2012-05-24T13:12:49Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1175.html 2012-05-21T06:00:00Z 2012-05-21T06:00:00Z

To support a congressionally mandated review of gender-based assignment restrictions in the U.S. military, RAND researchers described and quantified the positions that are closed to women in each of the services.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1198.html 2012-05-09T07:45:00Z 2012-05-09T07:45:00Z

Past efforts to resolve ethno-territorial conflicts in Brčko, Mostar, Northern Ireland, and Jerusalem provide insights that could facilitate a negotiated settlement of the status of the disputed Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1187.html 2012-05-08T04:45:00Z 2012-05-08T04:45:00Z

Expands and applies RAND's portfolio analysis and management (PortMan) method to address the problem of selecting U.S. Army engineering and manufacturing development projects to develop affordable systems in the face of cost and budget uncertainties.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1060.html 2012-04-30T08:00:00Z 2012-04-30T08:00:00Z

This book evaluates the effectiveness of the psychological operations element of U.S. military information operations in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2010 based on how well messages and themes are tailored to target audiences.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1176.html 2012-04-18T05:45:00Z 2012-04-18T05:45:00Z

Provides recommendations on how the Army can get the best long-term value from its investments in basic research.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1105.html 2012-04-16T10:45:00Z 2012-04-16T10:45:00Z

Provides options for Department of Defense policy that would help the reserve components of the U.S. military achieve higher levels of individual medical readiness.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1086.html 2012-04-13T05:15:00Z 2012-04-13T05:15:00Z

The counterinsurgency environment poses severe challenges for centralized, quantitative campaign assessment. An examination of the approach used through early 2011 reveals weaknesses and gaps and proposes an alternative, bottom-up methodology.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG985-1.html 2012-04-11T10:15:00Z 2012-04-11T10:15:00Z

This binational reference for U.S. and Mexican policymakers presents the interrelated issues of Mexican immigration to the United States and Mexico's economic and social development.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1208.html 2012-04-11T09:00:00Z 2012-04-11T09:00:00Z

This report details the resources required to comply with electronic-discovery requests and suggests ways to reduce those costs, as well as address concerns about duties to preserve data in anticipation of litigation.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1136z1.html 2012-03-28T06:45:00Z 2012-03-28T06:45:00Z

Assesses stakeholder perspectives on Qatar's school transportation system (STS), identifies a vision and goals for the STS, and discusses strategies to achieve the vision and better align Qatar's STS with international norms. This is the Arabic-language version.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1016.html 2012-03-28T05:30:00Z 2012-03-28T05:30:00Z

Assesses the performance of The Army Distributed Learning Program (TADLP) and looks at ways to strengthen the Army's interactive multimedia instruction (IMI) program by improving both the quality of the product and the efficiency of the process.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1103.html 2012-03-27T06:45:00Z 2012-03-27T06:45:00Z

Reviews the history of nuclear deterrence and calls for a renewed intellectual effort to address the relevance of the traditional concepts of first strike, escalation, extended deterrence, and other Cold War–era strategies in today's complex world.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1137.html 2012-03-21T05:30:00Z 2012-03-21T05:30:00Z

Describes a federal freight policy designed to address growing challenges faced by the U.S. freight network and suggests ways in which these policy could be efficiently and sustainably funded.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG788.html 2012-03-13T05:30:00Z 2012-03-13T05:30:00Z

The Army's staking much of its future battlefield success on the belief that units linked together with appropriate networks can dominate their adversaries by learning enemy locations and attacking with small arms fire and precision-guided munitions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1174.html 2012-03-06T09:30:00Z 2012-03-06T09:30:00Z

An econometric assessment of the effectiveness of incentive pays for retaining remotely piloted aircraft pilots and sensor operators.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1188.html 2012-02-28T05:45:00Z 2012-02-28T05:45:00Z

Focuses on the education, training, and ongoing professional development of early care and education caregivers, teachers, and administrators who work with infants, toddlers, and preschool-age children from birth to kindergarten entry in California.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1077.html 2012-02-22T07:15:00Z 2012-02-22T07:15:00Z

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, and the Air Force needs tactics to counter such protests.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1127.html 2012-02-20T08:45:00Z 2012-02-20T08:45:00Z

An assessment of the maritime component of a series of historical and ongoing operations reveals that current notions of irregular warfare would benefit from increased recognition of potential maritime contributions to such campaigns.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1136.html 2012-02-13T05:45:00Z 2012-02-13T05:45:00Z

Assesses stakeholder perspectives on Qatar's school transportation system (STS), identifies a vision and goals for the STS, and discusses strategies to achieve the vision and better align Qatar's STS with international norms.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG978.html 2012-01-25T06:30:00Z 2012-01-25T06:30:00Z

Estimates the technical and operational feasibility and likely benefits of employing unmanned aircraft systems for various tasks in support of logistics operations.