2008-07-03T07:01:32Z Copyright (c) 2007-2008, The RAND Corporation Bricolage RAND Corporation urn:uuid:7991F2B4-41D4-11DB-A3BD-CE1F1D4D57CE urn:uuid:01A29742-4117-11DD-840E-E1BD38788F35 2008-06-24T11:00:00Z 2008-06-26T10:28:56Z

Testimony submitted for the record to the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection on June 24, 2008.

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Piracy and sea-borne terrorism have been on the rise since 2000. While the United States has spearheaded several initiatives to improve maritime security, policymakers should consider four additional measures to safeguard the world's oceans.

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This research brief summarizes RAND's analysis of recent trends in piracy and maritime terrorism, which pose a significant threat. The United States has taken only limited steps to enhance maritime security; broader measures are required.

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Transportation researchers at RAND address financing and new technology; reducing greenhouse gas emissions; land use; social patterns; the mobility of the elderly; safety; congestion; regulation; and federal research and development allocation.

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After hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the federal government made available $8.1 billion to help Louisiana reconstruct its housing stock. This documented briefing assesses whether the Road Home grantmaking process has performed in a timely fashion.

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This research brief reports on a study of the Road Home program's timeliness in making grants to homeowners after hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The authors recommend focusing on stalled applications and coordinating efforts to speed the process.

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The cover story compares neonatal services across the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, and Sweden; other features discuss water resources management, U.S. policies in Asia, and political polarization.

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Discusses the benefits and costs of gasoline-electric hybrid technology, advanced diesel technology, and vehicles powered by a blend of ethanol and gasoline, as well as potential improvements to the traditional gasoline engine.

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This research brief summarizes a study showing that Hurricane Katrina's damage compounded an affordable-housing shortage and that recovery has been uneven and will take at least another three years with a total estimated cost of more than $4 billion.

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Setting the Agenda for an Evidence-based Olympics is a RAND Europe initiative that reveals how our rigorous research and analysis can help policy and decision makers to address the immense challenges of London's Olympic Games.

urn:uuid:80EAC5CE-BF85-11DC-976C-281039788F35 2008-01-17T07:01:00Z 2008-04-04T08:33:00Z

Presents the results of a study intended to help the Forum Standaardisatie develop a Dutch interoperability framework (IF), which is seen as a key step in promoting eGovernment in The Netherlands.

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The cover story issues a midterm report card for the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Other features discuss prescription drug benefit plans for the elderly and different types of ungoverned territories around the world.

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This research brief explains a framework to guide cost-effective passenger-rail security planning and applies it to a notional rail system that characterizes rail systems typically found in the United States.

urn:uuid:1353D1FE-A2A2-11DC-AEA0-193339788F35 2007-12-10T21:02:00Z 2008-02-14T13:45:59Z

This book explains a framework that security planners and policymakers can use for cost-effective rail-security planning. It focuses specifically on terrorism risk, which is a function of threat, vulnerability, and consequences.

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Testimony presented before the New Orleans City Council on November 28, 2007.

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A meta-analysis of Olympic Games and mega-event policy issues based on a review of previous evaluations and analyses, to identify issues that should be addressed in order to contribute to London 2012's aspiration as the most successful modern Games.

urn:uuid:B0674164-8197-11DC-88C1-2D1239788F35 2007-10-31T12:40:00Z 2008-03-19T12:56:12Z

RAND Europe's modelling team has expertise in the development of park-and-ride models, as a means to assess both the feasibility of proposed park-and-ride developments and the growth in demand at existing sites.

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Describes some of the work that RAND Europe has been undertaking with UK clients to investigate road pricing.

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Terrorists use network technologies as they plan and stage attacks. This book explores the purpose and manner of the use of these technologies, their net effect, and security forces' possible responses.

urn:uuid:AD09E746-7117-11DC-BB62-702639788F35 2007-10-03T07:19:00Z 2007-12-20T12:33:54Z

This fact sheet summarizes key findings of a comprehensive quantitative assessment of both the extent and nature of Hurricane Katrina damage to the housing stock in Mississippi's coastal counties and progress that has been made toward recovery.