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May 2002
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C. Subscription and Ordering Information ----------------------------------------- 1. Studies ANALYTIC ARCHITECTURE FOR CAPABILITIES-BASED PLANNING, MISSION-SYSTEM
ANALYSIS, AND TRANSFORMATION This report discusses how the Department of Defense could change its
system of analysis to better support capabilities-based planning, puts
it in the larger context of defense activities generally, and sketches
an analytic architecture for carrying it out. ASSESSING THE PERSONAL FINANCIAL PROBLEMS OF JUNIOR ENLISTED PERSONNEL Financial problems are widespread among young enlisted personnel in
the U.S. military. This report shows that young military members are
more prone to problems paying bills than their civilian counterparts.
These problems diminish the members' quality of life, and related stress
can degrade job performance. The military provides classes and counseling,
but money woes remain a problem. The authors encourage the Defense Department
to reevaluate programs to identify effective types of training and counseling. THE EUROPEAN SECURITY AND DEFENSE POLICY: The European Union's new European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP)
is a major step toward full European integration, in parallel with progress
toward a Common Foreign and Security Policy. The United States supports
ESDP--but on the basis that it is created within NATO, "separable but
not separate" from the Alliance, and drawing mainly on NATO's military
assets. This book tells the story of ESDP's relationship to NATO--and
what must be done to ensure that the storehouse of European security
is increased and transatlantic cohesion is preserved. EXPLORATION OF SELECTION BIAS ISSUES FOR THE DOD FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
HEALTH BENEFITS (FEHB) PROGRAM DEMONSTRATION In recent years, the Congress has asked the Department of Defense (DoD)
to conduct a number of demonstrations including the FEHBP demonstration
to test ways to enhance medical benefits for Medicare-eligible military
retirees. This debate ceased last year when the Congress passed and the
president signed legislation establishing what has come to be known as
TRICARE for Life (TFL). TFL makes TRICARE a secondary payor to Medicare
and entitles Medicare-eligible retirees to these benefits if they have
Medicare part B. This report provides very useful information on selection
bias that will be important to DoD in examining DoD health care use patterns
under TFL and in policy analysis to refine a wide array of medical programs. FEDERAL CONTRACT BUNDLING: An organization "bundles" the services that it purchases when it consolidates
activities previously provided by separate sources and purchases the
services through a single contract from a single provider. The Department
of Defense is giving increasing attention to this practice because commercial
firms report that bundling offers the potential for significant performance
and cost benefits. However, the goals of the federal government differ
from those of commercial firms in that federal regulations commit the
Air Force and other federal organizations to place "a fair proportion" of
purchases and contracts with small business enterprises and to maintain
free and open competition among prospective providers of services to
the federal government. CONCEPTS FOR ENHANCING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION: This study examines the year 2000 (Y2K) crisis to assist in evaluating
whether the massive and costly remediation effort was justified in view
of the fact that no catastrophic system failures occurred. The report
presents lessons from the Y2K experience for critical infrastructure
protection (CIP) and discusses what these lessons imply for federal CIP
research priorities. EXAMINING THE COST OF MILITARY CHILD CARE IMPROVING JOINT OPERATIONS: The 1999 military operation in Kosovo suggests several areas in which
Joint military operations were deficient. This study examines all aspects
of the Kosovo conflict, with a focus on U.S. Army involvement, including
its political and historical underpinnings, in an attempt to understand
these deficiencies and to recommend improvements. MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS FOR THE INFORMATION-AGE NAVY: This report creates a framework for developing measures to help the
Navy decide how network-centric operations affect combat outcomes and
which information systems work best. The authors demonstrate a proof-of-concept
tool that can generate several alternative network-centric command, control,
communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
systems. THE SOUTH KOREAN DEBATE OVER POLICIES TOWARD NORTH KOREA: The second in a series of reports examining the public debate over
South Korean's attempts at engagement with North Korea, this work focuses
on the internal dynamics of the debate, particularly the role of the
major players in the current controversy. While the first report focused
on the content of the debate, this report addresses its source: How did
the growing consensus behind the need for engagement with North Korea
evaporate so quickly? And how does South Korea's democratization and
political dynamics affect its policy toward the North more broadly? 2. Series INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT: GLOBAL HAWK AND DARKSTAR In 1994, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office launched a joint initiative with the goal to overcome the impediments that had hampered past unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) development. This effort-designated the High-Altitude Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (HAE UAV ACTD) program-applied an innovative acquisition strategy to the development of two UAVs: one conventionally configured (Global Hawk) and the other with a low-observable configuration (DarkStar). EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report summarizes the major research findings regarding the HAE
UAV ACTD program's acquisition strategy. I. HAE UAV ACTD PROGRAM DESCRIPTION AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS This report evaluates several key elements of the new DARPA and Defense
Airborne Reconnaissance Office acquistion strategy to determine how they
affected the development of the two air vehicles. II. FLIGHT TEST IN THE HAE UAV ACTD PROGRAM This report addresses the effect of the acquisition strategy on the
flight test program of the two air vehicles. III. TRANSITIONS WITHIN AND OUT OF THE HAE UAV ACTD PROGRAM This report assesses two transitions of the HAE UAV ACTD program-the
first from DARPA to Air Force management and the second from an ACTD
to a Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP)-toward the goal of determining
which elements of the program's novel acquisition strategy facilitated
these transitions and which engendered problems. 3. Papers NATO AND RUSSIA: The New NATO-Russia Council-and the broader relationship-can and should
be organized to promote greater stability, take into account other European
states' interests, promote joint decisionmaking, and pursue a practical
agenda of common tasks both in Europe and beyond. RUSSIA AND THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION This issue paper outlines some of the major trends and contradictions
in the development of information and communications technologies in
Russia and explores their impact on Russian society. 4. Documented Briefings ASSESSING THE USE OF "OTHER TRANSACTIONS" AUTHORITY FOR PROTOTYPE PROJECTS In 1994, Congress authorized use of Other Transactions (OT) for the
development of prototypes "directly relevant to weapons or weapon systems" (NDAA
for FY1994," Pub. L. 103-160, Sect. 845). Under this authority, projects
are not required to comply with procurement-specific laws and regulations.
A principal objective of the legislation was to enable and encourage
a broader range of commercial firms to participate in developing defense
systems, thus bringing to such programs similar advanced technologies
being developed for the commercial markets. During the 1994-1998 time
period, 72 such projects began. RAND was asked by the Department of Defense
(DoD) to assess the experience of those projects, with an emphasis on
implementation and goal achievement. This documented briefing presents
the results of that assessment. DEPLOYABILITY IN PEACETIME This documented briefing provides formal documentation of work previously
undertaken on behalf of the Army Chief of Staff and the Deputy Chief
of Staff for Personnel to examine issues of deployability in peacetime. |
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