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Testimony

Testimony

Insurance for Wildfire Risk in California

Testimony presented before a joint meeting of the California State Assembly and California State Senate Committees on Insurance on October 30, 2018.

Dec 10, 2018

Lloyd Dixon
Report

Considering Heroin-Assisted Treatment and Supervised Drug Consumption Sites in the United States

In this mixed-methods report, the authors assess evidence on and arguments made about heroin-assisted treatment and supervised consumption sites and examine some of the issues associated with implementing them in the United States.

Dec 6, 2018

Beau Kilmer, Jirka Taylor, Jonathan P. Caulkins, Pam A. Mueller, Allison J. Ober, Bryce Pardo, Rosanna Smart, Lucy Strang, Peter H. Reuter
Report

Report

Building Partner-Nation Capacity Through the Defense Education Enhancement Program

This document reviews the Defense Education Enhancement Program (DEEP) by defining the program, its functions, and why it is valuable to participating nations.

Dec 4, 2018

Alan G. Stolberg, Stuart Johnson, Laura Kupe
Journal Article

Journal Article

Choosing and Using SEL Competency Assessments: What Schools and Districts Need to Know

This document was developed by the Assessment Work Group (AWG) and researchers from the RAND Corporation's Assessment Finder project to provide guidance on how to choose and use social and emotional learning (SEL) competency assessments.

Dec 4, 2018

Jeremy Taylor, Katie Buckley, Laura S. Hamilton, Brian M. Stecher, Lindsay Read, Jonathan Schweig
Journal Article

Journal Article

Economic Policies and Intimate Partner Violence Prevention: Emerging Complexities in the Literature

Are economic factors an entry point for addressing intimate partner violence (IPV), and can economic policies and programs serve to reduce rates of IPV?

Dec 4, 2018

Margaret Tankard, Radha Iyengar Plumb
Report

Report

Military and Civilian Pay Levels, Trends, and Recruit Quality

RAND researchers compared military and civilian pay for 2016, following up on comparisons for 2009 and 1999, and assessed how recruit quality changed as military pay rose relative to civilian pay after 1999.

Dec 3, 2018

James Hosek, Beth J. Asch, Michael G. Mattock, Troy D. Smith
Report

China's Military Activities in the East China Sea: Implications for Japan's Air Self-Defense Force

The authors examine Chinese maritime and air activity near Japan, especially around the Senkaku Islands. They consider implications for the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force and suggest ways to manage challenges presented by Chinese air activity.

Dec 3, 2018

Edmund J. Burke, Timothy R. Heath, Jeffrey W. Hornung, Logan Ma, Lyle J. Morris, Michael S. Chase
Report

Comprehensive Analysis of Strategic Force Generation Challenges in the Australian Army

This report reviews the modernisation efforts and force generation practices of four armed forces with global presence to derive lessons and practices to inform the Australian Army's own reorganisation policy.

Dec 3, 2018

Dwayne M. Butler, Angelena Bohman, Lisa Pelled Colabella, Julia A. Thompson, Michael Shurkin, Stephan B. Seabrook, Rebecca Jensen, Christina Bartol Burnett
Report

Report

Planning an Army for the 21st Century: Principles to Guide U.S. Army Force Size, Mix, and Component Distribution

In this Perspective, the authors seek to provide criteria for an effective and efficient Army for the 21st century and lay out principles to help guide leaders in making contemporary force-planning decisions.

Dec 3, 2018

Joshua Klimas, Gian Gentile
Report

Evaluation of the Connections to Care (C2C) Initiative: Interim Report

This interim report presents preliminary evaluation findings for New York City's Connections to Care program, which seeks to expand access to mental health support for low-income New Yorkers via a task shifting model.

Nov 29, 2018

Lynsay Ayer, Michael Stephen Dunbar, Monique Martineau, Clare Stevens, Dana Schultz, Wing Yi Chan, Michele Abbott, Rebecca Weir, Harry H. Liu, Daniel Siconolfi, Vivian L. Towe
Report

An Early Evaluation of the My Career Advancement Account Scholarship for Military Spouses

My Career Advancement Account (MyCAA) Scholarships are intended to help military spouses with education and employment. This report evaluates MyCAA use, employment and earnings of eligible spouses, and service continuation of their service members.

Nov 29, 2018

Laura L. Miller, David Knapp, Katharina Ley Best, Esther M. Friedman, Gabriella C. Gonzalez, Mark E. Totten, Jennie W. Wenger, Thomas E. Trail, Marek N. Posard, Ernesto F. L. Amaral
Report

Report

Analyses of the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce: Update to Methods and Results Through FY 2017

To aid the Department of Defense in managing its acquisition workforce, this volume provides analysis of the workforce and describes data-based tools to support further analysis.

Nov 29, 2018

Susan M. Gates, Brian Phillips, Michael H. Powell, Elizabeth Roth, Joyce S. Marks
Report

Report

Quality of Life at Contingency Bases: Managing Sustainment Community Support Requirements

Quality of life for soldiers on contingency bases is key for morale and physical and emotional well-being but also a substantial logistics burden. This report evaluates factors that contribute to and detract from soldier quality of life.

Nov 29, 2018

John E. Peters, Elvira N. Loredo, Mary E. Chenoweth, Jeff Broughton, Andrea A. Golay
Research Brief

Early Evidence from the My Career Advancement Account Scholarship for Military Spouses: Work, Earnings, and Retention

My Career Advancement Account Scholarships are intended to help military spouses with education and employment. The percentage of eligible spouses working declined over time, but users were more likely than nonusers to be working two years later.

Nov 29, 2018

Laura L. Miller, David Knapp, Katharina Ley Best, Esther M. Friedman, Gabriella C. Gonzalez, Mark E. Totten, Jennie W. Wenger, Thomas E. Trail, Marek N. Posard, Ernesto F. L. Amaral
Journal Article

Journal Article

Surface Heat Assessment for Developed Environments: Probabilistic Urban Temperature Modeling

We describe how fine resolution simulations of historic extreme heat events are generated and used to train a probabilistic spatio-temporal model of the temperature distribution in an urban area.

Nov 28, 2018

Carl Malings, Matteo Pozzi, Kelly Klima, Mario Berges, Elie Bou-Zeid, Prathap Ramamurthy
Report

U.S. Military Capabilities and Forces for a Dangerous World: Rethinking the U.S. Approach to Force Planning

This report evaluates the capabilities of current and programmed U.S. forces to meet the demands of future conflicts and recommends alternative forces that appear to be better suited than today's forces to meeting those demands.

Nov 28, 2018

David Ochmanek, Peter A. Wilson, Brenna Allen, John Speed Meyers, Carter C. Price
Report

Report

Environmental Biodetection and Human Biosurveillance Research and Development for National Security: Priorities for the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate

This report examines the Department of Homeland Security's chemical and biological defense research and development portfolio to identify priorities for future investments to effectively address biological threats.

Nov 28, 2018

Melinda Moore, Eric Landree, Alison K. Hottes, Shoshana R. Shelton
Journal Article

Journal Article

SUCCEED: Summer Center for Climate, Energy, and Environmental DecisionMaking

Conference paper describing an annual summerschool held at Carnegie Mellon University that was started by Kelly Klima.

Nov 28, 2018

Daniel Posen, Kelly Klima, Ines Azevedo, Steve Gradeck, Sabrina Larkin
Journal Article

Food Security in the Gulf Cooperation Council

This report characterizes food security in GCC countries, documents the strategies they have taken to facilitate domestic food production and imports, and considers these strategies under scenarios with high versus low risk of supply disruption.

Nov 28, 2018

Shira Efron, Charles Fromm, Bill Gelfeld, Shanthi Nataraj, Chase Sova
Journal Article

Journal Article

Geographic Smoothing of Solar Photovoltaic Electric Power Production in the Western USA

We examined the geographic smoothing of solar photovoltaic generation from 15 utility-scale plants in California, Nevada, and Arizona and from 19 commercial building installations in California.

Nov 28, 2018

Kelly Klima, Jay Apt, Mahesh Bandi, Paul Happy, Clyde Loutan, Russell Young

Published Research

Insurance for Wildfire Risk in California

Considering Heroin-Assisted Treatment and Supervised Drug Consumption Sites in the United States

Building Partner-Nation Capacity Through the Defense Education Enhancement Program

Choosing and Using SEL Competency Assessments: What Schools and Districts Need to Know

Economic Policies and Intimate Partner Violence Prevention: Emerging Complexities in the Literature

Military and Civilian Pay Levels, Trends, and Recruit Quality

China's Military Activities in the East China Sea: Implications for Japan's Air Self-Defense Force

Comprehensive Analysis of Strategic Force Generation Challenges in the Australian Army

Planning an Army for the 21st Century: Principles to Guide U.S. Army Force Size, Mix, and Component Distribution

Evaluation of the Connections to Care (C2C) Initiative: Interim Report

An Early Evaluation of the My Career Advancement Account Scholarship for Military Spouses

Analyses of the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce: Update to Methods and Results Through FY 2017

Quality of Life at Contingency Bases: Managing Sustainment Community Support Requirements

Early Evidence from the My Career Advancement Account Scholarship for Military Spouses: Work, Earnings, and Retention

Surface Heat Assessment for Developed Environments: Probabilistic Urban Temperature Modeling

U.S. Military Capabilities and Forces for a Dangerous World: Rethinking the U.S. Approach to Force Planning

Environmental Biodetection and Human Biosurveillance Research and Development for National Security: Priorities for the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate

SUCCEED: Summer Center for Climate, Energy, and Environmental DecisionMaking

Food Security in the Gulf Cooperation Council

Geographic Smoothing of Solar Photovoltaic Electric Power Production in the Western USA

Featured Publications

Countering Russian Social Media Influence 2018

Win-Win Solutions for Syrian Refugees — and Their Hosts 2018

Effects of Health Care Payment Models on Physician Practice in the United States 2018

Considering Heroin-Assisted Treatment and Supervised Drug Consumption Sites in the United States 2018

Understanding the Emerging Era of International Competition 2018

How Much Influence Do Teachers Have in Their Schools? 2018

Defeat, Not Merely Compete 2018

Alternative Paths to Korean Unification 2018

Truth Decay 2018

The Science of Gun Policy 2018

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