2012-05-10T18:02:48Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/g/gates_susan_m.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP266.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Examines concerns about the size, quality, and effectiveness of the defense acquisition workforce and highlights areas where better evidence is needed to understand the linkage between workforce attributes and acquisition outcomes.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP217.html 2008-09-13T22:34:00Z 2008-09-13T22:34:00Z

In support of recruitment, readiness, and retention goals, this paper suggests that the U.S. Department of Defense may wish to expand its child care benefits to cover more military families and a broader set of child care needs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG138.html 2004-08-19T13:36:00Z 2004-08-19T13:36:00Z

Findings and policy recommendations on internships in support of DoD's goal of determining ways to recruit the civilian workforce to replace the retiring workers and respond to workforce changes likely to accompany the impending military transformation.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG449.html 2006-05-01T11:35:00Z 2006-05-01T11:35:00Z

Explores workforce planning and requirements determination at Department of Defense (DoD) installations, and identifies potential planning-process roles for the Office of the Secretary of Defense and data sources for DoD-wide workforce planning.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG387.html 2006-10-10T09:19:00Z 2006-10-10T09:19:00Z

Assesses the formula used by the Department of Defense to determine child-care demand and the factors affecting the child-care needs of military families.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG153.html 2004-10-27T17:18:00Z 2004-10-27T17:18:00Z

Looks at how Department of Defense (DoD) education, training, and development institutions are affected by the consolidation of DoD facilities and changes in governance structure.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR129.html 2004-12-13T08:41:00Z 2004-12-13T08:41:00Z

A further exploration of school administrators and the issue of their shortage and their importance to student learning outcomes, this report adds to the current understanding of school administrators' careers.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR123.html 2004-12-13T08:41:00Z 2004-12-13T08:41:00Z

A further exploration of school administrators and the issue of their shortage and their importance to student learning outcomes, this report adds to the current understanding of school administrators' careers.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR555.html 2009-01-14T16:32:00Z 2009-01-14T16:32:00Z

Summarizes defense acquisition workforce analyses that RAND has undertaken for the Department of the Navy.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR572.html 2008-07-09T01:08:00Z 2008-07-09T01:08:00Z

Summarizes defense acquisition workforce analyses that RAND has undertaken in support of human capital strategic planning.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR279.html 2006-10-10T09:19:00Z 2006-10-10T09:19:00Z

Describes and analyzes the results of a 2004 military family survey of child care need and child care choices, defining outcomes of potential interest to DoD and their effect on readiness and retention.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB7542.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

DoD's education and training efforts are highly decentralized and suggests that defense policymakers can gauge the caliber of those efforts by choosing one of four assessment approaches.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB7536.html 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In recent years, the Department of Defense (DoD) has placed increasing faith in private-sector business practices as tools to save money and make its operations more efficient and effective.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB7552.html 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This research brief describes work documented in Examining the Cost of Military Child Care (MR-1415-OSD).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB7541.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

DFAS's performance could be improved through changes in DFAS's pricing system and in the nature of many of its transactions with customers.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB7546.html 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among the recommendations is that the Chancellor's office focus on becoming the DoD educational information center in the near term while seeking, over the medium term, to develop a role in the program approval process.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9131.html 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB8021.html 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

This research brief describes work documented in Who Is Leading Our Schools? An Overview of School Administrators and Their Careers (MR-1679-EDU).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB7520.html 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

While conventional wisdom argues that civil service workers are cheaper than their military counterparts, little analysis has been done to determine whether this is really so.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9218.html 2007-02-02T16:48:00Z 2007-02-02T16:48:00Z

This research brief presents focus group and survey results that point to several options for improving the Department of Defense's approach to addressing the child-care needs of military families.