Jason M. Ward

Food Insecurity Among Members of the Armed Forces and Their Dependents

The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020 directed the Secretary of Defense to report on food insecurity among members of the armed ...

Increasing Efficiency and Incentives for Performance in the Army's Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB) Program

This report documents research and analysis conducted as part of a project entitled Improving the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Special and Incentiv...

The Composition and Employment of Software Personnel in the U.S. Department of Defense

An Initial Analysis

Attempts by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to address persistent challenges with software development have been hampered by an inability to iden...

Setting the Level and Annual Adjustment of Military Pay

Every four years, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) commissions a review of the military compensation system. Since the 9th such commission reporti...

The Effects of Project Labor Agreements on the Production of Affordable Housing

Evidence from Proposition HHH

Proposition HHH is a $1.2 billion bond fund for permanent supportive housing in Los Angeles. Evidence indicates that the inclusion of a project labor ...

A Revised Recruiting Resource Model for Achieving the Army Personnel Strategy

Accounting for Digital Advertising

Using an updated version of RAND's Recruiting Resource Model, the authors analyze how observed and alternative mixes of advertising, recruiters, and b...