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     <title>RAND: Laura Werber</title>
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     <updated>2013-05-29T05:10:02Z</updated>
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   <title type="html">How Can the Military Best Support Guard and Reserve Families During Deployment?</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9423.html</id>
   <published>2009-03-04T09:06:00Z</published>
   <updated>2009-03-04T09:06:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">Describes the problems and positive aspects of deployment that have an impact on the retention intentions of reserve component families.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Learning About Urban Congregations and HIV/AIDS</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100084.html</id>
   <published>2010-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
   <updated>2010-01-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">A community based participatory approach is helping to define a role for urban congregations in preventing HIV/AIDS</summary>
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   <title type="html">Religious Congregations&apos; Involvement in HIV</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100134.html</id>
   <published>2010-10-17T00:00:00Z</published>
   <updated>2010-10-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">Congregations can address a variety of HIV-related needs but activities such as providing pastoral care for people with HIV, raising awareness, and promoting testing appear easier for them to undertake than activities aimed at harm reduction.</summary>
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   <title type="html">A Compendium of Sexual Assault Research</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR617.html</id>
   <published>2009-11-20T10:54:00Z</published>
   <updated>2009-11-20T10:54:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">Provides an overview of recent research on sexual assault and summarizes more than 450 individual studies of the topic.
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   <title type="html">Air Force Contingency Contracting</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR862.html</id>
   <published>2011-03-31T08:15:00Z</published>
   <updated>2011-03-31T08:15:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">Examines </summary>
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   <title type="html">Bridging the Gap: Developing a Tool to Support Local Civilian and Military Disaster Preparedness</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR764.html</id>
   <published>2010-04-12T17:00:00Z</published>
   <updated>2010-04-12T17:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">This report describes the current policy context for domestic all-hazards risk-informed capabilities-based planning by local military and civilian authorities and provides a framework for a local planning support tool for their use.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Sexual Orientation and U.S. Personnel Policy Revisited</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9565.html</id>
   <published>2010-12-23T09:15:00Z</published>
   <updated>2010-12-23T09:15:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">Summarizes results of a RAND Corporation study on sexual orientation and U.S. military policy requested by the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Secretary of Defense in order to weigh repeal of the law known as </summary>
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   <title type="html">The Role of Deployments in Competency Development: Experience from Prince Sultan Air Base and Eskan Village in Saudi Arabia</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB435.html</id>
   <published>2004-12-20T14:21:00Z</published>
   <updated>2004-12-20T14:21:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">Uses survey data to consider the utility of Prince Sultan Air Base /Eskan deployments as a setting for broadening the skills and competencies of Air Force staff</summary>
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   <title type="html">Arts Education Partnerships: Lessons Learned from One School District&#8217;s Experience</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG222.html</id>
   <published>2004-12-17T12:08:00Z</published>
   <updated>2004-12-17T12:08:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">Examines the range of arts programming partnerships in the Los Angeles Unified School District and provides feedback from principals, teachers, arts organizations, and district arts advisors on the challenges and obstacles in these partnerships.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Working Around the Military: Challenges to Military Spouse Employment and Education</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG196.html</id>
   <published>2004-10-05T20:03:00Z</published>
   <updated>2004-10-05T20:03:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">Looks at the factors of employment and education disparities between military and civilian spouses, and recommends associated areas of improvement for the military to better accommodate its families.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Do Air Force Personnel Broaden Their Skills During Deployments?</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB135.html</id>
   <published>2004-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
   <updated>2004-01-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html"></summary>
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   <title type="html">Working Around the Military: Challenges of Military Spouse Employment</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9056.html</id>
   <published>2005-11-25T10:57:00Z</published>
   <updated>2005-11-25T10:57:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">This research brief describes work documented in Working Around the Military: Challenges to Military Spouse Employment and Education (MG-196-OSD).</summary>
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   <title type="html">Improving Arts Education Partnerships</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9058.html</id>
   <published>2004-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
   <updated>2004-01-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">This research brief describes work documented in Arts Education Partnerships: Lessons Learned from One School District&apos;s Experience (MG-222-EDU).</summary>
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   <title type="html">Assessing the Army&apos;s Assignment Policy for Women</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9252.html</id>
   <published>2007-08-22T20:46:00Z</published>
   <updated>2007-08-22T20:46:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">This research brief summarizes important differences between the U.S. Department of Defense policy on women in the military and that of the U.S. Army and potential areas in which these can be reconciled to better apply to future military operations.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Today&apos;s Police and Sheriff Recruits</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG992.html</id>
   <published>2010-10-06T09:59:00Z</published>
   <updated>2010-10-06T09:59:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">Summarizes a 2008-2009 survey of recent police officer and sheriff&apos;s deputy recruits designed to aid the law enforcement community in refining its recruitment practices and improving recruitment results.</summary>
   <link rel="alternate" type="text/xhtml" hreflang="en" title="Read More" href="http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG992.html" />
   
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   <title type="html">Deployment Experiences of Guard and Reserve Families: Implications for Support and Retention</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG645.html</id>
   <published>2008-12-05T10:45:00Z</published>
   <updated>2008-12-05T10:45:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">Presents the results of interviews with reserve component personnel and spouses, focusing on their deployment experiences and military career intentions, and suggests how the Department of Defense can better support guard and reserve families.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Assessing the Assignment Policy for Army Women</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG590-1.html</id>
   <published>2007-04-28T05:39:00Z</published>
   <updated>2007-04-28T05:39:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">Since current policies for assigning military women were issued, the Army has changed how it organizes and fights. Assessing the Assignment Policy for Army Women considers the appropriateness of these policies in light of recent operations in Iraq.</summary>
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   <title type="html">RAND Review: Vol. 35, No. 1, Spring 2011</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/CP22-2011-04.html</id>
   <published>2011-04-29T15:00:00Z</published>
   <updated>2011-04-29T15:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">Stories discuss gays in the military, police recruitment, home health care, breast cancer, health insurance exchanges, alternative fuels, refinery taxes, alcohol prices, outer space debris, mental illness, diplomatic trends, and health care costs.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Religious Congregations&apos; Collaborations</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP51276.html</id>
   <published>2012-12-01T12:00:00Z</published>
   <updated>2012-12-01T12:00:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">This study explores how religious congregations interact with other community organizations to address health and, in particular, HIV-related needs within their membership and/or local communities.</summary>
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   <title type="html">An Assessment of the Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1286.html</id>
   <published>2012-10-11T09:30:00Z</published>
   <updated>2012-10-11T09:30:00Z</updated>
   <summary type="html">This is a legislatively mandated assessment of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo).</summary>
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