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Feasibility of Thrift Savings Plan Contributions by Military Spouses

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Allowing military spouses to contribute to retirement Thrift Savings Plans would be a heavy admin burden for the military for possibly little benefit, CNA found.

spouses to contribute to servicemembers’ retirement plans be both feasible and advisable? The Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Military Personnel Policy asked CNA to conduct a study to examine legislative or policy requirements and beneficial or harmful implications of enacting such a policy. Approach To determine the feasibility and advisability of allowing military spouses to contribute to servicemembers’ TSP accounts, our analysis addresses the following research questions: What employment challenges do military spouses face?  What laws currently prevent the implementation

Enlistment Waivers

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Study examines the history, trends, policies, and practices involving U.S. military waivers used at both enlistment and entry-level separations, or discharges.

waivers used at both enlistment and entry-level separations, or discharges. The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Accession Policy, together with the Office of Officer and Enlisted Personnel ... answers all but question 3 via literature/policy reviews and subject matter expert discussions. The second report empirically answers questions 2, 3, and 6. Enlistment waivers Pre-2008 Service ... , and conduct, with quarterly reporting requirements and standardized terminology: Service waivers were to be called exceptions to policy (ETPs). For example, before 2008, Service drug waivers were

Women-in-Service-Restrictions

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CNA conducted an independent review of the Marine Corps existing policies related to women in ground combat providing information to help make an informed decision about (1) whether to change existing policies and (2) effects of prospective policy changes on recruiting, retention, manpower management, and training processes.

make an informed decision about (1) whether to change existing policies and (2) effects of prospective policy changes on recruiting, retention, manpower management, and training processes. In January ... female officers and staff noncommissioned officers to be assigned to some closed ground combat element (GCE) units at the battalion level as part of an “Exception to Policy.” Otherwise, the department ... in “open PMOSs” from assignments below the division level in the GCE—except for the headquarters battery in artillery regiments (and those in the Exception to Policy). The FY 2011 National Defense

How to Use Administrative Data to Measure and Interpret Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in Military Justice Outcomes

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This report proposes a six-step iterative process for assessing the treatment of racial, ethnic, and gender (REG) groups in the military justice system (MJS).

collection, analysis, and reporting that will allow the services to use administrative data to conduct ongoing assessments of how members of all REG groups are treated within the MJS. To address the second ... our approach to addressing the NDAA tasking, we drew on four concepts related to justice and bias and considered their implications for data collection and analysis. Distributive versus procedural ... of institutional bias in the MJS, it is necessary to collect and analyze data that reflect outcomes that are guided by regulation or policy. Concerns about bias in the MJS Bias in the MJS—both real

ai and autonomy in russia: Issue 44, August 25, 2022

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published a list of the most popular types of “new solutions in IT industries” for the healthcare field using the iFORA big data analysis system. The technologies were ranked both by research ... to compensate for lost functions and organs); medical image analysis technologies using computer vision algorithms; clinical decision support systems; and applications with the Internet of Things ... foreign cloud services for business,” which means that fewer sudden cutoffs of primary operations have occurred. This is partly a result of explicit policy by Roskomnadzor, which has blocked the work

Exploring Racial Ethnic and Gender Disparities in the Military Justice System

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Data from FY 2014 to FY 2020 indicate major racial and gender disparities in military justice system (MJS) outcomes. This report outlines potential next steps.

appropriate policy actions? How much of the required data currently exist and to what extent are they standardized across the services? Do the existing MJS data reveal any differences in military ... be tracked for each service. We then applied quantitative methods (primarily regression analysis) to calculate unconditional and conditional service-specific REG disparity measures for as many MJS ... and the services generally collect the same data elements, but the ways the data are collected and stored result in data elements and structures that do not always support quantitative analysis

Improving Lethal Action: Learning and Adapting in U.S. Counterterrorism Operations

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This paper presents a process for the US government to improve the effectiveness of lethal force counterterrorism operations and reduce civilian casualties.

approaches could be modified to better meet U.S. objectives in CT operations. Expected benefits from such analysis for lethal operations include: refinements to policy and guidance (including a modified ... efforts and objectives, it would seem prudent for the U.S. government to have in place an effective operations analysis framework and lessons-learned process to ensure that it is learning and adapting ... objectives are being met during operations. Using available data for U.S. operations in Pakistan and Yemen, it appears that the two aims of recent Presidential Policy Guidance (PPG)—mission success

intersections: Issue 13, March 2025

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Intersections is a CNA news digest of China’s efforts to acquire Western technology, and U.S. and partner efforts to protect that technology for national security.

) that the PRC now restricts from export or requires an export license for. According to one policy analysis , although international exports of previously restricted minerals such as gallium ... competition. Other stories in this issue include recent PRC domestic policy changes to promote innovation, US ally and partner approaches to semiconductor export policies, PRC company advances in lidar ... . If DeepSeek can contribute to China's development of autonomous UAV activities, the PLA could gain a significant operational advantage over the US. PRC Policy Developments The PRC announces new

china ai and autonomy report: Issue 1, November 2, 2021

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The China AI and Autonomy Report, issue 1, is a biweekly newsletter published by CNA, on artificial intelligence and autonomy in China.

this inaugural issue to promote a new CNA report by researchers Kevin Pollpeter and Amanda Kerrigan titled “ The PLA and Intelligent Warfare: A Preliminary Analysis .” The report presents PRC ... Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) likely indicates the importance placed upon unmanned systems by the PLA and at least a tacit policy to allow competition in an emerging field ... . The Drive carried extensive analysis of the CH-6, describing it as “a long-endurance, twin-jet engine, multirole drone” intended for reconnaissance and strike roles. 12 In addition to listing

The Great Peace and Development Debate of 1999

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This paper explores the context, conduct, results, and implications of what we might call “The Great Peace & Development Debate of 1999.”

Debate of 1999.” The proximate cause of this policy ferment was NATO’s military intervention in Kosovo in March 1999. However, it is clear from reading the Chinese media---and the observations ... and Three New Changes,” is clearly reflected in the sober analysis of security trends presented by the Chinese in their October 2000 Defense White Paper.  The “Three No Changes” are essentially ... an academic or theoretical exercise. The new “line” that resulted has implications for Chinese domestic policies, foreign policies, and defense policies. For Chinese domestic policy, the results