Energy Effects of Ending the Department of Defense's Use of Chemicals That Deplete Stratospheric Ozone

Lachman, Beth E.

National Defense Research Institute (U. S.)

RAND Corporation

Camm, Frank A

United States Assistant Secretary of Defense

Rand Corp

<p>This report describes the RAND Metadata Management System (RMMS), a system that manages metadata--definitional & descriptional information about databases, simulation models, & procedures--for relational databases such as those maintained in INGRES. Many of these databases have little documentation or other descriptional information to accompany them, making it difficult for users to understand the definitions, abbreviations, acronyms, & descriptions of the data elements stored & maintained in a database management system. The authors developed the RMMS with five major goals in mind: (1) provide complete, thorough, & standard database documentation; (2) record & manage information about different versions of each database; (3) maintain a history of the changes made to database tables, schema, or data values; (4) facilitate deriving databases for input to simulation models & for sharing among models; & (5) standardize the names of data elements that are conceptually the same but named differently or are named the same but are conceptually different. This report should be of help to users of other relational databases who would like to develop a similar metadata repository for their own set of databases.</p>

The Rand Metadata Management System (Rmms: A Metadata Storage Facility to Support Data Interoperability, Reuse, and Sharing (Rmms : A Metadata Storage ... Reuse, and Sharingmr-163-Osd/A/Af Series)

United States Army

United States Air Force

United States Department of Defense Office of the Secretary of Defense

Arroyo Center

Project Air Force (U. S.)

Business & Money

UNKNO

In 1998, the Defense Science Board Task Force on Human Resources Strategywas established for the purpose of evaluating the Department of Defense's(DoD's) capacity to attract and retain both civilian and military personnel.As part of this evaluation, RAND was asked to study the growth of politicalappointment positions within the DoD as well as to examine the appointmentand confirmation process that potential political appointees face. Taskedwith reviewing relevant DoD data, the National Defense Research Institute(NDRI), acting in support of the Defense Science Board Task Force, foundthat the number of DoD positions requiring Senate confirmation has grownsignificantly over the past two decades. The study also revealed that thefunctional responsibilities of such positions have narrowed while theirvacancy rates have increased. In assessing the literature, the NDRI foundthat disincentives exist in the political appointment and confirmationprocess -- namely, requirements that candidates disclose a range of personaland financial information; requirements to comply with conflict-of-interestregulations that may require divestiture of stock holdings; and requirementsto comply with extensive post employment restrictions. Additionally, thelength of the appointment and confirmation process itself may serve as adisincentive to potential appointees.

Department of Defense Political Appointments: Positions and Process

<p>Responding to a national crisis in defence manpower, Congress passed the FY00 National Defense Authorization Act, which raised military pay and increased bonus ceilings and benefits. This work estimates the effects of the act's basic pay increases on recruiting and retention.</p>

Military Recruiting and Retention After the Fiscal Year 2000 Military Pay Legislation

History

Military

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