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Report

Improving Information-Sharing Across Law Enforcement

Progress has been made on information-sharing efforts within law enforcement. But there are limitations to existing technology and policy. Stakeholders can take action to build on this progress in both the short and long term.

Sep 4, 2015
Announcement

RAND Hosts Cybersecurity Exercise

The discussion of cybersecurity should not be trapped within narrow technical, national security, or legal stovepipes and should include an examination of economic, civil, and societal factors. With that goal in mind, RAND hosted an analytic exercise on cybersecurity.

Sep 3, 2015
Commentary

Is It Time to Appoint a Data Security Czar?

Cybersecurity needs to become more of a priority for the government and private corporations. Whatever the solution, public and private officials need to do a better job of weighing the risk-benefit calculation of storing data on Internet-accessible computers and justifying data-handling protocols.

Sep 3, 2015
Research Brief

Online privacy vs surveillance: Europeans' preferences on internet surveillance and security measures

RAND Europe has collected evidence from one of the largest-ever surveys of citizens' views across Europe on security, surveillance and privacy issues in three scenarios: train travel, internet use (described here), and storage of health records.

Aug 20, 2015
Research Brief

Privacy of health records: Europeans' preferences on electronic health data storage and sharing

RAND Europe has collected evidence from one of the largest-ever surveys of citizens' views across Europe on security, surveillance and privacy issues in three scenarios: train travel, internet use and (described here) storage of health records.

Aug 20, 2015
Research Brief

Privacy vs security? Europeans' preferences on transport security and surveillance measures

RAND Europe has collected evidence from one of the largest-ever surveys of citizens' views across Europe on security, surveillance and privacy issues in three scenarios: train travel (described here), internet use, and storage of health records.

Aug 20, 2015
News Release

Internet Technology Could Aid Police, Courts and Prisons; Resolving Privacy Issues Key to Future Use

New Internet-based technology may aid criminal justice agencies through promising tools such as better criminal databases, remotely conducted trials, and electronic monitoring of parolees. But many of the developments raise issues related to civil rights, privacy, and cybersecurity that must be addressed.

Aug 17, 2015
Report

Internet Technology Could Aid Police, Courts, and Prisons

New Internet-based technology may aid criminal justice agencies through promising tools, such as better criminal databases, remotely conducted trials, and electronic monitoring of parolees. But many of the developments raise issues related to civil rights, privacy, and cybersecurity that must be addressed.

Aug 17, 2015
Multimedia

TWANG Short Course/Educational Videos: Three Videos — Introduction, Propensity Score Weighted Analyses with 2 Groups, and Propensity Score Weighted Analyses with More Than 2 Groups

Videos with step-by-step procedures for implementing propensity score analyses involving two or more treatment groups using the TWANG (Toolkit for Weighting and Analysis of Nonequivalent Groups) data analysis package.

Jul 13, 2015
Journal Article

Information Sharing Preferences of Older Patients and Their Families

Elderly patients often share control of their personal health information and decision making with family and friends when needed.

Jul 13, 2015
Commentary

U.S. Needs a New Electronic Identity-Protection Strategy to Prevent 'Hybrid Warfare' Attacks

The U.S. government needs to develop a strategy to protect its citizens that includes a unique identifying number or code and a method for protecting these identity keys in online transactions.

Jul 6, 2015
News Release

Internet Freedom Software Tools Developed by the United States Do Not Facilitate Cybercrime

Software tools created by the U.S. State Department to encourage the free flow of information online and on mobile phone networks are not likely to be used by criminals to pursue illegal activities. While some have the potential to be used for illicit purposes, there are numerous alternative technologies that are better suited.

Jun 30, 2015
Report

Internet Freedom Software Tools Do Not Facilitate Cybercrime

Software tools created by the U.S. State Department to encourage the free flow of information online and on mobile phone networks are not likely to be used by criminals to pursue illegal activities. While some have the potential to be used for illicit purposes, there are alternative technologies that are better suited.

Jun 30, 2015
Report

Issues with Access to Acquisition Data and Information in the Department of Defense: Executive Summary

This report identifies the problems and challenges associated with sharing unclassified information within the U.S. Department of Defense and investigates the role of policies and practices associated with such sharing.

Jun 12, 2015
Commentary

The USA Freedom Act: The Definition of a Compromise

The USA Freedom Act does not “balance” privacy and national security, nor is it clear that any legislation can credibly do so. There's no monolithic view of what such a balance should look like.

May 29, 2015
Essay

How Smart Grids Can Change the Way We Live

A modernized, “smart” grid could change how much you pay for electricity, where it comes from, and how likely you are to lose it in a summer storm. But has the reality of the smart grid kept pace with the promise?

Apr 27, 2015
Commentary

When It Comes to Police-Community Relations, “Expect What You Inspect”

As the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing report suggests, local governments should evaluate police on more than crime statistics, and police departments and officers should be held publicly accountable for meeting the community's expectations. Adding new dimensions of performance metrics would help.

Mar 17, 2015
Tool

Propensity Scores for Multiple Treatments: A Tutorial for the MNPS Macro in the TWANG SAS Macros

This tutorial explains the syntax and features related to the implementation of the MNPS function in the SAS TWANG macros.

Mar 13, 2015
Journal Article

Use of Pooled State Administrative Data for Mental Health Services Research

State mental health authorities routinely devote resources to collect data for state planning and reporting purposes. However, these data are rarely used in cross-state comparisons to inform state or federal policy development.

Feb 26, 2015
Brochure

Spotlight on 2014

Spotlight 2014 is RAND Europe’s annual review. We present our research to support policymaking in four areas of transformation: harnessing the power of ICT, safeguarding society, building healthier communities and innovating for efficiency.

Jan 27, 2015

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RAND Topic:
Data Science

Topic Synonyms:
Data Bases