise be uninsured. People who would otherwise be uninsured who transition to the individual market under the ACA will have higher total health care spending on average after implementation of the ACA because they will now incur the cost of health insurance premiums. The authors also find that risk of catastrophic health care spending will decrease for individuals of all income levels for the insurance transitions considered; decreases will be greatest for those at the lowest income levels. Case studies found that in Texas and Florida, Medicaid expansion would substantially reduce out-of-pocket and total health care spending for those with incomes below 100 percent of the federal poverty level, compared with a scenario in which the ACA is implemented without Medicaid expansion. Expansion would reduce the risk of high medical spending for those covered under Medicaid who would remain uninsured without expansion
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF title page
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    Characterizing and exploring the implications of maritime irregular warfare (2012)
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    ISBN: 9780833059222 , 083305922X , 9780833059246 , 0833059246 , 9780833058911 , 0833058916 , 9780833059239 , 0833059238
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 111 pages)
    Serie: Rand corporation monograph series
    Paralleltitel: Print version Characterizing and exploring the implications of maritime irregular warfare
    Schlagwort(e): Riverine operations Case studies ; Piracy Case studies Prevention ; Maritime terrorism Case studies Prevention ; Irregular warfare Case studies ; Naval art and science ; Riverine operations ; Piracy ; Maritime terrorism ; Irregular warfare ; Naval art and science ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Marine & Naval ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; HISTORY ; Military ; Naval ; Irregular warfare ; Naval art and science ; Piracy ; Prevention ; Riverine operations ; United States ; Case studies ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Introduction -- What Is Maritime Irregular Warfare? -- The Case of Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines -- A Comparative Historical Analysis of Maritime Irregular Warfare -- Adversary Capabilities in Maritime Irregular Warfare -- Conclusions and Recommendations
    Kurzfassung: Introduction -- What Is Maritime Irregular Warfare? -- The Case of Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines -- A Comparative Historical Analysis of Maritime Irregular Warfare -- Adversary Capabilities in Maritime Irregular Warfare -- Conclusions and Recommendations
    Anmerkung: "Rand National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the United States Navy; approved for public release; distribution unlimited , Includes bibliographical references
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    Preventing emergency readmissions to hospital : a scoping review (2012)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833079541 , 0833079549
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 51 pages)
    Serie: Technical report
    Schlagwort(e): Hospitals Admission and discharge ; Hospitals Emergency services ; Hospitals ; Hospitals ; Emergency Treatment utilization ; Patient Readmission ; Hospital Administration organization & administration ; MEDICAL ; Evidence-Based Medicine ; Hospitals ; Admission and discharge ; Hospitals ; Emergency services ; England ; Australia ; Netherlands ; United States ; Electronic books
    Anmerkung: "Publication (TR-1198) , Includes bibliographical references
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    Nurse practitioners and sexual and reproductive health services : an analysis of supply and demand (2012)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833079565 , 0833079565
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource
    Serie: Technical report
    DDC: 610.730692
    Schlagwort(e): Sexual health ; Nurses Supply and demand ; Reproductive health ; Nurse practitioners ; Sexual health ; Nurses ; Reproductive health ; Nurse practitioners ; United States ; Nurse practitioners ; Nurses ; Supply and demand ; Reproductive health ; Sexual health ; Electronic books
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-99)
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    Rapid acquisition and fielding for information assurance and cyber security in the Navy (2012)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833078551 , 0833083481 , 0833078550 , 9780833083487
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 78 pages)
    Serie: Technical report TR-1294-NAVY
    Paralleltitel: Print version Porche, Isaac, 1968- Rapid acquisition and fielding for information assurance and cyber security in the Navy
    Schlagwort(e): United States Planning ; United States Information technology ; United States Procurement ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Government purchasing Law and legislation ; Computer security ; Cyberterrorism Prevention ; Computer software Purchasing ; Computers Purchasing ; Defense contracts ; Government purchasing ; Computer security ; Cyberterrorism ; Computer software ; Computers ; Defense contracts ; Defense contracts ; Government purchasing ; Law and legislation ; Armed Forces ; Planning ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Naval Science - General ; United States ; COMPUTERS ; Internet ; Security ; Armed Forces ; Procurement ; Computer security ; Computer software ; Purchasing ; United States ; Computers ; Purchasing ; Cyberterrorism ; Prevention ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Identifying an agile and adaptable acquisition process that can field new information technology capabilities and services in relatively short and responsive time frames is a pressing issue for the U.S. Navy. Damaging malware can mutate within hours or days, requiring a defense that is sufficiently responsive to mitigate each variant. The Navy's Program Manager, Warfare (PMW) 130, an office in the Navy's Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence, is focused on rapidly and proactively fielding innovative capabilities to stay ahead of cyber threats. It requires an acquisition and fielding cycle that can deliver hardware security products within 12-18 months, software security products within six to 12 months, and incremental development for both hardware and software every three months. These time frames are far shorter than the Navy's traditional acquisition cycle time, which can be 36 months from concept approval to initial operational capability or eight to ten years for full operational capability. With a focus on these goals, a RAND study sought to identify ways to accelerate or bypass the traditional acquisition process in response to the unique demands of PMW 130 information technology and cyber programs, with lessons derived from and recommendations applicable to programs across the U.S. Department of Defense
    Kurzfassung: Identifying an agile and adaptable acquisition process that can field new information technology capabilities and services in relatively short and responsive time frames is a pressing issue for the U.S. Navy. Damaging malware can mutate within hours or days, requiring a defense that is sufficiently responsive to mitigate each variant. The Navy's Program Manager, Warfare (PMW) 130, an office in the Navy's Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence, is focused on rapidly and proactively fielding innovative capabilities to stay ahead of cyber threats. It requires an acquisition and fielding cycle that can deliver hardware security products within 12-18 months, software security products within six to 12 months, and incremental development for both hardware and software every three months. These time frames are far shorter than the Navy's traditional acquisition cycle time, which can be 36 months from concept approval to initial operational capability or eight to ten years for full operational capability. With a focus on these goals, a RAND study sought to identify ways to accelerate or bypass the traditional acquisition process in response to the unique demands of PMW 130 information technology and cyber programs, with lessons derived from and recommendations applicable to programs across the U.S. Department of Defense
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for the United States Navy , "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-78)
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    General military training : standardization and reduction options (2012)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833069122 , 083308321X , 0833069128 , 9780833083210
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 100 pages)
    Serie: Technical report
    Schlagwort(e): United States Vocational guidance ; United States ; Armed Forces Training of ; Military readiness ; Military education ; Armed Forces ; Military readiness ; Military education ; Armed Forces ; Vocational guidance ; Military education ; Military readiness ; Vocational guidance ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Science - General ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; United States Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; United States Armed Forces ; Vocational guidance ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Every uniformed service member, whether Active Component (AC) or Reserve Component (RC), must complete ancillary or general military training (GMT) requirements prescribed by his or her service. Individual services direct some topics, and some are stipulated by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). DoD has identified a need to reduce cyclic mandatory training requirements (especially for the RCs), thus reducing the training burden on the services and making the most of available training time. The RAND National Defense Research Institute was asked to examine the services' mandatory military training requirements and examine options to standardize requirements and reduce the training burden. This report responds to that request by providing a common definition of GMT and examining both the guidance that directs GMT completion and the services' approaches to conducting GMT. The authors identified GMT requirements directed by law and policy and interviewed service AC and RC subject-matter experts
    Kurzfassung: Every uniformed service member, whether Active Component (AC) or Reserve Component (RC), must complete ancillary or general military training (GMT) requirements prescribed by his or her service. Individual services direct some topics, and some are stipulated by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). DoD has identified a need to reduce cyclic mandatory training requirements (especially for the RCs), thus reducing the training burden on the services and making the most of available training time. The RAND National Defense Research Institute was asked to examine the services' mandatory military training requirements and examine options to standardize requirements and reduce the training burden. This report responds to that request by providing a common definition of GMT and examining both the guidance that directs GMT completion and the services' approaches to conducting GMT. The authors identified GMT requirements directed by law and policy and interviewed service AC and RC subject-matter experts
    Anmerkung: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-100)
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    An assessment of the assignments and arrangements of the executive agent for DoD biometrics and status report on the DoD biometrics enterprise (2012)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833077073 , 0833079875 , 0833077074 , 9780833079879
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 82 pages)
    Serie: Report
    Paralleltitel: Print version Assessment of the assignments and arrangements of the executive agent for DoD biometrics and status report on the DoD biometrics enterprise
    Schlagwort(e): United States ; United States ; Identification Automation ; Biometric identification ; Identification ; Biometric identification ; Identification ; Automation ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; United States ; Biometric identification ; Electronic books
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-82)
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    Modeling terrorism risk to the air transportation system : an independent assessment of TSA's risk management analysis tool and associated methods (2012)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833076854 , 0833079743 , 083307685X , 9780833079749
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 146 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation monograph series MG1241
    Paralleltitel: Print version Modeling terrorism risk to the air transportation system
    Schlagwort(e): United States Rules and practice ; Evaluation ; United States ; Terrorism Prevention ; Aeronautics Safety measures ; Evaluation ; Aeronautics, Commercial Security measures ; Evaluation ; Risk management Mathematical models ; Terrorism ; Aeronautics ; Aeronautics, Commercial ; Risk management ; Social Welfare & Social Work ; Social Sciences ; Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency ; United States ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom ; Risk management ; Mathematical models ; Terrorism ; Prevention ; United States ; Electronic book
    Kurzfassung: RAND evaluated a terrorism risk modeling tool developed by the Transportation Security Administration and Boeing to help guide program planning for aviation security. This tool, the Risk Management Analysis Tool, or RMAT, is used by TSA to estimate the terrorism risk-reduction benefits attributable to new and existing security programs, technologies, and procedures. RMAT simulates terrorist behavior and success in attacking vulnerabilities in the domestic commercial air transportation system, drawing on estimates of terrorist resources, capabilities, preferences, decision processes, intelligence collection, and operational planning. It describes how the layers of security protecting the air transportation system are likely to perform when confronted by more than 60 types of attacks, drawing on detailed blast and other physical modeling to understand the damage produced by different weapons and attacks, and calculating expected loss of life and the direct and indirect economic consequences of that damage. This report describes RAND's conclusions about the validity of RMAT for TSA's intended uses and its recommendations for how TSA should perform cost-benefit analyses of its security programs
    Kurzfassung: RAND evaluated a terrorism risk modeling tool developed by the Transportation Security Administration and Boeing to help guide program planning for aviation security. This tool, the Risk Management Analysis Tool, or RMAT, is used by TSA to estimate the terrorism risk-reduction benefits attributable to new and existing security programs, technologies, and procedures. RMAT simulates terrorist behavior and success in attacking vulnerabilities in the domestic commercial air transportation system, drawing on estimates of terrorist resources, capabilities, preferences, decision processes, intelligence collection, and operational planning. It describes how the layers of security protecting the air transportation system are likely to perform when confronted by more than 60 types of attacks, drawing on detailed blast and other physical modeling to understand the damage produced by different weapons and attacks, and calculating expected loss of life and the direct and indirect economic consequences of that damage. This report describes RAND's conclusions about the validity of RMAT for TSA's intended uses and its recommendations for how TSA should perform cost-benefit analyses of its security programs
    Anmerkung: At head of title: RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center , Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-146)
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    Efficient aviation security : strengthening the analytic foundation for making air transportation security decisions (2012)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833076526 , 0833079700 , 0833076523 , 9780833079701
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 155 pages)
    Serie: Rand Corporation monograph series
    Paralleltitel: Print version Jackson, Brian A., 1972- Efficient aviation security
    Schlagwort(e): Terrorism Prevention ; Aeronautics Security measures ; Terrorism ; Aeronautics ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Industries ; Transportation ; Terrorism ; Prevention ; Aeronautics ; Security measures ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: In the decade since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, aviation security has remained a policy area at the forefront of the national policy agenda. Al-Qa'ida has maintained its focus on the U.S. aviation system, and a number of attempted attacks on aircraft have been thwarted in the succeeding years. Internationally, there have been successful attacks on aircraft and airports, and continued adaptation and innovation by terrorist groups has presented aviation planners with a shifting risk environment. The frequent adjustments and systematic tightening of security around the aviation system that have occurred since 9/11 have also put the collateral and intangible effects of security efforts into the national spotlight, with significant controversy about the intrusiveness of security, and have stimulated both analysis and debate about whether the benefits of new security measures outweigh their costs. This document seeks to contribute to the national debate on aviation security by examining a set of issues that are either overlooked or not well captured in analyses of the costs and benefits of security measures. Our effort is motivated by the position that the goal of aviation security is not just to reduce risk in the aviation system, but to do so efficiently, particularly in an era when fiscal constraints require difficult choices between spending resources on security or other important national priorities. We present a series of distinct analyses focused on tools and approaches we believed were missing and therefore hurting efforts to develop efficient security strategies, implement tactics, and get the best outcomes for the resources spent to ensure aviation security
    Kurzfassung: In the decade since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, aviation security has remained a policy area at the forefront of the national policy agenda. Al-Qa'ida has maintained its focus on the U.S. aviation system, and a number of attempted attacks on aircraft have been thwarted in the succeeding years. Internationally, there have been successful attacks on aircraft and airports, and continued adaptation and innovation by terrorist groups has presented aviation planners with a shifting risk environment. The frequent adjustments and systematic tightening of security around the aviation system that have occurred since 9/11 have also put the collateral and intangible effects of security efforts into the national spotlight, with significant controversy about the intrusiveness of security, and have stimulated both analysis and debate about whether the benefits of new security measures outweigh their costs. This document seeks to contribute to the national debate on aviation security by examining a set of issues that are either overlooked or not well captured in analyses of the costs and benefits of security measures. Our effort is motivated by the position that the goal of aviation security is not just to reduce risk in the aviation system, but to do so efficiently, particularly in an era when fiscal constraints require difficult choices between spending resources on security or other important national priorities. We present a series of distinct analyses focused on tools and approaches we believed were missing and therefore hurting efforts to develop efficient security strategies, implement tactics, and get the best outcomes for the resources spent to ensure aviation security
    Anmerkung: "MG-1220-RC."--Page 4 of cover , "RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center , Includes bibliographical references
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    Early assessment of the civil justice system after the financial crisis : something wicked this way comes? (2012)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833079503 , 0833079506
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    DDC: 347.735
    Schlagwort(e): Civil procedure ; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 ; Legal services ; Legal aid ; Civil procedure ; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 ; Legal services ; Legal aid ; Legal aid ; Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009) ; Legal services ; Civil procedure ; United States ; Electronic books
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references
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    Evaluation of the Arkansas tobacco settlement program : progress through 2011 (2012)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833076755 , 0833079468 , 0833076752 , 9780833079466
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (9 pages)
    Serie: Technical report / Rand Corporation TR-1261/1-ATSC (2012)
    Paralleltitel: Print versionPrint version Evaluation of the Arkansas tobacco settlement program : progress through 2011. Summary
    DDC: 362.29/609767
    Schlagwort(e): Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission Evaluation ; Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission ; Tobacco industry Health aspects ; Tobacco industry Law and legislation ; Smoking cessation Government policy ; Evaluation ; Health promotion ; Tobacco industry ; Tobacco industry ; Smoking cessation ; Health promotion ; Americas ; Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment ; Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena ; Arkansas ; Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms ; Behavior ; Biomedical Research ; Delivery of Health Care ; Disciplines and Occupations ; Economics ; Evaluation Studies as Topic ; Geographic Locations ; Geographicals ; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms ; Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services ; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation ; Health Promotion ; Health Services Administration ; Health Services ; Industry ; Investigative Techniques ; Methods ; Natural Science Disciplines ; North America ; Outcome Assessment (Health Care) ; Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care) ; Preventive Health Services ; Program Evaluation ; Psychiatry and Psychology ; Publication Characteristics ; Publication Formats ; Quality of Health Care ; Research ; Science ; Social Sciences ; Southeastern United States ; Technical Report ; Technology, Industry, Agriculture ; Technology, Industry, and Agriculture ; Tobacco Industry ; Tobacco Use Cessation ; United States ; Public Health ; Health & Biological Sciences ; Public Health - General ; Arkansas ; Evaluation ; Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission ; Health promotion ; Tobacco industry ; Health aspects ; Tobacco industry ; Law and legislation ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Tobacco takes a staggering toll on the health, well being, and finances of states. This report provides an independent evaluation of the performance of Arkansas' seven health-related programs funded by the state's share of the multi-state tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA), includes an historical overview and summary of the activities of the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Commission (ATSC), and examines changes in health outcomes attributed to the MSA-funded Arkansas programs over the past decade. MSA imposed no restrictions on how states could spend their payments, and states chose to allocate them to a wide variety of activities. In Arkansas, virtually all of the state's share of MSA funds were allocated to health related programs, with approximately one-third dedicated to tobacco prevention and cessation. The authors' findings are drawn from quarterly reports and spending and funding data compiled by the ATSC and the seven funded programs, as well as data provided by the programs to calculate unit costs for key program initiatives. Secondary data sources employed to assess health-related outcomes included national surveys plus state supplements for the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS); U.S. Census data; data summaries from non-profit organizations such as the American Lung Association, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, and the United Healthcare Foundation; and statistics from the Arkansas Department of Health. The contents of this report should be of interest to national and state policymakers, health care researchers and providers, and others concerned with the effect of the tobacco settlement funds on the health of Arkansans
    Anmerkung: "RAND Health , Caption title , Includes bibliographical references
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    US drug policy landscape : insights and opportunities for improving the view (2012)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833077332 , 0833077333 , 9780833076991 , 0833077317 , 083307699X , 9780833077318
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 51 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation occasional paper series OP393
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als US drug policy landscape
    Paralleltitel: Print version Kilmer, Beau U.S. Drug Policy Landscape : Insights and Opportunities for Improving the View
    Schlagwort(e): Drug abuse Government policy ; Drug control ; Drug abuse ; Drug control ; Delivery of Health Care ; Drug and Narcotic Control ; Health Care Economics and Organizations ; Health Services Administration ; Legislation as Topic ; Legislation, Drug ; Organization and Administration ; Pharmacy Administration ; Policy ; Public Policy ; Social Control Policies ; Social Control, Formal ; Social Sciences ; Sociology ; Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Social Policy ; Drug abuse ; Government policy ; Drug control ; Social Welfare & Social Work ; Social Sciences ; Substance Abuse ; United States ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Infrastructure ; Electronic books ; USA ; Drogenpolitik ; USA ; Drogenpolitik
    Kurzfassung: Discussions about reducing the harms associated with drug use and antidrug policies are often politicized, infused with questionable data, and unproductive. This paper provides a nonpartisan primer that should be of interest to those who are new to the field of drug policy, as well as those who have been working in the trenches. It begins with an overview of problems and policies related to illegal drugs in the United States, including the nonmedical use of prescription drugs. It then discusses the efficacy of U.S. drug policies and programs, including long-standing issues that deserve additional attention. Next, the paper lists the major funders of research and analysis in the area and describes their priorities. By highlighting the issues that receive most of the funding, this discussion identifies where gaps remain. Comparing these needs, old and new, to the current funding patterns suggests eight opportunities to improve understanding of drug problems and drug policies in the United States: (1) sponsor young scholars and strengthen the infrastructure of the field, (2) accelerate the diffusion of good ideas and reliable information to decision-makers, (3) replicate and evaluate cutting-edge programs in an expedited fashion, (4) support nonpartisan research on marijuana policy, (5) investigate ways to reduce drug-related violence in Mexico and Central America, (6) improve understanding of the markets for diverted pharmaceuticals, (7) help build and sustain comprehensive community prevention efforts, and (8) develop more sensible sentencing policies that reduce the excessive levels of incarceration for drug offenses and address the extreme racial disparities. The document offers some specific suggestions for researchers and potential research funders in each of the eight areas
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Introduction -- The drug policy landscape in the United States -- Efficacy of U.S. drug policies and programs -- The drug policy research funding landscape -- Opportunities to influence the drug policy field -- Concluding thoughts.
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-51) , Title from PDF title screen (viewed on Sept. 14, 2012)
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    Allocating Marine Expeditionary Unit equipment and personnel to minimize shortfalls (2012)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833076199 , 0833084577 , 0833080741 , 0833076191 , 9780833080745 , 9780833084576
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 120 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation technical report series TR-1253-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Print version Allocating Marine Expeditionary Unit equipment and personnel to minimize shortfalls
    Schlagwort(e): United States Equipment ; United States ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Armed Forces ; Equipment and supplies ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: For various reasons, including the commander's priorities and expected mission requirements, U.S. Marine Corps amphibious lift requirements, that is, the space needed on ships to transport equipment for a given mission, may exceed the U.S. Navy's lift capacity. Thus, Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs) afloat generally do not have all their support personnel and equipment on board. What is the impact of this shortfall on a MEU's ability to complete the tasks associated with its mission, especially when the mission includes reconstruction and stabilization operations? Close examination reveals that, in general, MEUs do not fail as a result of these equipment shortfalls; Marine Corps commanders are able to make use of the equipment they have in innovative and creative ways to accomplish the tasks at hand. However, equipment shortfalls do force shortcuts and sometimes sacrifice the quality and speed of task completion. This report describes the development of an automated tool for allocating both equipment and personnel to complete the tasks associated with 15 MEU missions, highlighting the associated equipment implications
    Kurzfassung: For various reasons, including the commander's priorities and expected mission requirements, U.S. Marine Corps amphibious lift requirements, that is, the space needed on ships to transport equipment for a given mission, may exceed the U.S. Navy's lift capacity. Thus, Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs) afloat generally do not have all their support personnel and equipment on board. What is the impact of this shortfall on a MEU's ability to complete the tasks associated with its mission, especially when the mission includes reconstruction and stabilization operations? Close examination reveals that, in general, MEUs do not fail as a result of these equipment shortfalls; Marine Corps commanders are able to make use of the equipment they have in innovative and creative ways to accomplish the tasks at hand. However, equipment shortfalls do force shortcuts and sometimes sacrifice the quality and speed of task completion. This report describes the development of an automated tool for allocating both equipment and personnel to complete the tasks associated with 15 MEU missions, highlighting the associated equipment implications
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , "RAND National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-120)
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    Making summer count : how summer programs can boost children's learning (2011)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833052698 , 0833052691 , 9780833052667 , 0833052713 , 0833052667 , 9780833052711
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 93 pages)
    Serie: Rand Corporation monograph series
    Paralleltitel: Print version Making summer count
    Schlagwort(e): Summer schools ; Summer schools ; EDUCATION ; Evaluation & Assessment ; Summer schools ; United States ; EDUCATION ; Administration ; General ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: "Despite long-term and ongoing efforts to close the achievement gap between disadvantaged and advantaged students, low-income students continue to perform at considerably lower levels than their higher-income peers in reading and mathematics. Research has shown that students' skills and knowledge often deteriorate during the summer months, with low-income students facing the largest losses. Instruction during the summer has the potential to stop these losses and propel students toward higher achievement. A review of the literature on summer learning loss and summer learning programs, coupled with data from ongoing programs offered by districts and private providers across the United States, demonstrates the potential of summer programs to improve achievement as well as the challenges in creating and maintaining such programs. School districts and summer programming providers can benefit from the existing research and lessons learned by other programs in terms of developing strategies to maximize program effectiveness and quality, student participation, and strategic partnerships and funding. Recommendations for providers and policymakers address ways to mitigate barriers by capitalizing on a range of funding sources, engaging in long-term planning to ensure adequate attendance and hiring, and demonstrating positive student outcomes"--Provided by publisher
    Kurzfassung: "Despite long-term and ongoing efforts to close the achievement gap between disadvantaged and advantaged students, low-income students continue to perform at considerably lower levels than their higher-income peers in reading and mathematics. Research has shown that students' skills and knowledge often deteriorate during the summer months, with low-income students facing the largest losses. Instruction during the summer has the potential to stop these losses and propel students toward higher achievement. A review of the literature on summer learning loss and summer learning programs, coupled with data from ongoing programs offered by districts and private providers across the United States, demonstrates the potential of summer programs to improve achievement as well as the challenges in creating and maintaining such programs. School districts and summer programming providers can benefit from the existing research and lessons learned by other programs in terms of developing strategies to maximize program effectiveness and quality, student participation, and strategic partnerships and funding. Recommendations for providers and policymakers address ways to mitigate barriers by capitalizing on a range of funding sources, engaging in long-term planning to ensure adequate attendance and hiring, and demonstrating positive student outcomes"--Provided by publisher
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-93)
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