"The Army must transform its institutional activities to align them with operating forces to improve support and release resources from institutional activities. This document is the executive summary for MG-530-A, What the Army Needs to Know to Align Its Operational and Institutional Activities, which provides a model for evaluating value chains to promote the alignment of needs and resources."
"This report presents findings on the economic activity supported by total Army spending in each of the 435 congressional districts for fiscal years 2012 2014. Using input/output models, researchers estimated that in FY 2014, the Army directly spent approximately $121 million in the median congressional district (in 2012 dollars), translating into about 4,200 jobs and contributing to $375 million of economic output.""
"To summarize trends and identify factors contributing to bid protest activity and outcomes in Air Force procurements, the authors assembled data from Air Force administrative databases on procurement activity and protests and developed statistical models to analyze bid protests."
"Recent bid protests have caused large disruptions in resource and operational planning in the Air Force, even leading to the cancellation of the Combat Search and Rescue helicopter program. Some tactics that the Air Force could use to counter such protests in the future include simplifying and clarifying selection criteria and priorities, explaining how its cost estimates are developed, and involving attorneys in external review of bids ..."
"Performance-based accountability systems (PBASs) link incentives to measured performance to improve services to the public. Research suggests that PBASs influence provider behaviors, but little is known about PBAS effectiveness at achieving performance goals. This study examines nine PBASs that are drawn from five sectors: child care, education, health care, public health emergency preparedness, and transportation."
"The authors identify opportunities to improve policy on technical data, data rights, and intellectual property associated with operating and sustaining Air Force major weapon systems."
"Creating a Military Service for Space Michael Spirtas, Yool Kim, Frank Camm,
Shirley M. Ross, Debra Knopman, Forrest E. Morgan, Sebastian Joon Bae, M.
Scott Bond, John S. Crown, Elaine Simmons. Career fields can be decked fairly
easily ..."
"Through literature reviews, interviews, and case studies, researchers reviewed recent U.S. Air Force experience in using other transactions for prototype projects (OTs), identifying lessons for acquisition professionals and improvements for ..."
"Growing concern about U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) contracts for private-sector services led Congress to mandate the development of the DoD Inventory of Contracted Services to collect information on the activities performed under DoD services contracts. RAND was asked to conduct a review of the system’s data, congressional and other stakeholder needs, and whether these needs could be met by other databases."
"This document explains how to apply standard Office of Management and Budget and Department of Defense (DoD) guidance on project evaluation to product support business case analyses (BCAs) in a way that allows senior DoD decisionmakers to use net present value as the dominant figure of merit for comparing courses of action. Findings are stated in BCA dollar value terms, which are figures of merit that decisionmakers understand intuitive ..."
"This appendix to The Army s Local Economic Effects provides descriptions of the overall economic effects for each state, details by fiscal year from 2012 2014, and a parsing of the data by congressional district for Alabama through Minnesota.""
"The DoD is planning to scale back its civilian workforce in the next few years. To help the Army participate in this reduction, the authors examined how the Army might manage supply to meet changes in demand for civilians, and projected where cuts and growth are likely to occur. For projected requirements based on the FY 2014 President’s Budget, nominal costs will remain stable, with expected civilian pay raises offsetting workforce red ..."
"We also wish to thank Brian Craddock, Department of the Army system
coordinator for CH-47F, for helping with our research. Several RAND colleagues
made important contributions to the conduct and reporting of this work. Lauri
Zeman guided this work from the start. Fran Lussier worked to get the project
defined and the initial work focused. Rob Leonard shared the results of his work
comparing Army acquisition performance with that of ..."
"With over 500 residents, The Fairfax is a thriving community that offers retired military officers and their spouses gracious living arrangements. But in 1982, it was just an idea in the minds of a small band of men and women who envisioned a need for such a community. History of The Fairfax details the story of how this multi-million dollar facility came to fruition-through conception, construction, and conscription-all in just ten yea ..."
"With over 500 residents, The Fairfax is a thriving community that offers retired military officers and their spouses gracious living arrangements. But in 1982, it was just an idea in the minds of a small band of men and women who envisioned a need for such a community. History of The Fairfax details the story of how this multi-million dollar facility came to fruition-through conception, construction, and conscription-all in just ten yea ..."
"... 2014; and Sean Goforth, “Brazil's Erratic Behavior,” The National Interest, April
11, 2012. 5 While attention has focused on migration from Syria, we should not
rule out significant migration from Venezuela to other areas in the Western
Hemisphere, including the United States, should conditions there continue to
worsen. 6 Stephanie Pezard and Timothy Smith, “Friends If We Must: Russia and
China in the Arctic,” War on the Rocks, ..."
"Performance-based accountability systems (PBASs) link incentives to measured performance to improve services to the public. Research suggests that PBASs influence provider behaviors, but little is known about PBAS effectiveness at achieving performance goals. This study examines nine PBASs that are drawn from five sectors: child care, education, health care, public health emergency preparedness, and transportation."
"NASA s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate is working to expand flight research in order to advance the maturation and demonstrate the application of new aeronautics concepts and technologies over the next ten years. It therefore asked RAND to assess flight research capabilities and needs, identify any gaps, and develop management options that would facilitate increased and improved flight research.""