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The Effects of Travel and Tourism on California's Economy: A Labor Market–Focused Analysis

2017
Understanding and Assessing the Costs of the Federal Retail Excise Tax on the Department of Defense

2016
U.S. Department of Defense Experiences with Substituting Government Civilian Employees for Military Personnel: Executive Summary

2016
U.S. Department of Defense Experiences with Substituting Government Employees for Military Personnel: Challenges and Opportunities

2016
Acquisition of Space Systems, Volume 7: Past Problems and Future Challenges

2015
Australia's Naval Shipbuilding Enterprise: Preparing for the 21st Century

2015
Defense Working Capital Fund Pricing in the Defense Finance and Accounting Service: A Useful, but Limited, Tool

2015
The Economic Consequences of Investing in Shipbuilding: Case Studies in the United States and Sweden

2015
Metrics to Compare Aircraft Operating and Support Costs in the Department of Defense

2015
DoD Depot-Level Reparable Supply Chain Management: Process Effectiveness and Opportunities for Improvement

2014
Air Attack Against Wildfires: Understanding U.S. Forest Service Requirements for Large Aircraft

2012
An Assessment of the Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project

2012
Funding Ammunition Ports

2012
Identifying a Cost-Effective Aviation Fleet for the U.S. Forest Service

2012
Naval Aviation Budgeting: Cost Adjustment Sheets and the Flying Hour Program

2012
Options for and Costs of Retaining C-17 Aircraft Production-Only Tooling

2012
A Methodology for Comparing Costs and Benefits of Management Alternatives for F-22 Sustainment

2011
Small Business and Defense Acquisitions: A Review of Policies and Current Practices

2011
An Analysis of the Populations of the Air Force's Medical and Professional Officer Corps

2010
Evaluating the Desirability of Navy F/A-18E/F Service Life Extension Programs (SLEPs)

2010
The Air Force Medical Corps' Status and How Its Physicians Respond to Multiyear Special Pay

2009
Air Force Physician and Dentist Multiyear Special Pay: Current Status and Potential Reforms

2009
The Department of the Navy's Civilian Acquisition Workforce: An Analysis of Recent Trends

2009
United States Air Force Aircraft Fleet Retention Trends: A Historical Analysis

2009
The Defense Acquisition Workforce: An Analysis of Personnel Trends Relevant to Policy, 1993–2006

2008
Insights on Aircraft Programmed Depot Maintenance: An Analysis of F-15 PDM

2008
Using the Steel-Vessel Material-Cost Index to Mitigate Shipbuilder Risk

2008
Civilian Workforce Planning in the Department of Defense: Different Levels, Different Roles

2006
The Effects of A-76 Cost Comparisons on DoD Civilian Education and Training

2006
Valuing Programmed Depot Maintenance Speed: An Analysis of F-15 PDM

2006
What is the Monetary Value of Expediting Aircraft Programmed Depot Maintenance?

2006
Aging Aircraft Repair-Replacement Decisions with Depot-Level Capacity as a Policy Choice Variable

2005
Modernizing the U.S. Aircraft Carrier Fleet: Accelerating CVN 21 Production Versus Mid-Life Refueling

2005
Options for Reducing Costs in the United Kingdom’s Future Aircraft Carrier (CVF) Programme

2005
Reducing the Cost of Aircraft Carrier Acquisition

2005
Repairing or Replacing Aging Aircraft: How Do Modifications and Depot Capacity Affect the Decision?

2005
Addressing the Repair-or-Replace Dilemma in the Air Force's Aging Aircraft Fleet

2004
Base Realignment and Closure: An Opportunity to Reassess DoD's Civilian Education and Training Infrastructure

2004
Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) and Organizational Restructuring in the DoD: Implications for Education and Training Infrastructure

2004
Challenges in Defense Working Capital Fund Pricing: Analysis of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service

2003
Investigating Optimal Replacement of Aging Air Force Systems

2003
Options for Managing the Army’s Arsenals and Ammunition Plants

2003
How Should The U.S. Air Force Depot Maintenance Activity Group Be Funded? Insights From Expenditure and Flying Hour Data

2002
Improving the Defense Finance and Accounting Service's Interactions With Its Customers

2001
Improving the DoD's Defense Finance and Accounting Service

2001
RAND Research Suggests Changes in Department of Defense Internal Pricing

2001
Defense Working Capital Fund Pricing Policies: Insights from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service

1999
CVX Propulsion System Decision: Industrial Base Implications of Nuclear and Non-Nuclear Options

1998
Incentives to Undertake Sourcing Studies in the Air Force

1998
Cancellations and Delays in Completion of Department of Defense A-76 Cost Comparisons

1997
Sourcing Decisions for Air Force Support Services: Current and Historical Patterns

1997
Contracting for Weapon System Repair: An Examination of Alternative Approaches

1996
Government Contracting Options: A Model and Application

1996
Understanding and Reducing the Costs of FORSCOM Installations

1996
Army Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Programs in the Future: Maximizing Soldier Benefits in Times of Austerity

1994

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