This report presents an analysis of a range of defense institution building (DIB) programs and activities, recommends a set of goals and objectives for achieving them, identifies partner nation and DIB activity selection criteria, develops a strategy for coordinating DIB activities, and recommends procedures for achieving accountability and assessment.

Defense Institution Building: An Assessment

History

Perry, Walter L.

Pezard, Stephanie

Stebbins, David

Johnson, Stuart E.

Oak, Gillian S.

Feng, Chaoling

Military

RAND Corporation

This report addresses the challenge of creating a U.S. Department of Defense–wide (DoD-wide) system for security cooperation assessment, monitoring, and evaluation (AME) by (1) analyzing existing planning and AME principles, processes, and practices inside and outside DoD and (2) presenting a conceptual framework that explains how AME methods might be applied, integrated, and implemented by major security cooperation organizations

Developing an Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation Framework for U.S. Department of Defense Security Cooperation

McNerney, Michael J.

Marquis, Jefferson P.

Zimmerman, S. Rebecca

Boback, Jeremy

The RAND Program Evaluation Toolkit for Countering Violent Extremism uses checklists, worksheets, and templates to help program staff design an evaluation that is appropriate for their program type, resources, and expertise and offers guidance on analyzing the resulting data to inform improvements. This report is a companion to the toolkit and provides background on its development and testing.

Development and Pilot Test of the RAND Program Evaluation Toolkit for Countering Violent Extremism

Politics & Social Sciences

Helmus, Todd C.

Ramchand, Rajeev

Matthews, Miriam

Brown, Michael A.

Beaghley, Sina

Kadlec, Amanda

Social Sciences

This report leverages remote sensing data and satellite imagery to assess the impact that Islamic State control and governance have on local economies in Iraq and Syria. It paints a bleak picture of life under the Islamic State. Although the group was able to maintain stable conditions in parts of Mosul and Raqqah, conditions in other cities deteriorated under poor governance and an inability to hold territory in the face of military opposition.

When the Islamic State Comes to Town: The Economic Impact of Islamic State Governance in Iraq and Syria

Business & Money

ROBINSON, Eric

Johnston, Patrick B.

Egel, Daniel

Mann, Sean

Rothenberg, Alexander D.

Economics

To help inform the U.S. government in its efforts to improve the vetting processes for public trust and national security positions and protect its assets and information, the authors assembled a selected bibliography of relevant literature. The bibliography is organized into 13 categories, each containing a short summary and analysis of the respective literature, and it also examines the practices of the Five Eyes community partners.

Literature on Personnel Vetting Processes and Procedures: Annotated Selected Bibliography

Management & Leadership

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

Reininger, Hilary

Knopp, Bradley

Luckey, David

Romanosky, Sasha

Wicker, Amanda

Weinbaum, Cortney

Bhatt, Sunny D.

Abdelfatah, Yousuf

Heintz, Sarah

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is considering additional steps to improve its resource-management processes and asked the RAND Corporation to examine NGA's resource programming process. RAND focused on what changes were made, why changes were made, and what the results were, and made recommendations for improving the next evolution of this process.

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Resources: Financial Management Programming Evaluation

Shih, Alice

Sarah W. Denton

Wicker, Elena

Pillion, Stephanie Anne

Personal Finance

National Security Employment: Improving the Candidate Experience Journey Through the Personnel Vetting Process (Research Report)

Girven, Richard S.

Ryan, Samantha

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