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CNA Deploys 50 Analysts to Support the Navy's Large Scale Exercise

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CNA's Center for Naval Analyses has deployed a team of 50 analysts to commands around the world that are participating the Navy's Large Scale Exercise (LSE) 2021.

CNA's Center for Naval Analyses has deployed a team of 50 analysts to commands around the world that are participating the Navy's Large Scale Exercise (LSE) 2021. /images/news/PressRelease.png CNA ... , CNA has played an active role leading up to LSE 2021, developing a standardized assessment framework for each DMO capability to ensure there was a common understanding of its importance and how it should be executed and assessed. "Prior to the LSE, CNA performed analyses of DMO concepts through fleet battle problem events that were intended to shape and inform the exercise as a capstone event

Michigan State Police Traffic Enforcement: An Assessment of Policies, Training, and Operations

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CNA finds that racial disparities in Michigan State Police traffic stops may result from policies and programs, more than from widespread police discrimination.

Michigan State Police Traffic Enforcement: An Assessment of Policies, Training, and Operations Michigan State Police Traffic Enforcement: An Assessment of Policies, Training, and Operations CNA finds ... , and the CNA Corporation (CNA) was awarded the contract to assess MSP traffic enforcement policies and program initiatives over the course of 18 months, starting in June 2022. CNA’s approach ... Organizational Processes and Initiatives Overall, the CNA assessment team determined that the racial disparities in MSP’s traffic enforcement outcomes found by MSU do not appear to be the result

MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER STAFFING

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CNA conducted a police staffing analysis, police operations analysis, and police business process analysis to improve efficiency in the Minneapolis PD.

Nature Codes CNA conducted a police staffing analysis, police operations analysis, and police business process analysis to improve efficiency in the Minneapolis PD. Goals and objectives ... , and problem nature code analysis, and business processes analysis. Staffing analysis Using a workload-based approach, CNA produced estimates of the staffing required to support the MPD’s current ... of the literature and peer agency practices, CNA assessed MPD operations and policies, including the use of one- versus two-person patrols, relative levels of civilianization, alternative response models (which

Methuen Police Department Performance Audit

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CNA acknowledges the support and assistance we received from Mayor Neil Perry, members of the Methuen City Council, and the Methuen Police Department in completing this report. The input, experiences, data, and resources we received were invaluable in conducting our research and compiling our findings and recommendations.

Methuen Police Department Performance Audit Methuen Police Department Performance Audit CNA acknowledges the support and assistance we received from Mayor Neil Perry, members of the Methuen City ... and recommendations. In May of 2020, the City of Methuen, through a competitive bid, selected the CNA Center for Justice Research and Innovation to conduct a performance audit of the Methuen Police Department (MPD). In conducting this audit, the CNA team developed an objective and in-depth understanding of MPD’s operations in areas including budget, equipment, training, staffing levels, and processes

Professor Odest Chadwicke Jenkins Joins CNA's Board of Trustees

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CNA President and CEO Katherine McGrady today announced that Prof. Odest Chadwicke Jenkins is joining the CNA Board of Trustees. Jenkins is a professor of computer science and engineering and associate director of the Robotics Institute at the University of Michigan.

CNA President and CEO Katherine McGrady today announced that Prof. Odest Chadwicke Jenkins is joining the CNA Board of Trustees. Jenkins is a professor of computer science and engineering and associate director of the Robotics Institute at the University of Michigan. /images/news/PressRelease.png Professor Odest Chadwicke Jenkins Joins CNA's Board of Trustees CNA President and CEO Katherine McGrady today announced that Prof. Odest Chadwicke Jenkins is joining the CNA Board of Trustees. Jenkins is a professor of computer science and engineering and associate director of the Robotics Institute

Racial Bias Audit Charleston SC

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The City Council voted in favor of an independent audit of the CPD in November of 2017. Further adding to this urgency were the findings from the College of Charleston’s report, The State of Racial Disparities in Charleston County, South Carolina 2000-2015, which noted racial disparities and the linkage to structural racism and economic inequality. The call for an audit also stemmed from growing interest among city officials and the community to address concerns about racial bias in the CPD’s procedures and practices. Subsequently, the City Council, city officials, and community stakeholders worked together to develop a request for proposals, review the proposals, and select an independent auditor. In January 2019, the City of Charleston, through a competitive bid, selected the CNA Institute for Public Research (CNA) to conduct a racial bias audit of the CPD.

an independent auditor. In January 2019, the City of Charleston, through a competitive bid, selected the CNA Institute for Public Research (CNA) to conduct a racial bias audit of the CPD. In the mid-1800s ... an independent auditor.  In January 2019, the City of Charleston, through a competitive bid, selected the CNA Institute for Public Research (CNA) to conduct a racial bias audit of the CPD. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE AUDIT CNA’s audit was designed to accomplish the following: Assess, monitor, and assist the CPD, in concert with the community, in uncovering any aspects of implicit bias

Testing Tomorrow’s Decisions, Today: Introducing StaffLab™

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Most reorganizations do not yield their intended value, and some even are damaging. This troubling reality led CNA’s analysts to create StaffLab™, bringing the process of lab testing to organizational reform.

Introducing StaffLab Most reorganizations do not yield their intended value, and some even are damaging. This troubling reality led CNA’s analysts to create StaffLab™, bringing the process of lab ... research program at CNA. Imagine if the latest idea for a medical therapy went from some scientist’s PowerPoint proposal directly into production and out to pharmacies around the world? It’s a terrifying ... . According to a McKinsey survey , 80 percent of reorganizations do not yield their intended value, and some even are damaging. This troubling reality led CNA’s analysts to create StaffLab™, a newly introduced

Leveraging Existing Training and Educational Assessments through the MAC Process

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Short report discribes the systematic assessment tool, The Mapping Assessments to Competencies (MAC) Process, developed by CNA and the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Science.to help evaluate talent management efforts.

, developed by CNA and the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Science.to help evaluate talent management efforts. The Mapping Assessments to Competencies (MAC) Process , developed by CNA and the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, is a systematic tool to evaluate whether existing assessment data can be used for talent management efforts. It can help ... the objectives of the Army Talent Management Strategy and the Army People Strategy, the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) partnered with CNA to determine how

Fact Sheet: Desert Storm Firsts

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Desert Storm Demonstrated a number of important firsts

OF IMPORTANT FIRSTS First combat test of a new generation of precision weapons systems. Laser-guided bombs proved highly effective. CNA calculated a 60% hit rate for laser-guided bombs against bridges. But for unguided bombs, fewer than 1 in 14 hit bridge targets. Tomahawk cruise missiles had never before been used in combat. CNA calculated that in the first two sorties ... prepositioned ships and were ready for combat. By contrast, Marines who traveled in traditional amphibious ships took five weeks to arrive. CNA, assigned to analyze the offloads, identified

Making Parachute Safety in The Wind Top of Mind at Topgun

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Dr. Robyn Lalime brought physics and mathematics to bear on the problem of wind speed and parachute safety.

/Robyn-Lalimecropped.jpg Making Parachute Safety in The Wind Top of Mind at Topgun When TOPGUN received more flexible rules on maximum wind speeds for training flights, the CNA analyst assigned to the command began ... , Commander Becky Bates, asked Lalime to bring physics and mathematics to bear on the problem. The CNA field representative worked closely with naval engineers on computer models of the performance ... , a parachutist could expect to be dragged by an extra 250 feet per 10 seconds. They also used memorable images to evoke the impact of high winds. The CNA analyst had lived through the experience of being