Clifford A. Grammich

Retention of Racial-Ethnic Minorities in the Regular Army

Maria C Lytell; Michael L Hansen; Avery Calkins; Matthew D Baird; Nastassia Reed; Kristin J Leuschner; Clifford A Grammich

RAND Corporation

2024

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The authors examined retention of racial-ethnic minorities in the Regular Army's enlisted and officer ranks and how racial-ethnic composition changes as soldiers progress in their careers. The authors also explored reasons that individuals stay in the Army or leave at given points, how unit leader decisionmaking affects such decisions, and what influences promotion decisions.

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Improving the Air Force Small-Business Performance Expectations Methodology

Nancy Y Moore; Amy G Cox; Clifford A Grammich

RAND

2017

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The Air Force is trying to increase small-business use and identify industries that have the most potential for increasing small-business utilization. This report examines the Air Force Small-Business Performance Expectations Methodology, with recommendations for improving the methodology accuracy to identify small-business opportunities.

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Issues with Access to Acquisition Data and Information in the Department of Defense

Megan McKErnan; Nancy Y. Moore; Kathryn Connor; Mary E. Chenoweth; Jeffrey A. Drezner; James Dryden; Clifford A. Grammich; Judith D. Mele; Walter Nelson; Rebeca Orrie; Douglas Shontz; Anita Szafran

RAND

2017

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Acquisition data and information are the foundation for decisionmaking, management, and oversight of weapon-system acquisition programs. The authors review 21 key acquisition data information systems, their origins and uses, and how acquisition data might be improved. They also summarize background on acquisition data; review commercial practices in data management; and offer findings and recommendations to improve quality, access, and use.

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Issues with Access to Acquisition Data and Information in the Department of Defense

Megan McKErnan; Jessie Riposo; Jeffrey A. Drezner; Geoffrey McGovern; Douglas Shontz; Clifford A. Grammich

RAND

2017

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Acquisition data play a critical role in the management of the U.S. Department of Defense s portfolio of weapon systems, but identifying which unclassified but potentially sensitive data require protection as Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and how to label them appropriately is a challenge. The authors evaluated current CUI labeling procedures, practices, and security policies and recommend improvements."

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Developing a Risk Assessment Methodology for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Daniel M. Gerstein; James G. Kallimani; Lauren A. Mayer; Lelia Meshkat; Jan Osburg; Paul K. Davis; Blake Cignarella; Clifford A. Grammich

RAND

2016

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) confronts a variety of organizational-level risks within its programs that could influence the success of its missions or programs. This report provides NASA s Office of Strategy and Plans with a risk assessment methodology that integrates risk factors tailored to NASA s management, operations, and acquisition structures, allowing decisionmakers to compare risks within a common framework."

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Identifying and Managing Acquisition and Sustainment Supply Chain Risks

Nancy Y. Moore; Elvira N. Loredo; Amy G. Cox; Clifford A. Grammich

RAND

2015

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This document seeks to help the Air Force develop a strategy for managing supply chain risks during weapon system acquisition and sustainment. The authors review the literature on supply chain risk management and report on a series of interviews they conducted within acquisition, sustainment, and commercial communities. They also describe a prototype methodology that the Air Force may wish to use to identify and manage supply chain risks.

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Small Business and Strategic Sourcing

Nancy Y. Moore; Clifford A. Grammich; Judith D. Mele

RAND

2014

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The Department of Defense (DoD) may face challenges as it attempts to maintain its goal of spending about 23 percent of prime-contract dollars for goods and services with small businesses and at the same time apply strategic-sourcing practices to reduce total costs and improve performance and efficiency and in ways that will not conflict with small-business goals.

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Findings from Existing Data on the Department of Defense Industrial Base

Nancy Y. Moore; Clifford A. Grammich; Judith D. Mele

RAND

2014

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Existing federal data can identify supply base participation of subcontractors, their socioeconomic status, and the vulnerability of contractors and subcontractors to environmental risks and changes in their federal government prime contract and subcontract revenue. This information can help policymakers understand potential risks in the supply chain. Data on natural-disaster risks can also help identify external sources of supply disruption.

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Identifying and Eliminating Barriers Faced by Nontraditional Department of Defense Suppliers

Amy G. Cox; Nancy Y. Moore; Clifford A. Grammich

RAND

2014

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The report seeks to identify barriers that companies face when attempting to enter into contracts with the Department of Defense (DoD), especially when they are not traditional DoD suppliers. To learn more about barriers, the authors interviewed personnel in companies that are in industries of likely interest to DoD and interviewed DoD personnel who work with suppliers.

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Obtaining Life-Cycle Cost-Effective Facilities in the Department of Defense

Constantine Samaras; Abigail Haddad; Clifford A. Grammich; Katharine Watkins Webb

RAND

2013

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Assessing the Impact of Requiring Justification and Approval Review for Sole Source 8(a) Native American Contracts in Excess of $20 Million

Nancy Y. Moore; Amy G. Cox; Clifford A. Grammich; Judith D. Mele

RAND

2013

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Police Recruitment and Retention for the New Millennium

Jeremy M. Wilson; Erin Dalton; Charles Scheer; Clifford A. Grammich

RAND

2010

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Many police departments report difficulties in creating a workforce that represents community demographics, is committed to providing its employees the opportunity for long-term police careers, and effectively implements community policing. This book summarizes lessons on recruiting and retaining effective workforces.

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Police Recruitment and Retention in the Contemporary Urban Environment

Jeremy M Wilson; Clifford A Grammich

RAND

2009

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A summary of the presentations, discussions, and opinions offered by panelists at a National Summit on Police Recruitment and Retention in the Contemporary Urban Environment held at RAND in June 2008. Topics examined include changing police workforce issues, strategies being employed, lessons that could be learned from other organizations such as the military, and in-depth analyses of police recruiting and retention in selected cities.

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DDG-51 Engineering Training

Roland J Yardley; James G Kallimani; Laurence Smallman; Clifford A Grammich

RAND

2009

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Much of the training for the engineering watchstanders of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers that is currently done underway could be done in port. Training could also be done on simulators at considerable savings in time, money, fuel, and ship wear and tear. This monograph discusses how training simulator use could improve engineering watchstanders' proficiency before ships go to sea, reserving time at sea for fine-tuning the training.

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Enhancing Small-business Opportunities in the DoD

Nancy Y Moore; Clifford A Grammich; Julie DaVanzo; Bruce Held; John Coombs

RAND

2008

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The report examines the unique purchase needs of the Department of Defense, contract "bundling," subcontracting in professional services and research and development, opportunities in the Small Business Innovation Research and the Mentor-Protege Programs, electronic payment systems, and whether firms "graduate" from the programs or increase in size.

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Why Has the Cost of Fixed-wing Aircraft Risen?

Mark V. Arena; Obaid Younossi; Kevin Brancato; Irv Blickstein; Clifford A. Grammich

RAND

2008

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This report explores why, in recent decades, military fixed-wing aircraft costs have escalated beyond the rates of commonly used inflation indices, examining both economy-driven factors that the Services cannot control and customer-driven ones that they can. The authors found that this trend of cost increases is true for all types of aircraft

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Increasing Aircraft Carrier Forward Presence

Roland J. Yardley; James G. Kallimani; John F. Schank; Clifford A. Grammich

RAND

2008

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The U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier fleet must meet the forward presence requirements of theater commanders. With a decreasing fleet size, planners must balance the timing of maintenance, training, and deployment with presence and surge demands. Evaluating multiple one- and two-deployment scenarios per cycle, RAND examines the feasibility of different cycle lengths, their effect on carrier forward presence, and their impact on shipyard workloads.

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Developing Tailored Supply Strategies

Nancy Y Moore; Clifford A Grammich; Robert Bickel

RAND

2007

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Purchased goods and services are a large and increasingly important proportion of enterprise budgets. The authors review literature describing how private enterprises have addressed this issue. While noting that no one process is likely to fit all circumstances, they offer a set of steps synthesized from the literature for analyzing an enterprise's total spending on commodities and developing purchasing strategies for specific commodities.

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A Methodology for Estimating the Effect of Aircraft Carrier Operational Cycles on the Maintenance Industrial Base

Roland J Yardley; John F Schank; James G Kallimani; Raj Raman; Clifford A Grammich

RAND

2007

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The Fleet Response Plan is a U.S. Navy program to enhance the operational availability of the aircraft carrier fleet. This report describes program modeling that varies the time between depot availabilities and the size of the depot work packages, to estimate its effect on the maintenance industrial base and the operational availability of the aircraft carrier fleet.

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Why Has the Cost of Navy Ships Risen?

Mark V Arena; Irv Blickstein; Obaid Younossi; Clifford A Grammich

RAND

2006

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Over the past several decades, increases in acquisition costs for U.S. Navy combatants have outpaced the rate of inflation. To understand why, the authors of this book examined two principal source categories of ship cost escalation (economy-driven factors and customer-driven factors) and interviewed various shipbuilders. Based on their analysis, the authors propose some ways the Navy might reduce ship costs in the future.

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