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Housing Benefits: Baseline Analysis
April 1, 1997
To improve the quality of life of service members and increase overall efficiency, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and Facilities asked CNA to examine Department of the Navy (DON) housing processes, identify options and alternatives to the current system, and evaluate these options. In this paper, we present our analysis of current DON housing practices. Its purpose is to describe the current state of housing benefits, including costs, conditions, processes, and value to the service members. These descriptions will serve as a baseline for comparison with proposed alternatives to the current housing system. This paper has five parts. In the first, we give a short overview of current DON housing benefits and summarize the results of the study. In the three sections that follow, we discuss current family housing, bachelor housing, and off-base allowances. In the last section, we list our conclusions.
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Aviation Continuation Pay: Should the Maximum Award be Increased?
February 1, 1997
In recent years, the maximum bonus paid to Navy aviators has not yielded the desired increase in continuation in some aviation subcommunities. Furthermore, Navy planners anticipate future shortfalls as the small, drawdown-era year groups approach the ends of their obligations. In response to these past and projected shortfalls, BURPERS has recommended increasing the current maximum annual award. N1 tasked CNA to analyze the effectiveness of the current legislated maximum bonus award under the Navy's Aviation Continuation Pay (ACP) program and to estimate bonus levels needed to induce adequate continuation of Navy aviators in the near future. The program's purpose is to ensure sufficient continuation to meet squadron department head requirements.
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A Privatization Primer: Issues and Evidence
January 1, 1997
This study was sponsored by the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Logistics (N4) who asked us to assemble the lessons learned in outsourcing and privatization. Earlier work for this study identified new opportunities for the Navy and identified initial lessons learned at a Navy technical center. This study also identified specific ways to streamline the competition process required by OMB Circular A-76, and initial findings of five outsourcing and competition case studies reported in earlier reports issued from this project. In this final report, we focus on privatization, as distinct from outsourcing. We make the distinction clearer in the body of the paper. For this report, we reviewed the economics literature to determine whether (and if so, why) public sector firms are inherently less efficient that private sector firms. We conducted case studies of the office of Personnel Management (OPM) privatization of its background investigations unit, and the Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) - Indianapolis privatization. We also examined the competition program run by the City of Indianapolis for many of its city services, including the outsourcing of the local wastewater treatment plant. Finally, we collected information on other privatization, both in the United States and abroad.
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A Methodology for Estimating the Effects of Department of Labor Programs on Productivity in the Private Sector
February 1, 1985
In this paper, a methodology is described and applied for evaluating the effects of individual government programs on aggregate private-sector productivity. Methodological development was needed to allow use of data from the existing professional literature. Earlier studies estimated the effects of the programs on price and quantity. CNA's contribution was to develop methods for translating these price and quantity effects into productivity estimates. The productivity effects of the following programs, all administered by the Department of Labor, were examined: training programs such as CETA and MDTA, minimum-wage laws, the Davis-Bacon Act, unemployment insurance, and OSHA and MSHA legislation on occupational safety.
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OLDER WORKERS IN THE MARKET FOR PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT
March 1, 1984
This paper examines the sources and policy implications of the sparsity of part-time work among older workers. See also 55 000397 and appendices to 55 000396.
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APPENDICES TO PP 396: OLDER WORKERS IN THE MARKET FOR PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT
September 1, 1983
This paper examines the sources and policy implications of the sparsity of part-time work among older workers. See also 55 000396.
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AVAILABILITY OF MATCHABLE EMPLOYMENT AND HEALTH DATA
June 1, 1982
It is difficult to find reliable industrial and occupational histories of individuals who have been identified as suffering from particular diseases, such as cancer. State Employment Security Agencies (SESA) maintain records of employment of all workers covered by Unemployment Insurance. To determine the availability of useful data maintained by these agencies, SESA in twelve states were visited and the characteristics and availability of archived data were verified. A telephone survey was also conducted to determine the characteristics and availability of death certificates and other health data in those states. The period and form of storage of achives varied from state to state; Texas and New Mexico maintain data on microfilm going back more than forty years. Colorado has records on computer tape going back to 1968. Computer tape storage in other states covers periods ranging from two to ten years. Details about the characteristics and availability of matchable health and unemployment data from twelve states are presented in this report.
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