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Evaluation of the Fitness Report System

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The Fitness Report (FitRep) is an evaluation tool filled out by a Marine’s reporting senior (RS) and reviewing officer (RO) that communicates the reporting officials’ assessments of the Marine’s performance and character to a variety of boards. Today’s FitRep system was implemented on January 1, 1999. Like the previous system, it supports promotion boards’ selection and retention of the most qualified Marines in the grades of sergeant through major general, the slating of officers for command or resident school billet assignments, and all other billet assignments. The Director, Manpower Management Division, asked CNA to review whether the system is accomplishing what the Marine Corps intended. Specifically, the director would like to know whether the current FitRep system is suffering from grade inflation, whether it is fair to all officers, and whether it contributes to the challenges that leaders and manpower process managers face in selecting the most qualified officers for promotion and career progression. Although enlisted Marines in paygrades E-5 through E-9 also receive FitReps, we were asked to focus solely on Marine officers.

for command or resident school billet assignments, and all other billet assignments. The Director, Manpower Management Division, asked CNA to review whether the system is accomplishing what the Marine Corps ... for command and resident schooling. The current process was implemented in 1999 to address the previous system’s perceived shortcomings—chiefly mark inflation. The Director, Manpower Management Division ... fairness for all officers, and helping the various boards select the “best and most qualified” officers. The FitRep form contains administrative data, descriptions of duties/ accomplishments

Artificial Intelligence Maturity Model

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The CNA AI Maturity Model enables government agencies to understand and communicate the current maturity level of their AI programs, the level of maturity they are striving to achieve in a given period of time, and the path to get there.

AI Maturity Model for Government Agencies Domain: Efforts are Resources Subdomain Topic Current Maturity Goal Maturity Datasets Data quality Performed Established Data accessibility Performed / Established Established Infrastructure Computing infrastructure Performed Established Data storage infrastructure Performed Established ... Performance Use cases Products and results are trustworthy Inclusive Transparent Unbiased Products are safe and secure Cybersecurity Risk management See CNA's

Lessons on Safety Culture from Private-Sector Safety Executives

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CNA engaged with senior safety leaders at 21 major corporations and synthesized 14 key findings and leadership actions to improve US military safety.

in conversational forums Develop a Department-wide Safety Conversation Series Senior management receives safety-specific training Ensure that new leaders receive rigorous safety- focused training ... Technology plays a critical role in reporting Require electronic data collection and reporting EHS data is collected and reported but not often used for predictive analysis Incorporate advanced data analytics to forecast safety trends Private-sector entities have access to financial resources necessary to address safety issues; thus, they do not discretely budget for safety

Estimated Effects of Facility Quality SROTC Recruitment Retention

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This paper summarizes the research that CNA performed to understand how Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (SROTC) facility conditions may disproportionately affect SROTC recruitment and retention at Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs).

and recruitment of students in higher education to build the methodology and approach of the current study. Our approach comprises three parts: Assessing aggregated SROTC recruitment and retention data ... quality assessment indicate that nearly 100 percent of SROTC programs in our sample report at least one facility issue. Based on our data call, the most commonly reported issues relate to capacity ... that the services use to assess individual SROTC program success or viability [2]. We suggest that viability assessment measures be reviewed for inclusion of these data. We found that, because

china ai and autonomy report: Issue 21, August 25, 2022

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The China AI and Autonomy Report, issue 21, is a biweekly newsletter published by CNA, on artificial intelligence and autonomy in China.

preferences. The list of algorithms and their brief descriptions are intended to give more transparency to consumers over how tech companies use their data. The companies submitted the recommendation algorithms in accordance with the Internet Information Service Algorithmic Recommendation Management Provisions , which went into effect on March 1 of this year. As companies continue to submit ... for "digital human data factors," such as "models, skins and textures." The South China Morning Post also reports that, although Web3 remains under a "regulatory cloud" in China because of its ban

china ai and autonomy report: Issue 6, January 13, 2022

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The China AI and Autonomy Report, issue 6, is a biweekly newsletter published by CNA, on artificial intelligence and autonomy in China.

countries as do more overtly military technologies and discusses examples of foreign investment in PRC firms focusing on AI, data mining, and cybersecurity. According to the   article , “the White House ... police in Xinjiang capture criminal suspects. It also found that Huawei codeveloped the “iFlytek Voiceprint Management Platform” with iFlytek, a PRC AI company that has also been sanctioned by the Commerce ... system. The UAV(s) feed sensor images and other data to the manned aircraft and can participate in counterair and ground/maritime attack with manned aircraft. In the second method of coordination

china ai and autonomy report: Issue 4, December 2, 2021

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The China AI and Autonomy Report, issue 4, is a biweekly newsletter published by CNA, on artificial intelligence and autonomy in China.

” the classifiers. The PLA could use a competition such as this to refine its ability to defeat an adversary’s image classifiers by degrading the data upon which algorithms are based. Conversely ... , judgment, decision-making, and the selection of objective things,” and that “the facts fully show that data can be manipulated, information can be mixed with water, ‘truth’ can be shaped, and human ... Xiaoyong argues that, while China has laws to protect user rights and security with the Cybersecurity Law, Data Security Law, and Personal Information Protection Law, people cannot rely solely on external

pla update: Issue 20, April 30, 2024

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PLA Update, Issue 20, is a CNA China Studies Program monthly newsletter, with summaries of Chinese media coverage of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

warfighting domains, the authors stressed the need to provide timely warnings and detect strategic threats early, strengthen emergency and crisis management mechanisms, and respond to gray zone crises ... participate in major international governance issues such as artificial intelligence (AI) control, space debris management, and deep sea environmental protection. They also recommended contributing to the formulation of international rules in matters such as AI standards, space traffic management, and marine protection regulations; providing "international governance public security products

pla update: Issue 19, March 22, 2024

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PLA Update, Issue 19, is a CNA China Studies Program monthly newsletter, with summaries of Chinese media coverage of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

between the CMC Logistic Support Department and CUFE. Source: CUFE . The PLA's logistics management administration is looking to civilian universities to help train the military's financial ... Ships in Red Sea A statement from a PRC official and data from a PRC shipping company support the claim that PLAN ships have stayed outside the Red Sea and kept within their traditional area ... . One such report from the Voice of America cited data published on the website of the PRC shipping company Sea Legend. A plotting of the coordinates on the company's website indicates, however

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 ... to help inform a decision about: Whether to change existing policies The effects of prospective policy changes on recruiting, retention, manpower management, and training processes. During this study, we conducted extensive literature reviews; interviewed subject matter experts from other countries’ militaries, other organizations, and the Marine Corps; and conducted data analysis