In response to the rapid spread of disinformation online and as part of the RAND Corporation's Truth Decay initiative, RAND researchers worked to identify and characterize the universe of web-based tools targeted at online disinformation, focusing on those tools created by nonprofit or civil society organizations. This report serves as a companion to the already published web database, describing the methodology and the types of tools included.

Fighting Disinformation Online: Building the Database of Web Tools

Computers & Technology

Kavanagh, Jennifer

Reininger, Hilary

Cherney, Samantha

Griffin, Norah

Networking & Cloud Computing

RAND Corporation

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Directorate of Intelligence sought RAND Corporation assistance in developing a repeatable process to measure the effectiveness of its intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations to evaluate current performance and plan for, influence, and resource future operations. The authors identified measures of effectiveness and of performance to gauge the value and success of ISR support and requirements.

Measuring Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Effectiveness at the United States Central Command

Business & Money

Knopp, Bradley

Luckey, David

Romanosky, Sasha

Wicker, Amanda

Stebbins, David

Weinbaum, Cortney

Bhatt, Sunny D.

Abdelfatah, Yousuf

Heintz, Sarah

Management & Leadership

This report, the fourth in a series on election threats, describes research from focus groups and individual interviews on responses to memes sourced in Russia that were designed to breed dissension and to a public service announcement warning about such online manipulation. It then outlines a strategy to counter such interference that involves coordinating with social media companies and releasing simple PSAs for use during election cycles.

Countering Foreign Interference in U.S. Elections

Posard, Marek N.

Helmus, Todd C.

Given new and increasingly sophisticated threats from peer and near-peer adversaries, the authors provide an analysis of intelligence support to the U.S. Air Force acquisition community, identifying disincentives to seeking threat-informed analysis and proposing ways to enhance information sharing and workforce development to improve the integration of intelligence and acquisition.

Improving Intelligence Support to the Future Warfighter: Acquisition for the Contested Environment

Engineering & Transportation

Shokh, Yuliya

Cook, Cynthia R.

Casler, Don

Sudkamp, Karen M.

Engineering

The authors of this report developed and tested the potential for new interviewing methods, including the use of machine learning (ML), to detect speech patterns that reflect attempts at deception or truthfulness during simulated background investigation interviews. They found that ML models are promising tools that have the capacity to augment existing security clearance background investigation processes.

Looking for Lies: An Exploratory Analysis for Automated Detection of Deception

Ellinger, Emily

Johnson, Christian

Melin, Julia L.

Computer Science

To investigate stakeholders' perceptions of fifth-generation (5G) technologies and how those perceptions could affect 5G's use for homeland security, researchers used a combination of literature review, social network and lexical analysis, reviews of existing data and studies in the commercial space, interviews, focus groups, workshops, and expert panel interviews. This report summarizes their findings and recommendations.

Public Perceptions of 5G Technologies

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Boudreaux, Benjamin

Mills, Brian

Cunningham, Daniel

Marrone, James V.

Schlang, Danielle

Matthews, Luke J.

Bradley, Melissa A.

Yeung, Douglas

Bauer, Ryan

Weidmer, Beverly A.

Henriquez Sanchez, Natalia

Chesler, Aisha Najera

Eyerman, Joe

Stapleton, Patricia A.

Donohue, Richard H.

Keyes, Tiffany

Mehta, Karishma R.

Deen, Thomas

Kang, Sarah Junghee

Crafts & Hobbies

Impact of Digital Engineering on Defense Acquisition and the Supply Chain: Insights from an Industry Survey

History

Roberts, Jonathan

Light, Thomas

Adamson, David M.

Younossi, Obaid

Ahmadi, Mohammad

Clayton, Brittany

Nguyen, Thao (Liz)

Vedula, Padmaja

Sarah W. Denton

Yun, Angela

Bravo, Augustine

Sotubo, Oluwatimilehin

Military

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