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    Evaluation of the Military Spouse Employment Partnership (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: In this first of two reports, RAND researchers assess whether and how The Military Spouse Employment Partnership addresses its objectives in supporting the employment of military spouses and closing the wage gap between military and civilian spouses. This report documents the first phase of research to help meet the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act requirement for a “report evaluating the progress of military spouse employment programs."
    Keywords: Management & Organizational Behavior ; Law ; Finance ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KF Finance & accounting::KFC Accounting ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LN Laws of Specific jurisdictions::LNH Employment & labour law
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    The U.S. Army and the New National Security Strategy (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This book examines the Army's role in the war on terrorism; the Army's homeland security needs; the implications of increased emphasis on Asia; the Army's role in coalition operations; the unfinished business of jointness-the lessons learned from operations and how to prepare for the future; the Army's deployability, logistical, and personnel challenges; and whether the Army can afford its Transformation. These examinations are bracketed by an introduction, a description of the Army's place in the new national security strategy, and a summary of the authors' conclusions.
    Keywords: Political Science ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JW Warfare & defence
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    Preschool Adequacy and Efficiency in California (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: The California Preschool Study examined gaps in school readiness and achievement in the early grades among California children and the potential for high-quality preschool to close those gaps, the use of early care and education (ECE) services and their quality, and the system of publicly funded ECE programs for three- and four-year-olds. This analysis integrates the results from the prior studies and makes recommendations for preschool policy.
    Keywords: Sociology ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; Education ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJW Office & workplace::KJWX Working patterns & practices ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies & policy ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSP Age groups::JFSP1 Age groups: children
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    Assessment of Beddown Alternatives for the F-35 (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the most costly aircraft acquisition program in Defense Department history. RAND assessed the potential for savings by reconfiguring the U.S. Air Force’s combat-coded F-35s into larger squadrons, adjusting the Primary Aerospace Vehicle Authorized (PAA) mix across the Active and Reserve Components, and adjusting the percentage of PAA permanently assigned to locations in the continental United States.
    Keywords: Transportation Studies ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; Technology ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TT Other technologies & applied sciences::TTM Military engineering ; bic Book Industry Communication::W Lifestyle, sport & leisure::WG Transport: general interest::WGM Aircraft: general interest
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    Physical and Psychological Health Following Military Sexual Assault (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This paper reviews data on the prevalence of sexual assault among servicemembers, predictors of disclosure, efforts to improve disclosure, victim needs, and DoD efforts to provide necessary resources in the immediate aftermath of a sexual assault.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFE Violence in society::JFFE3 Domestic violence ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues
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    Implications of Integrating Women into the Marine Corps Infantry (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-14
    Description: This study for the U.S. Marine Corps presents a historical overview of the integration of women into the U.S. military and explores the importance of cohesion and what influences it. The gender integration experiences of foreign militaries, as well as the gender integration efforts of domestic police and fire departments, are analyzed for insights into effective policies. The potential costs of integration are analyzed as well.
    Keywords: Management & Organizational Behavior ; History ; Business ; thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VS Self-help, personal development and practical advice::VSC Advice on careers and achieving success ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJM Management and management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel and human resources management ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWK Military and defence strategy
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    Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence--The U.S. Military and Counterinsurgency Doctrine, 1960-1970 and 2003-2006 (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: By comparing modern counterinsurgency doctrine and operations to those of 1960s, this paper tests and ultimately disproves the assumption that doctrine as written and operations as conducted are tightly linked. Ingrained organizational concepts and beliefs have a much greater influence on operations than written doctrine, and altering these beliefs will require the U.S. military to reorient itself mentally as well as physically.
    Keywords: Political Science ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JW Warfare & defence ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPV Political control & freedoms
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    Making an Impact in the Kurdistan Region—Iraq (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This executive summary describes key results from four studies carried out by the RAND Corporation in Phase II of its work for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). RAND’s work aims to help the KRG expand access to high-quality technical and vocational education and training; improve access to, the quality of, and financing for health care; improve the private sector labor market; and prepare and conduct the Kurdistan Region Labor Force Survey.
    Keywords: History ; Business ; Health Sciences ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCF Labour economics ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJF Asian history::HBJF1 Middle Eastern history ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues
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    Supporting the Mental Health Needs of Veterans in the Metro Detroit Area (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Over the past decade, the government has expanded funding and services to meet increasing demand for improved veteran access to high-quality mental health services. This report describes findings from a study designed to gather information on mental health–related needs facing veterans in the Detroit metropolitan area to identify gaps in the support landscape and inform future investments for community-level resources to fill the identified gaps.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; History ; Psychology ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JW Warfare & defence::JWX Other warfare & defence issues::JWXV Military veterans ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MQ Nursing & ancillary services ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology::JMP Abnormal psychology
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    Energy-Sector Workforce Development in Southwestern Pennsylvania (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This report documents key technological innovations in the energy sector; identifies best practices of educational and training programs that have successfully responded to evolving labor markets in other sectors; analyzes four case-study energy-sector education and training programs in southwestern Pennsylvania; and provides recommendations for the energy-sector education and training system in the region.
    Keywords: Physics ; History ; Education ; Business ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education ; bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJK History of the Americas ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PH Physics::PHD Classical mechanics::PHDY Energy
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    Behavioral Fitness and Resilience (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families. It examines the relationship between behavioral fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature that relate to sleep, alcohol use, and tobacco use.
    Keywords: Population Studies ; Health Sciences ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; History ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JW Warfare & defence::JWG Air forces & warfare ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MQ Nursing & ancillary services ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health & preventive medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBD Population & demography
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    Access to Behavioral Health Care for Geographically Remote Service Members and Dependents in the U.S. (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Concerns about access to behavioral health care for military service members and their dependents living in geographically remote locations prompted research into how many in this population are remote and the effects of this distance on their use of behavioral health care. The authors conducted geospatial and longitudinal analyses to answer these questions and reviewed current policies and programs to determine barriers and possible solutions.
    Keywords: Management & Organizational Behavior ; Health Sciences ; Psychology ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology
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    Performance Evaluation and Army Recruiting (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Traditional performance metrics, such as number of contracts signed per month per Army recruiter, do not adequately measure recruiter effort, skill, and productivity. The authors develop a "preferred performance metric" that takes into account the difficulty of recruiting different types of youth in various markets and propose short-term changes to the system that would more accurately assess recruiter effort and skill.
    Keywords: Political Science ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPV Political control & freedoms
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    Assessment of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Updates the policy context of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) patient safety initiative; documents the current priorities and activities undertaken; and assesses contributions of health information technology projects and dissemination actions to support adoption of evidence-based safe practices. Discusses implications for future AHRQ policy, programming, and research; suggests ways to strengthen AHRQ activities.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; Technology ; Political Science ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBG Medical equipment & techniques::MBGR Medical research ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPQ Central government::JPQB Central government policies ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues
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    Estimating the Cost of Administering the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-30
    Description: Currently, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funds cannot be used to administer the SBIR program; SBIR administration must be funded from other sources. As Congress reauthorizes the program, it is considering whether to allow partial use of SBIR set-asides for SBIR program administration costs and, if so, at what levels. In this report, the authors estimate how much it currently costs to administer the DoD SBIR program.
    Keywords: Management & Organizational Behavior ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJW Office and workplace::KJWX Working patterns and practices
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    Hazing in the U.S. Armed Forces (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This report documents research focused on helping the Department of Defense build a more-systematic approach to hazing prevention and response. The report documents theory and research on the root causes of hazing and findings and recommendations regarding how best to define hazing, practices to prevent and respond to incidents of hazing, and how the armed forces can improve the tracking of hazing incidents.
    Keywords: Business ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; Sociology ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJW Office & workplace::KJWX Working patterns & practices ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFE Violence in society
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    Recruiting Minorities (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Since 2000, black representation among high-quality recruits in the Army has decreased, while Hispanic representation has increased; in the Navy, black representation has remained stable and Hispanic representation has increased. The authors identify factors that explain these trends and consider which policies are likely to be most effective in increasing high-quality enlistments among black, Hispanic, and white youth.
    Keywords: Management & Organizational Behavior ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management
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    Air Power in the New Counterinsurgency Era (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: United States has engaged in counterinsurgency around the globe for more than a century. But insurgencies have rarely been defeated by outside powers. Rather, the afflicted nation itself must win the war politically and militarily, and the best way to help is to offer advice, training, and equipment. Air power, and the U.S. Air Force, can play an important role in such efforts, which suggests making them an institutional priority.
    Keywords: Management & Organizational Behavior ; Political Science ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JW Warfare & defence
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    Strategic Appraisal (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Change--in international relations, in technology, and in society as a whole--has become the idiom of our age. One example of these changes has been an increasing recognition of the value of air and space assets for handling nearly every contingency from disaster relief to war and, onsequently, increasing demand for such assets. These developments have created both challenges and opportunities for the U.S. Air Force. This, the fourth volume in the Strategic Appraisal series, draws on the expertise of researchers from across RAND to explore both the challenges and opportunities that the U.S. Air Force faces as it strives to support the nation's interests in a challenging technological and security environment.Contributors examine the changing roles of air and space forces in U.S.national security strategy, the implications of new systems and technologiesfor military operations, and the role of nuclear weapons in U.S. securitystrategy. Contributors also discuss the status of major modernizationefforts within the Air Force, and the bill of health of the Air Force, asmeasured by its readiness to undertake its missions both today and in thefuture.
    Keywords: Political Science ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JW Warfare & defence ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPV Political control & freedoms
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    Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: The Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office asked the RAND Corporation to independently assess rates of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the military. This volume presents the results of methodological investigations into sources of potential bias in estimates produced from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study for active- and reserve-component members in the U.S. military.
    Keywords: Management & Organizational Behavior ; Sociology ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFJ Social discrimination & inequality ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFE Violence in society::JFFE2 Sexual abuse & harassment
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    U.S. Competitiveness in Science and Technology (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Is the United States in danger of losing its competitive edge in science and technology? This volume reviews the arguments surrounding this issue and contrasts them with relevant data, including trends in research and development investment; information on the size, composition, and pay of the U.S. science and engineering workforce; and domestic and international education statistics. The authors conclude with recommendations for policymakers.
    Keywords: Technology ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; Education ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJW Office & workplace::KJWX Working patterns & practices ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies & policy ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues
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    Improving Air Force Enterprise Resource Planning-Enabled Business Transformation (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: RAND Project AIR FORCE identified key conditions to aid the success of business transformation enabled by enterprise resource planning systems, challenges the Air Force must address to achieve them, and options for overcoming these challenges.
    Keywords: Technology ; Business ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJC Business strategy ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJU Organizational theory & behaviour ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TT Other technologies & applied sciences::TTM Military engineering
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    Analyses of the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: The organic defense acquisition workforce oversees defense acquisition programs from start to finish. RAND has been providing ongoing analysis of the workforce. This volume documents revisions to methods summarized in an earlier report, describes the workforce through fiscal year 2011, and provides a user’s manual for a model for projecting workforce needs through 2021 under different assumptions about the future.
    Keywords: Technology ; History ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::U Computing & information technology::UN Databases::UNA Database design & theory ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JW Warfare & defence::JWK Defence strategy, planning & research
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    Soldier-Portable Battery Supply (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Batteries are a ubiquitous presence in equipment carried by soldiers. These batteries are acquired through a supply chain driven by commercial applications and predominately based in Asia. RAND found that government and industry representatives of military battery suppliers have concerns associated with this foreign-dependent supply chain. The report discusses alternative policy options to address these concerns.
    Keywords: Management & Organizational Behavior ; Technology ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV5 Production & quality control management ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TT Other technologies & applied sciences::TTM Military engineering
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    Physical Fitness and Resilience (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families. It examines the relationship between physical fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature that address work-related physical fitness and health-related physical fitness.
    Keywords: Population Studies ; Health Sciences ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health & preventive medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBD Population & demography
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    Charting the Course for a New Air Force Inspection System (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: The Inspector General of the Air Force (SAF/IG) is leading an Air Force–wide effort to reduce the burden of Air Force inspection activities while also improving the quality of oversight the inspection system provides. In 2010, SAF/IG asked RAND Project AIR FORCE to join in this effort. This report presents primary data RAND collected on the Air Force inspection system and identifies effective inspection and information collection practices that the Air Force might emulate.
    Keywords: Technology ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; History ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JW Warfare & defence::JWK Defence strategy, planning & research ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TT Other technologies & applied sciences::TTM Military engineering
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    The Diffusion and Value of Healthcare Information Technology (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This report characterizes the diffusion of use of electronic health records (EHRs). The author uses interviews and surveys and a literature review to investigate whether healthcare is expected to duplicate the gains enabled by information technology seen in several prominent industries. To accomplish this, the following questions are asked: What is the current diffusion of health information technology? How does EHR diffusion compare to innovations in other industries? What is such diffusion worth to society? What should the government do, if anything, to speed the adoption of EHRs?
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    Steeling the Mind (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-30
    Description: Combat stress casualties are not necessarily higher in city operations than operations on other types of terrain. Commanders and NCOs need to have the skills to treat and prevent stress casualties and understand their implications for urban operations. The authors review the known precipitants of combat stress reaction, its battlefield treatment, and the preventive steps commanders can take to limit its extent and severity.
    Keywords: Management & Organizational Behavior ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJM Management and management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel and human resources management
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    Energy Services Analysis (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-04
    Description: Most environmental analyses focus on changing existing processes to use less energy and produce fewer emissions. This report uses energy service analysis (ESA) to examine possibilities for instead changing how a service is delivered. The ESA framework is used to analyze how changes in the provision of two services—news delivery and personal mobility—might reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and suggests other areas in which ESA could be applied.
    Keywords: Political Science ; Physics ; Technology ; Transportation Studies ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PH Physics::PHD Classical mechanics::PHDY Energy ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RB Earth sciences::RBP Meteorology & climatology ; bic Book Industry Communication::W Lifestyle, sport & leisure::WG Transport: general interest::WGC Road & motor vehicles: general interest::WGCF Buses, trams & commercial vehicles: general interest ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics::PHD Classical mechanics::PHDY Energy ; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBP Meteorology and climatology ; thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WG Transport: general interest::WGC Road and motor vehicles: general interest::WGCF Buses, trams and commercial vehicles: general interest
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    Apendix: Building Better Boyhood Programs (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This report evaluates the implementation of programs funded by The Heinz Endowment’s African American Men and Boys Task Force initiative in Allegheny County, Pa., and to understand how the programs operated, whether they made progress toward achieving their goals, and what can be learned from their implementation.
    Keywords: Education ; Sociology ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNL Schools::JNLC Secondary schools ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNK Organization & management of education::JNKD Examinations & assessment ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies & policy::JNFN Inclusive education / mainstreaming ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSL Ethnic studies::JFSL1 Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies
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    Developing a Research Strategy for Suicide Prevention in the Department of Defense (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: To support U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) efforts to create a unified, comprehensive strategic plan for suicide prevention research, a RAND study cataloged studies funded by DoD and other entities, examined whether current research maps to DoD’s strategic research needs, and provided recommendations to encourage better alignment and narrow the research-practice gap when it comes to disseminating findings to programs serving military personnel.
    Keywords: Psychology ; Health Sciences ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MQ Nursing & ancillary services ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology
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    Implementation of the DoD Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Provides a framework that the Department of Defense (DoD) can use to organize the strategic initiatives outlined in its 2012 Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan. The framework emphasizes the creation of an enduring accountability system and categorizes DoD’s strategic initiatives along three key dimensions—compliance, communication, and coordination (“the three Cs”)—and prioritizes them across time—short, medium, and long term.
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    The Economic Burden of Providing Health Insurance (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: More than 60 percent of nonelderly Americans receive health-insurance (HI) coverage through employers. However, rising health-care costs may threaten the long-term viability of the employer-based insurance system. This report explores trends in the economic burden associated with HI provision for small and large businesses, as well as the quality of plans that small and large firms offer.
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    Absorbing and Developing Qualified Fighter Pilots (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-30
    Description: What qualifications determine whether a fighter pilot is experienced? Surveys of expert pilots revealed that, while flying time is an element of the experience needed for both combat and staff jobs, other things are also important. The Air Force needs to measure and credit different types of experience-including time spent in advanced simulator systems-when revising its definitions of pilot experience.
    Keywords: Management & Organizational Behavior ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJM Management and management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel and human resources management
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    Addressing Climate Change in Local Water Agency Plans (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: This report describes an approach for planning under deep uncertainty, Robust Decision Making (RDM), and demonstrates its use by the El Dorado Irrigation District (EID). Using RDM, the authors and EID tested the robustness of current long-term water management plans and more robust alternatives across more than 50 futures reflecting different assumptions about future climate, urban growth, and the availability of important new supplies.
    Keywords: Political Science ; Physics ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPV Political control and freedoms ; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RND Environmental policy and protocols ; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBP Meteorology and climatology
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    The Development and Application of the RAND Program Classification Tool (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: The RAND Program Classification Tool is an instrument containing questions and response options across eight key domains that allows for the consistent description of programs in the same content area. Such data can help program portfolio managers compare programs, avoid duplication, and target technical assistance. Developed for psychological health and traumatic brain injury programs, the tool has broader applicability to other content areas.
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    Improving School Leadership (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This study documents actions of Wallace Foundation grantees to create more-cohesive policies and initiatives to improve instructional leadership in schools; describes how states and districts have worked together to forge such policies and initiatives; and examines the hypothesis that cohesive systems improve school leadership. Such efforts appear to be a promising approach to developing school principals engaged in improving instruction.
    Keywords: Education ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMB Management: leadership & motivation ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies & policy
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    The Changing Role of Criminal Law in Controlling Corporate Behavior (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This report addresses the use of criminal sanctions to control corporate behavior—prosecutions both of corporations and of employees for actions taken on corporations’ behalf. The authors describe the current state of the use of criminal sanctions in controlling corporate behavior, describe how the current regime developed, and offer suggestions about how the use of criminal sanctions to control corporate behavior might be improved.
    Keywords: Law ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques ; bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LN Laws of Specific jurisdictions::LNC Company, commercial & competition law ; bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LN Laws of Specific jurisdictions::LNC Company, commercial & competition law::LNCD Company law
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    Medical Fitness and Resilience (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families. It examines the relationship between medical fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature, which address preventive care, the presence and management of injuries and chronic conditions, and facilitators and barriers to access of appropriate health care.
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    Recruiting Older Youths (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-14
    Description: The group of high school graduates who did not enlist immediately after graduation but later join the Army has made up a significant and increasing portion of total enlistments. This report presents the results of a survey of 5,000 Army recruits designed to answer questions about why they did not immediately enlist and why they later chose to do so.
    Keywords: Business ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; History ; thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VS Self-help, personal development and practical advice::VSC Advice on careers and achieving success ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJM Management and management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel and human resources management ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHW Military history
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    Current and Future Exposure of Infrastructure in the United States to Natural Hazards (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-30
    Description: Communities, companies, and governments at all levels in the United States are making decisions that will influence where, what and how infrastructure will be built. This report describes insights about exposures from natural hazards now and in the future, as well as gaps in data that, if filled, could improve the nation’s ability to assess infrastructure risk and improve infrastructure resilience.
    Keywords: Business ; Physics ; Population Studies ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCS Economic systems and structures ; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBP Meteorology and climatology ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBD Population and demography
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    Rebuilding Housing Along the Mississippi Coast (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: In October 2005, RAND researchers went to Mississippi to help the Governor's Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding, and Renewal and the Affordable Housing Subcommittee of the Infrastructure Issues Committee. They identified policy and implementation options that could help local communities address affordable-housing issues. They considered challenges in providing affordable housing and strategies for dealing with those challenges.
    Keywords: Population Studies ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJW Office & workplace::KJWX Working patterns & practices ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBD Population & demography
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    Is Military Advertising Effective? An Estimation Methodology and Applications to Recruiting in the 1980s and 90s (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: The Defense Department has been spending over $100 million annually on recruiting advertising. Previous econometric studies of military advertising's effects have relied on data from time periods unlike today's and have used models possibly inappropriate for supporting today's decisionmakers. This report details improved methods developed to assess military advertising's effectiveness and illustrates them using early 1980s and mid-1990s data.
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    Maintaining Military Medical Skills During Peacetime (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Military medical personnel are tasked with fulfilling both the benefits mission and the readiness mission of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). However, the medical skills required during deployment are likely to differ significantly from those required during peacetime. This study explored an arrangement in which some personnel are stationed in nonmilitary settings where the case mix might more closely resemble that expected under deployment.
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    Recruiting Strategies to Support the Army’s All-Volunteer Force (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-14
    Description: The research described in this report was conducted to improve the Army’s ability to use recruiting resources and enlistment eligibility policies effectively and efficiently to meet accession requirements under varying recruiting conditions. We assess the cost of meeting enlisted force accession requirements when an optimal mix of television advertising and incentives is feasible or, alternatively, when an incentive-centric strategy is required.
    Keywords: History ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; Business ; thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VS Self-help, personal development and practical advice::VSC Advice on careers and achieving success ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJM Management and management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel and human resources management ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHW Military history
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    Considerations for Integrating Women into Closed Occupations in the U.S. Special Operations Forces (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Integrating women into special operations forces poses potential challenges for unit cohesion. The potential integration of women raises issues of effectiveness, in terms of physical standards and ensuring the readiness, cohesion, and morale essential to high-performing teams. This report assesses those challenges and provides analytical support for validating occupational standards for positions controlled by U.S. Special Operations Command.
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    Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: The Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office asked the RAND Corporation to conduct an independent assessment of the rates of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the U.S. military. This volume presents survey results from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study for active- and reserve-component service members in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
    Keywords: Management & Organizational Behavior ; Sociology ; Law ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques ; bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LN Laws of Specific jurisdictions::LND Constitutional & administrative law::LNDK Military & defence law ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFJ Social discrimination & inequality
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    Issues and Performance in the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation System (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Examines the performance of Pennsylvania's workers' compensation system, focusing on benefits and compensation, workplace safety, medical care, and dispute resolution. The authors find that the system performs fairly well relative to other states, but that it faces challenges in improving safety and in dealing with rising health care costs. The authors discuss future policy options, emphasizing the need for more and better performance data.
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    Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Coast Guard active duty and reserve members were surveyed as part of an independent RAND assessment of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the military. This report provides initial top-line active-duty Coast Guard estimates from the resulting RAND Military Workplace Study, which invited close to 560,000 service members to participate in a survey fielded in August and September of 2014.
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    Promoting International Energy Security (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Nigeria is an important oil producer, but security shortfalls impede oil production and new investment. Important new finds of oil and natural gas have been reported in the territorial waters of Nigeria and nearby nations. Making the offshore petroleum infrastructure more secure would promote additional oil field investment, leading to greater production. The U.S. Air Force has expertise that could help build local security capabilities.
    Keywords: Political Science ; Business ; Physics ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KN Industry & industrial studies::KNB Energy industries & utilities ; bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LB International law::LBB Public international law::LBBC Treaties & other sources of international law ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RND Environmental policy & protocols ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PH Physics::PHD Classical mechanics::PHDY Energy
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    Post-Secondary Education in Qatar (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-30
    Description: The government of Qatar has made significant investments in post-secondary education to ensure that Qataris are able to contribute to the country's social and economic goals. The authors describe RAND's analysis of occupational demand and related post-secondary educational opportunities, and offer recommendations for improving the country's current provision of post-secondary education.
    Keywords: Education ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJW Office and workplace::KJWX Working patterns and practices ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies and policy
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    Moving Los Angeles (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Los Angeles has the worst traffic congestion in the country. Excessive traffic congestion detracts from quality of life, is economically wasteful and environmentally damaging, and exacerbates social-justice concerns. The authors of this book recommend strategies for reducing congestion in Los Angeles County that could be implemented and produce significant improvements within about five years.
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    The Deployment Life Study (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: The Deployment Life Study was designed to provide a deeper understanding of military family readiness and its sources. This report describes the theoretical model that informed the study design, 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.
    Keywords: Management & Organizational Behavior ; History ; Technology ; Health Sciences ; Psychology ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JW Warfare & defence::JWK Defence strategy, planning & research ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TT Other technologies & applied sciences::TTM Military engineering
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    Leadership Stability in Army Reserve Component Units (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-30
    Description: This monograph reports results of a study to determine the level and causes of personnel turbulence among Army Reserve Component unit leadership and the effects this turbulence can have on training and preparation for future missions, as well as possible policy and practice options that could mitigate those effects.
    Keywords: Management & Organizational Behavior ; Business ; Technology ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJM Management and management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel and human resources management ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TT Other technologies and applied sciences::TTM Military engineering
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    Sleep in the Military (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Given the unprecedented demands on the U.S. military since 2001 and the risks posed by stress and trauma, there has been growing concern about the prevalence and consequences of sleep problems. This first-ever comprehensive review of military sleep-related policies and programs, evidence-based interventions, and barriers to achieving healthy sleep offers a detailed set of actionable recommendations for improving sleep across the force.
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    Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: In early 2014, the Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office asked the RAND Corporation to conduct an independent assessment of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the military. This report provides initial top-line estimates from the resulting RAND Military Workplace Study, which invited close to 560,000 service members to participate in a survey fielded in August and September of 2014.
    Keywords: Management & Organizational Behavior ; Sociology ; Law ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques ; bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LN Laws of Specific jurisdictions::LND Constitutional & administrative law::LNDK Military & defence law ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFJ Social discrimination & inequality
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    Recruiting and Retaining America's Finest (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Shares results of a survey, sent to every U.S. police agency with at least 300 sworn officers, on recruitment and retention practices. Finds that police compensation, city size, and crime rates affected recruiting. Advertising and incentives had little effect on the number of recruits. Cohort sizes highlighted management challenges. To facilitate comparative and longitudinal staffing analyses, ongoing national data collection is recommended.
    Keywords: Political Science ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; Law ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques ; bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LN Laws of Specific jurisdictions::LNF Criminal law & procedure ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JK Social services & welfare, criminology::JKS Social welfare & social services::JKSW Emergency services::JKSW1 Police & security services
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    Developing Robust Strategies for Climate Change and Other Risks (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: RAND researchers and collaborators present a comprehensive approach for water utilities to assess climate risks to their systems and evaluate adaptation strategies. The approach, based on Robust Decision Making, is demonstrated through pilot studies with two water utilities: Colorado Springs Utilities and New York City Department of Environmental Protection.
    Keywords: Political Science ; Physics ; Technology ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RND Environmental policy & protocols ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RB Earth sciences::RBP Meteorology & climatology ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TQ Environmental science, engineering & technology::TQS Sanitary & municipal engineering::TQSW Water supply & treatment
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    Enhancing Space Resilience Through Non-Materiel Means (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Space is now a congested, contested, and competitive environment. Space systems must become more resilient to potential adversary actions and system failures, but changes to space systems are costly. To reduce costs, the Air Force asked RAND to identify non-materiel means—doctrine, organization, training, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy—to enhance space resilience over the near and far terms.
    Keywords: Physics ; Business ; History ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBW Military history ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JW Warfare & defence::JWG Air forces & warfare ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PH Physics::PHV Applied physics::PHVB Astrophysics
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    Stabilization and Reconstruction Staffing (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Uses the Office of Personnel Management's Human Capital Assessment and Accountability Framework, which advocates strategic alignment, workforce planning and development, and leadership and knowledge management, to assess the U.S. civilian personnel and staffing requirements for stability and reconstruction operations.
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    Environmental Fitness and Resilience (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families. It identifies key environmental stressors experienced by Airmen and examines key resilience factors in the domain of environmental fitness, focusing specifically on prevention and protective measures.
    Keywords: Population Studies ; Health Sciences ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; History ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JW Warfare & defence::JWG Air forces & warfare ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MQ Nursing & ancillary services ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health & preventive medicine ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBD Population & demography
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    Today's Police and Sheriff Recruits (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: For much of the past decade, police and sheriff's departments faced considerable challenges in attracting and retaining recruits. This volume summarizes a 2008-2009 survey fielded to recent police officer and sheriff's deputy recruits nationwide. The authors focus on how understanding modern recruits can help departments refine their recruitment practices and develop a workforce well suited to community-oriented policing.
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    Deployment Experiences of Guard and Reserve Families (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Use of the Reserve Component has steadily increased since the 1990s, but little research has focused on how deployment affects guard and reserve families. This monograph presents the results of interviews with reserve component personnel and spouses, focusing on their deployment experiences and military career intentions. The authors conclude with suggestions on how the Department of Defense can better support guard and reserve families.
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    An Assessment of the Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo) is an effort to reengineer the civilian personnel system to meet the needs of the acquisition workforce and to facilitate the fulfillment of the DoD acquisition mission. Congress required an independent assessment of the program against 12 criteria by September 30, 2012. This report is that legislatively mandated assessment.
    Keywords: Management & Organizational Behavior ; Business ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMD Management decision making ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques
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    How Deployments Affect the Capacity and Utilization of Army Treatment Facilities (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: The Army wished to understand whether the Army’s Force Generation (ARFORGEN) cycle created ebbs and flows in the ability of military treatment facilities to provide care and respond to changing family needs as soldiers and care providers deploy and return home. This study examines how the cycle affects capability and soldier health care utilization at Army military treatment facilities and how it affects family health care utilization.
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    The Federal Voting Assistance Program and the Road Ahead (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This report documents the Federal Voting Assistance Program’s efforts to align its strategy and operations to better serve its mission and stakeholders, and strengthen its capacity to set its own course, greet change, and communicate its role in the voting community. The report shows the potential for substantial, timely change in a highly collaborative working relationship, rooted in a systematic and analytically grounded research design.
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    Reforming Military Retirement (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This report documents RAND analytical support to the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission (MCRMC). Using the Dynamic Retention Model, the report evaluates MCRMC’s proposed military compensation and retirement plan reforms, by service, for officers and enlisted personnel in both the active and reserve components. In addition to generating cost savings, the proposed reforms sustain the current force size and shape.
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    Effects of Military Service on Earnings and Education Revisited (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This report examines how military service affects earnings, especially how these effects differ by the number of years of service and military occupational specialties and how external factors and policies affect these impacts. The authors also examined how economic conditions in the civilian labor market when individuals exit active duty affect postservice earnings.
    Keywords: Technology ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; Education ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TT Other technologies & applied sciences::TTM Military engineering
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    Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: The Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office asked the RAND Corporation to conduct an independent assessment of the rates of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the U.S. military. This Annex to Volume 2 contains detailed tabular results for the DoD active component from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study.
    Keywords: Management & Organizational Behavior ; Sociology ; Law ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques ; bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LN Laws of Specific jurisdictions::LND Constitutional & administrative law::LNDK Military & defence law ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFJ Social discrimination & inequality
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    A New Division of Labor (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: An emerging U.S. grand strategy--the promotion of democracy and freedom abroad--will certainly involve the U.S. armed forces. Although they must change to meet changes in emphasis and demand, theycannot risk their historic strengths. Some areas of interest are the organization and employment of forces, planning for future conflicts, developing information resources, and fostering partnerships among the services and with allies.
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    Managing Water Quality in the Face of Uncertainty (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and its partners develop implementation plans to meet water quality standards. Climate change and other key drivers may significantly affect these plans, but are often neglected due to uncertainty. This study uses two case studies to demonstrate how Robust Decision Making (RDM) can help to address future uncertainty by identifying vulnerabilities in water quality plans and suggesting appropriate responses.
    Keywords: Political Science ; History ; Mathematics ; Physics ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PB Mathematics::PBK Calculus and mathematical analysis::PBKD Complex analysis, complex variables ; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RND Environmental policy and protocols ; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBP Meteorology and climatology
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    E-Vision 2002, Shaping Our Future by Reducing Energy Intensity in the U.S. Economy, Volume I (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-04
    Description: The E-Vision 2002 Conference, held in May 2002, was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy as a step toward implementing a key recommendation of the Bush administration's National Energy Policy. It gathered 150 of the nation's leading energy experts to discuss ways of reducing the country's energy intensity. This volume and the additional volume enclosed on CD-ROM contain the presentations and discussions that took place at the conference, including the identification of goals and the means to achieve them. It is a key work for those involved in implementing the National Energy Policy.
    Keywords: Physics ; bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PH Physics::PHD Classical mechanics::PHDY Energy ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics::PHD Classical mechanics::PHDY Energy
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    An Economic Development Architecture for New Orleans (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: In response to the current situation in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, this report provides recommendations regarding effective organizational and strategic approaches to revitalizing the city's economy, identifies the best practices that other cities have used to foster economic development, describes how these practices might be applied to New Orleans, and considers historical trends and past development missteps.
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    Strength Testing in the Air Force (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-14
    Description: Since 1987, the Air Force has used the Strength Aptitude Test (SAT), a test of physical strength, to screen and classify enlisted personnel into career specialties. In this study, RAND evaluated the usefulness, validity, and fairness of the SAT, focusing on implementation of the SAT at military entrance processing stations and the process for setting strength requirements for career fields.
    Keywords: History ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; Business ; thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VS Self-help, personal development and practical advice::VSC Advice on careers and achieving success ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJM Management and management techniques::KJMD Management decision making ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJM Management and management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel and human resources management ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWK Military and defence strategy ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWC Military forces and sectors::JWCM Air forces and warfare
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    Outcome Evaluation of U.S. Department of State Support for the Global Methane Initiative (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Description: The Global Methane Initiative (GMI) is a voluntary international partnership that promotes methane recovery and reuse activities in developing and transition economies. The U.S. Department of State requested an evaluation of the activities and outcomes supported in whole or in part by its contributions to GMI to gauge its value added to the program.
    Keywords: Physics ; Environmental Science ; Chemistry ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PN Chemistry ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology ; thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBP Meteorology and climatology
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    Adapting to a Changing Colorado River (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: The 2012 Colorado River Basin Study evaluated the resiliency of the Colorado River system over the next 50 years to climate change and other factors, and then compared different options and strategies for ensuring successful management of the river’s resources. This report describes RAND’s contribution to this study. It focuses on the Robust Decision Making methodologies used to identify vulnerabilities and compare portfolios of options.
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    Costs of Selected Policies to Address Air Pollution in China (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-30
    Description: Air pollution has been one of the most pernicious consequences of China’s last three decades of economic transformation and growth. This report estimates the costs of three measures to reduce air pollution in China: replacing coal with natural gas for residential and commercial heating, replacing half of China's coal-fired electric power generation with renewables or nuclear power, and scrapping highly polluting vehicles.
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    A Policy Analysis of Reserve Retirement Reform (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: As the defense burden borne by reserve forces has increased, more attention has been paid to differences between retirement systems for the reserve and active components. This report analyzes the systems, discusses the importance of structuring compensation to enable management flexibility, considers obstacles and how they might be overcome, and provides a quantitative assessment of the reserve retention and cost effects of possible proposals.
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    Force Drawdowns and Demographic Diversity (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: In January 2012, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced plans for a large-scale reduction—or drawdown—of its military force, which could have unintended consequences for demographic diversity. The Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity (ODMEO) in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) asked RAND to analyze how force reductions could affect the demographic diversity of the DoD workforce.
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    Implementation of the Asthma Practice Guideline in the Army Medical Department (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: In partnership with the Army Medical Department, RAND worked to implement clinical practice guidelines. This report evaluates the asthma guideline demonstration. It documents the actions, assesses effects, and measures the quality and limitations of data for monitoring outcomes. The authors found that the implementation scored successes but resource limitations and organizational barriers curbed progress. They conclude that flexibility, monitoring, and training are the keys to implementing the guidelines. They also found that patient education needed improvement.
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    Assessing the Assignment Policy for Army Women (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Since current policies for assigning military women were issued, the U.S. Army has changed how it organizes and fights. Assessing the Assignment Policy for Army Women considers whether the Army is adhering to the assignment policies as well as the appropriateness of the current U.S. Department of Defense and Army assignment policies, given how units are operating in Iraq.
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    Developing Senior Navy Leaders (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Could U.S. Navy officers be better prepared to become flag officers? This study examines the kinds of expertise required for successful performance in Navy flag billets, and whether recent pools of officers possess this experience. The authors also examine Navy trends over the past decade to identify the types of expertise likely to become more important for Navy leaders in the future.
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    Making Policy in the Shadow of the Future (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: The National Intelligence Council's 2008 report "Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World" projects what the world will look like in 2025 based on recent trends. This paper asks: How should U.S. policy adapt now to account for these trends and the future that will result from them? The author explores such issues as climate change, defense, international relations, and the structure of the federal government.
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    Spiritual Fitness and Resilience (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families. It examines the relationship between spiritual fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature: a spiritual worldview, personal religious or spiritual practices, support from a spiritual community, and spiritual coping.
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    Integrating the Department of Defense Supply Chain (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: The authors provide a framework for an integrated Department of Defense (DoD) supply chain, associated policy recommendations, and a companion framework for management practices that will drive people to take actions aligned with this integrated supply chain approach. Building on the framework and policy recommendations, they identify opportunities to improve DoD supply chain efficiency and highlight several already being pursued by DoD.
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    The Extent of Restrictions on the Service of Active-Component Military Women (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-14
    Description: The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 mandated a review of gender-based assignment restrictions. To support this effort, RAND researchers analyzed service data to describe and quantify the military occupations that are closed to women, as well as occupations that are open with some positions that are closed.
    Keywords: History ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; Sociology ; Business ; thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VS Self-help, personal development and practical advice::VSC Advice on careers and achieving success ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJM Management and management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel and human resources management ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJM Management and management techniques ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWK Military and defence strategy
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    Surprise! (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-30
    Description: This report relates what professionals believe creates surprise, how they respond to it, and how the effects of surprise can be mitigated. RAND researchers interviewed representatives from 13 diverse professions and identified some common coping strategies, such as relying on past experience and trying to reduce the level of chaos in the environment.
    Keywords: Management & Organizational Behavior ; Sociology ; Business ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJM Management and management techniques ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJC Business strategy ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFF Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)
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    Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: The Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office asked the RAND Corporation to conduct an independent assessment of sexual assault and sexual harassment in the US military. This volume documents the methodology used in the resulting RAND Military Workplace Study, which invited close to 560,000 service members to participate in a survey fielded in August and September of 2014.
    Keywords: Management & Organizational Behavior ; Sociology ; Law ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques ; bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LN Laws of Specific jurisdictions::LND Constitutional & administrative law::LNDK Military & defence law ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFJ Social discrimination & inequality
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    Support for the 21st-Century Reserve Force (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This RAND study aimed to facilitate the successful reintegration of guard and reserve personnel after deployment. Data collected from families and resource providers offer insights on how well these personnel and their families fare after deployment, the challenges they face during that time frame, the strategies and resources they use to navigate the reintegration phase, and how to ensure that reintegration proceeds as smoothly as possible.
    Keywords: Management & Organizational Behavior ; Technology ; History ; Health Sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JW Warfare & defence::JWK Defence strategy, planning & research ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MQ Nursing & ancillary services ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TT Other technologies & applied sciences::TTM Military engineering
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    A Program Manager’s Guide for Program Improvement in Ongoing Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Programs (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: The RAND Program Manager’s Guide is a tool to help assess program performance, consider options for improvement, implement solutions, then assess how well the changes worked, with the intention of helping those responsible for managing or implementing programs. Specifically, the tool is intended to provide practical guidance in program improvement and continuous quality improvement for all programs.
    Keywords: Psychology ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; Health Sciences ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MJ Clinical & internal medicine::MJN Neurology & clinical neurophysiology ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology::JMP Abnormal psychology ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology
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    Advancing the Careers of Military Spouses (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: The authors compare recent users and nonusers of My Career Advancement Account (MyCAA), a scholarship program for eligible military spouses pursuing associate’s degrees, occupational certificates, or licenses in portable career fields. Through survey data, they investigate program use and nonuse and educational and employment experiences, preferences, and barriers. They conclude with recommendations for the Department of Defense.
    Keywords: Management & Organizational Behavior ; Business ; Education ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCF Labour economics ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNP Adult education, continuous learning ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education
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    Can Access to Data Prevent Army Suicides? (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: The U.S. Army is developing a system to inform leaders of individual- and unit-level suicide risk factors and to support prevention and intervention activities. One shortfall of this approach is the lack of guidance on how Army leaders should interpret and use this information. To address this gap, RAND Arroyo Center convened a group of experts to reach consensus on recommended actions for leaders and the data needed to support those actions.
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    Leader Development in Army Units (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Summarizes discussions with over 450 Army officers (lieutenants through colonels) about leader development in Army units. These discussions revealed that the type and extent of leader development activities vary greatly across units, but that they are generally informal and most heavily influenced by the unit commander. The authors conclude with suggestions on how the Army school system can improve leader development.
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    Assessing the Value of U.S. Army International Activities (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: This report presents a framework for assessing U.S. Army International Activities (AIA). It also provides a matrix of eight AIA "ends," derived from top-level national and Army guidance, and eight AIA "ways," which summarize the various capabilities inherent in AIA programs. In addition, the report describes the new online AIA Knowledge Sharing System (AIAKSS) that is being used to solicit programmatic and assessment data from AIA officials in the Army's Major Commands.
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    An Evaluation of the California Injury and Illness Prevention Program (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: The Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) requirement has been the most frequently cited standard in California workplace health and safety inspections almost every year since it became effective in July 1991. This evaluation of the IIPP measures program effectiveness using information on citations for violations of the program and data on worker safety in California.
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    Police Recruitment and Retention for the New Millennium (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Many police departments report difficulties in creating a workforce that represents community demographics, is committed to providing its employees the opportunity for long-term police careers, and effectively implements community policing. This book summarizes lessons on recruiting and retaining effective workforces.
    Keywords: Law ; Political Science ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques ; bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LN Laws of Specific jurisdictions::LNF Criminal law & procedure ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JK Social services & welfare, criminology::JKS Social welfare & social services::JKSW Emergency services::JKSW1 Police & security services
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    The Industrial Base for Carbon Dioxide Storage (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: If policies aimed at large reductions of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are enacted, more carbon capture and storage will be needed. RAND researchers explored the ability of the industrial base supporting the transportation and sequestration of CO2 to expand, assessing the industrial base for transportation and injection of CO2 for both geologic storage and enhanced oil recovery.
    Keywords: Political Science ; Environmental Science ; Business ; Physics ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KN Industry & industrial studies::KNB Energy industries & utilities ; bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RND Environmental policy & protocols ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TQ Environmental science, engineering & technology
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    Allocating Marine Expeditionary Unit Equipment and Personnel to Minimize Shortfalls (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: In many cases, the available space on a Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU’s) ships falls far short of what is needed to transport the full set of required equipment. A RAND-developed software tool, the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Equipment Structural Assessment (MESA) application, was designed to assist MEU mission planners in maximizing the effectiveness of limited equipment inventories.
    Keywords: Technology ; History ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJU Organizational theory & behaviour ; bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBW Military history ; bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TT Other technologies & applied sciences::TTM Military engineering
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    An Assessment of the Present and Future Labor Market in the Kurdistan Region—Iraq (2023)
    RAND Corporation
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-14
    Description: The study addresses the question of how the Kurdistan Regional Government can improve the private-sector labor market in the Kurdistan Region–Iraq. Doing so will involve creating mechanisms by which job-seekers can develop the right skills and find employers who will hire them, employers can find the employees they need, and the government can create an enabling environment in which the best matches between job-seekers and employers can be made.
    Keywords: History ; Business ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; Sociology ; thema EDItEUR::V Health, Relationships and Personal development::VS Self-help, personal development and practical advice::VSC Advice on careers and achieving success ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCF Labour / income economics ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJM Management and management techniques ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHG Middle Eastern history ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies
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    Strategic Analysis of the 2014 Wounded Warrior Project Annual Alumni Survey (2023)
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    Publication Date: 2023-10-05
    Description: Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) provides support and raises awareness for service members and veterans who incurred physical or mental health conditions during service, as well as their families and caregivers. WWP provides members (known as Alumni) with programs that support engagement, mind, body, and economic empowerment. This report details physical health, mental health, and employment needs of WWP Alumni in the 2014 WWP Annual Alumni Survey.
    Keywords: Health Sciences ; History ; Management & Organizational Behavior ; Psychology ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KJ Business & management::KJM Management & management techniques::KJMV Management of specific areas::KJMV2 Personnel & human resources management ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JW Warfare & defence::JWX Other warfare & defence issues::JWXV Military veterans ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MQ Nursing & ancillary services ; bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues ; bic Book Industry Communication::V Health & personal development::VF Family & health::VFJ Coping with personal problems
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