United States Department of Defense

Report

Jan 1, 1989

How DoD Policy Affects Private Expenditure on Independent Research and Development: A Comparison of Empirical Studies

Uses economic models and concepts to analyze the incentive effects of the Defense Department's (DoD's) policy on independent research and development (IR&D).

Report

Sep 1, 1988

To Repair or To Rebuild? Analyzing Personnel Security Research Agendas

This report presents an evaluation of the initial research agenda of the Defense Personnel Security Research and Education Center (PERSEREC), with a proposal for new research on the personnel security problem and objectives and strategy for the Department of Defense (DOD) Personnel Security Program.

Report

Dec 1, 1987

Computer Security Policy Issues: From Past Toward the Future

This paper is the revised and enlarged version of a talk presented to the Information Security Services breakfast meeting held during the annual Computer Security Institute Conference at Anaheim, California, November 11, 1987.

Report

Feb 1, 1986

Improving the Military Acquisition Process: Lessons From Rand Research

This report identifies trends that will affect future acquisition activity, and recommends improvements in the acquisition process to meet future challenges.

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Step 1: Identify and Understand the Priority Problems to Focus On

Step 1 helps you understand the problems of sexual assault at your site so you can select an effective prevention activity.

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Step 2: Set Broad Goals and Specific Desired Outcomes for Your SAPA

GTO Step 2 helps you state the broad impact you want to work toward and specific benchmarks, called desired outcomes, for your SAPA.

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Step 3: Identify and Select Candidate SAPA with Evidence of Effectiveness

GTO Step 3 guides you through the assessment of prevention activities to identify the most effective ones for addressing the priority problems and goals and desired outcomes you identified in GTO Step 2.

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Step 4: Assess How Well Each Candidate SAPA Fits and Eliminate from Consideration Any with Poor Fit

GTO Step 4 helps determine whether the candidate SAPA you identified during GTO Step 3 are appropriate for your target population, site, and community.

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Step 5: Assess Your Capacity to Implement Remaining Candidate SAPA as Intended

GTO Step 5 provides a structure to assess whether the candidate SAPA can be carried out effectively with the knowledge, skills, and resources available.

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Step 6: Plan SAPA Implementation and Evaluation

GTO Step 6 is the step in which you finalize your SAPA Overview and make a detailed implementation and evaluation work plan, including a timeline.

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Step 7-9: Use process and outcome evaluation results to improve or reconsider the SAPA you have evaluated

Steps 7-9 help you analyze and document your evaluation results and make changes suggested by the results to improve the SAPA you evaluated.

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Step 10: Plan for sustaining effective SAPA

GTO Step 10 guides you through some tasks needed to sustain effective SAPA.

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How DoD Policy Affects Private Expenditure on Independent Research and Development: A Comparison of Empirical Studies

To Repair or To Rebuild? Analyzing Personnel Security Research Agendas

Computer Security Policy Issues: From Past Toward the Future

Improving the Military Acquisition Process: Lessons From Rand Research

Step 1: Identify and Understand the Priority Problems to Focus On

Step 2: Set Broad Goals and Specific Desired Outcomes for Your SAPA

Step 3: Identify and Select Candidate SAPA with Evidence of Effectiveness

Step 4: Assess How Well Each Candidate SAPA Fits and Eliminate from Consideration Any with Poor Fit

Step 5: Assess Your Capacity to Implement Remaining Candidate SAPA as Intended

Step 6: Plan SAPA Implementation and Evaluation

Step 7-9: Use process and outcome evaluation results to improve or reconsider the SAPA you have evaluated

Step 10: Plan for sustaining effective SAPA

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