RAND Corporation

💻 Technology

Mar 25, 2026

Artificial General Intelligence Forecasting and Scenario Analysis

The authors synthesize diverse artificial general intelligence forecasting methodologies to help decisionmakers navigate uncertainty about both the timing and nature of advanced artificial intelligence capabilities

Global

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👥 Society

Mar 24, 2026

How can we best support the needs of the UK Armed Forces community and their families now and in the future?

The Royal British Legion (RBL) commissioned RAND Europe to produce detailed forecasts of the size and demographics of the bereaved UK Armed Forces community, which while small, is an important and often overlooked group

United Kingdom

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👥 Society

Mar 24, 2026

Evaluation of Pima County’s Bureau of Justice Assistance Fiscal Year 2021 Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative

This report presents an evaluation of Pima County’s Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative, a permanent supportive housing program that aims to address the challenges of homelessness, behavioral health conditions, and repeated incarceration

United States

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🏗️ Infrastructure

Mar 24, 2026

A Review of Coast Guard Waterways Safety Risk Assessment Tools

The authors assess the portfolio of waterways safety risk assessment tools used by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), focusing on fragmentation and overlaps across the tools and options for improving waterways safety risk assessment in the USCG

United States

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🏗️ Infrastructure

Mar 24, 2026

An Integrated Approach to Waterways Safety Risk Assessment for the U.S. Coast Guard

RAND researchers assessed the portfolio of waterways safety risk assessment tools used by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), focusing on how they can be used in a systematic and coordinated way that improves the efficiency, coordination, and integration of existing tools

United States

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📈 Economy

Mar 21, 2026

Unlocking the Tax Code with RAND's Tax Code Analysis Tool

To disentangle the U.S. tax code and help policymakers better understand the effects of proposed tax changes, researchers developed the RAND Tax Code Analysis Tool (CAT). This brief describes current CAT analyses and potential future capabilities

United States

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🌱 Environment

Mar 21, 2026

Decision Support for Selecting Projected Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curve Change Factors

This document provides guidance for stormwater professionals on how to select change factors from the Projected Intensity‑Duration‑Frequency Curve Data Tool for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and Virginia via a structured, risk-based decision process

United States

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👥 Society

Mar 21, 2026

Civilian Workforce Challenges for the Department of the Air Force Air Operations

This report documents the development and assessment of potential alternative personnel system options designed to address recruiting and retention challenges for the U.S. Department of the Air Force civilian air operations workforce

United States

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🏥 Healthcare

Mar 20, 2026

Veteran Affairs Disability Compensation

The VA Disability Compensation program has grown rapidly but lacks causal research like Social Security’s programs. Limited data access and complex benefits hinder accurate impact measurement

United States

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📚 Education

Mar 20, 2026

What Factors Drive the Adoption of High-Quality Math Curricula and Professional Learning?

The adoption of high-quality instructional materials can greatly aid student learning. To better understand this process, the authors of this report explore how districts and schools adopt math curricula and related professional learning

United States

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💻 Technology

Mar 20, 2026

RCTs for Human-AI Evaluation

This report examines human uplift studies — randomized controlled trial (RCT)-style evaluations of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Analysis of interviews with 16 practitioners identifies methodological challenges and emerging solutions

United States

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🏥 Healthcare

Mar 19, 2026

Examining the Potential Role of Opioid Settlement Funds in the Face of Impending Federal Budget Reductions for Substance Use Disorders

The objective of this paper is to assess the potential of opioid settlement dollars disbursed to state and local governments to replace or supplement federal substance use disorder funding

United States

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