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Apr 30, 2025

Developing an Office of Disaster Research and Innovation: A Process, Questions, and Options for the National Disaster and Emergency Management University

Researchers propose how the National Disaster and Emergency Management University could develop a research office. They identified decision points, options, and considerations for the process of developing this office and ensuring positive impact.

Jessica Jensen, Leah Dion, Katie Wilson, Eileen Young, Rachel Steratore
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Apr 29, 2025

Preparing the U.S. Coast Guard for an Uncertain Future in Antarctica

This report presents an overview of the U.S. Coast Guard's (USCG's) current and historical role in Antarctica and characterizes how the future might change the USCG's role in the region using a strategic foresight workshop.

Rebecca Tisherman, Sara Stullken, Isabelle Winston, Emily Hoch, Susan A. Resetar, Michelle D. Ziegler, Aaron C. Davenport, Melissa Bauman
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Apr 29, 2025

The Quantum Age and Its Impacts on the Civil Justice System

The authors evaluate the future impacts of quantum computing for insurers, law firms, courts, and regulatory agencies in the civil justice system with regard to potential implications for cryptography, liability and insurance, and privacy.

James Dimarogonas, Michelle Grisé, Maya Buenaventura, Erik Silfversten, Andrew J. Lohn, James M. Anderson, Bethany Saunders-Medina
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Apr 28, 2025

Preparing the U.S. Coast Guard for Future Gray-Zone Competition: Project Evergreen Analysis

This report presents key aspects of how the U.S. Coast Guard can contribute to national strategic priorities by enforcing the rules-based order and deterring aggressive behavior in the maritime domain to reduce ambiguity in the gray zone by the 2040s.

Eric Cooper, Scott Savitz, Aaron C. Davenport, Peggy Wilcox, Emily Hoch, Camille Reeves, Phoebe Felicia Pham, Annette Prieto, Susan A. Resetar, Sara Stullken, Dulani Woods, Emily Yoder, Michelle D. Ziegler, Melissa Bauman
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Apr 24, 2025

Conceptualising Digital Capability: Enabling NATO Digital Capabilities Series: Paper 1

This paper, part one of a three-part series, examines digital capabilities within NATO, clarifying their role in NATO’s core tasks. We recommend fostering a shared understanding of key concepts for effective digital transformation.

Judith Huismans, Rebecca Lucas, Ondrej Palicka, Sarah Winder, Erik Silfversten
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Apr 23, 2025

Benchmarking the Transportation Security Administration’s Covert Index Testing Program

The Transportation Security Administration conducts covert testing programs, such as Index testing, to ensure security effectiveness. A RAND research team benchmarked this program against analogues and recommends steps for implementing standards.

Joseph C. Chang, Michael W. Robbins, Vanya Barrer, Nikolay Maslov
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Apr 22, 2025

A Research Agenda to Support Mental Health and Wellness Programs for Federal First Responders and Law Enforcement

This brief summarizes a report on mental health and wellness programs specific to law enforcement and first responders to help the U.S. Department of Homeland Security develop a research agenda for future wellness efforts.

Melissa M. Labriola, Jill Portnoy Donaghy, Tiffany Keyes, Sarah Junghee Kang
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Apr 22, 2025

First Responder and Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Research Development

Authors conducted a literature review and interviews about mental health and wellness programs specific to law enforcement and first responders to help the U.S. Department of Homeland Security develop a research agenda for future wellness efforts.

Melissa M. Labriola, Jill Portnoy Donaghy, Tiffany Keyes, Sarah Junghee Kang
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Apr 16, 2025

Central Bank Digital Currency Design Choices and Effect on Law Enforcement

The design of a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) highlights potential impacts on law enforcement. This report identifies key design choices and law enforcement techniques that may need to evolve if a U.S. CBDC is launched.

Jim Mignano, Daniel Egel, Phoebe Rose Levine, Daniel Cunningham, Brian A. Jackson, John S. Hollywood, Lucy L. Thomson, Dulani Woods
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Apr 16, 2025

Preventing Veteran Suicide: A Landscape Analysis of Existing Programs, Their Evidence, and What the Next Generation of Programs May Look Like

In this report, the authors analyze current and emerging activities to prevent veteran suicide, introducing the RAND Suicide Prevention Activity Matrix, a framework that organizes current approaches and their evidence.

Rajeev Ramchand, Ben Senator, Jordan P. Davis, Wendy Hawkins, Lisa H. Jaycox, Julia Lejeune, Whitney S. Livingston, Alicia Revitsky Locker, Benjamin Trachik, Alison Athey
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Apr 15, 2025

Integrating Commercial Space Services into the DoD Architecture: Understanding Operational and Policy Implications

This summary describes highlights from a congressionally directed study exploring implications from the use of commercial space services by the U.S. Department of Defense on space operations and the overall policy environment.

Yool Kim, George Nacouzi, Dwight Phillips, Krista Romita Grocholski, Igor M. Brin, Brian Dolan, Jonathan Fujiwara, John Hoehn, Kotryna Jukneviciute, Gwen Mazzotta, Jordan Willcox, Jonathan P. Wong, Barbara Bicksler
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Apr 14, 2025

Understanding Processing at Ports of Entry

This brief presents results of an analysis of the capacity of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Field Operations for the safe, humane, and orderly processing of likely asylum seekers and unaccompanied alien children at ports of entry.

Elina Treyger, Maya Buenaventura, Ian Mitch, Laura Bellows, John S. Hollywood

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Protecting Our Borders: Leveraging Technological Assets and Local Knowledge in Remote Communities

The Case for Sustaining Wastewater Surveillance Capabilities in the U.S.

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Developing an Office of Disaster Research and Innovation: A Process, Questions, and Options for the National Disaster and Emergency Management University

Preparing the U.S. Coast Guard for an Uncertain Future in Antarctica

The Quantum Age and Its Impacts on the Civil Justice System

Preparing the U.S. Coast Guard for Future Gray-Zone Competition: Project Evergreen Analysis

Conceptualising Digital Capability: Enabling NATO Digital Capabilities Series: Paper 1

Benchmarking the Transportation Security Administration’s Covert Index Testing Program

A Research Agenda to Support Mental Health and Wellness Programs for Federal First Responders and Law Enforcement

First Responder and Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Research Development

Central Bank Digital Currency Design Choices and Effect on Law Enforcement

Preventing Veteran Suicide: A Landscape Analysis of Existing Programs, Their Evidence, and What the Next Generation of Programs May Look Like

Integrating Commercial Space Services into the DoD Architecture: Understanding Operational and Policy Implications

Understanding Processing at Ports of Entry

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Recent Findings

Protecting Our Borders: Leveraging Technological Assets and Local Knowledge in Remote Communities

The Case for Sustaining Wastewater Surveillance Capabilities in the U.S.

State Firearm Law Navigator

Homeland Security and Terrorism Briefs, Reports, and Testimonies

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Developing an Office of Disaster Research and Innovation: A Process, Questions, and Options for the National Disaster and Emergency Management University

Preparing the U.S. Coast Guard for an Uncertain Future in Antarctica

The Quantum Age and Its Impacts on the Civil Justice System

Preparing the U.S. Coast Guard for Future Gray-Zone Competition: Project Evergreen Analysis

Conceptualising Digital Capability: Enabling NATO Digital Capabilities Series: Paper 1

Benchmarking the Transportation Security Administration’s Covert Index Testing Program

A Research Agenda to Support Mental Health and Wellness Programs for Federal First Responders and Law Enforcement

First Responder and Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Research Development

Central Bank Digital Currency Design Choices and Effect on Law Enforcement

Preventing Veteran Suicide: A Landscape Analysis of Existing Programs, Their Evidence, and What the Next Generation of Programs May Look Like

Integrating Commercial Space Services into the DoD Architecture: Understanding Operational and Policy Implications

Understanding Processing at Ports of Entry

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