Research for DBOF

The Director of Shore Installation Management (N46) sponsored CNA's participation in an Infrastructure Symposium with RAND from October 16 to 18, 1996 at the RAND Santa Monica facility. Both CNA and RAND have a long history of research in defense infrastructure. By working together, they can build upon each other's research and plan future research better than if they work in isolation. DoD continues to struggle with how to operate more effectively and fulfill its mission when resources are shrinking. In particular, DoD is looking to create a more efficient infrastructure to make funds available for recapitalization and modernization. The primary purpose of the symposium was to synthesize the results of previous and ongoing research projects and thereby identify the best areas and approaches for future research. This paper represents the views of the CNA participants. As many of the results reported were preliminary, we avoid detailing the findings.