Elaine Reardon

The Department of Defense and Its Use of Small Businesses

An Economic and Industry Analysis

Congress has directed that 23 percent of direct federal purchases come from small businesses. As the largest purchaser in the federal government, the ...

The Utilization of Women-owned Small Businesses in Federal Contracting

Computations of disparity ratios measuring the underrepresentation of women-owned small businesses (WOSBs) in federal contracting, relative to the pre...

Statewide Calworks Evaluation

An Overview

Provides an overview of the plan for reforming the welfare system based on a new program called CalWORKs....

Welfare Reform in California

Early Results from the Impact Analysis, Executive Summary

An executive summary of RAND MR-1358-CDSS, Welfare Reform in California: Early Results from the Impact Analysis. The study examines the effects of the...

Countywide Evaluation of the Long-Term Family Self-Sufficiency Plan

Countywide Evaluation Report

This document summarizes the findings from three RAND reports on the Long Term Family Self-Sufficiency Plan in Los Angeles County. RAND analyzed histo...

Documentation for the Survey of Pesticide Use During the Gulf War--the Survey Instrument

This report reproduces (1) advance materials sent to 2,005 Gulf War veterans as part of a survey investigating the use of pesticides during Operation ...

Results from the First California Health and Social Services Survey

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