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Science and Technology for Communication and Persuasion Abroad: Gap Analysis and Survey
March 1, 2012

The Department of Defense’s Rapid Reaction Technology Office (RRTO) issued a “Strategic Communication Science and Technology Plan” in 2009 that surveyed the government’s programs in this area and their gaps. To keep abreast of the latest technological developments, this report is being updated for FY 2012.

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Measuring and Assessing Partnership and Collaboration
August 25, 2011

Collaboration and partnership efforts are often incorporated into the Smart Policing Initiative (SPI). We include these aspects of crime prevention and crime control as core SPI components, and we often direct these efforts internally within our departments (“in-reach” as well as external outreach to justice system, government, and community stakeholders). We rarely, however, treat collaboration and partnership as a variable to measure and analyze.

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Soldier Perspectives on Small Arms in Combat
December 1, 2006

This study assessed soldier perspectives on the reliability and durability of their weapons in combat. The study found that most soldiers indicate satisfaction and confidence in the reliability and durability of their weapons.

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Seabee Assignment Tradeoffs
January 1, 2003
Abstract:D7279 The Commander of Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) asked CNA to determine what type of compensation would target any existing or impending shortfalls in Seabee retention and manning. Currently, the Seabee community receives no sea pay and little deployment-related pay. This annotated briefing presents analysis of data from the Seabee Quality-of-Service Compensation Survey, which collected data on enlisted Seabees' preferences for aspects of sea duty assignments. Our results suggest that sea duty deployments are the most arduous characteristic of a sea tour, and that most of the perceived benefit from a decrease in sea tour length or a shorter deployment rotation cycle is from corresponding decreases in deployed time. To address the perceived hardship of sea tour deployments, we estimate monthly compensations that are larger, or more expensive, than estimates calculated in a companion paper: "Can Do" No More? An Assessment of Seabee Compensation, May 2002 (CNA Research Memorandum D0005212.A2). This suggests that a monthly pay of about $200 during a sea tour is a first step in addressing Seabee dissatisfaction and manning and retention shortfalls.
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Findings and Implications of the Assignment Incentive Survey
October 1, 2002
Abstract:D6620 Because the Navy must order personnel into hard-to-fill billets, negative impacts on manning can result. Consequently, the Navy is considering ways to restructure the assignment system including the implementation of an Assignment Incentive Pay (AIP). The Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Manpower and Personnel (N1B) asked the CNA Corporation to analyze the attractiveness of alternative incentives meant to persuade Sailors to volunteer for historically hard-to-fill billets. To do so, we developed and administered the Assignment Incentive Survey. Against the backdrop of upcoming AIP implementation, the most important findings from the analysis are those that relate to the effects of special pay on Sailors' assignment preferences. At the most fundamental level, we find that pay is an effective way to sway people's assignment decisions, which indicates that AIP is likely to work. For example, a monthly special pay of between $60 and $900 would make an assignment to Japan attractive. The amount of money that will make a hard-to-fill attractive differs depending on Sailors' dependent status and current assignment location. For example, Sailors without spouses or children have less of a home-basing preference, so these Sailors will most likely be the first to fill hard-to-fill billets with AIP attached.
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