Law Enforcement Cyber Center: A New Internet Resource for Combating Cybercrime
The Law Enforcement Cyber Center provides vital information and resources to police chiefs, police officers, cybercrime investigators, and prosecutors. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - August 11, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Groves Presents Methods for Developing Robust Adaptation Plans in the Energy Sector
WCRC codirector David Groves briefed stakeholders at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the California Energy Commission’s Workshop on Climate Adaptation in the Energy Sector. He presented methods for developing robust adaptation plans in the energy sector and highlighted the need for policy research and practice to work together. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - July 27, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Lempert Convenes Session on Scenarios at Paris Climate Change Conference
At the 2015 International Scientific Conference "Our Common Future Under Climate Change," Robert Lempert led a session entitled Scenarios, Public Deliberation and Decisions. The session featured scenario-development experts from five countries, and Lempert himself gave a talk on "Scenarios Emergent!" (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - July 10, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
RAND Announces New Center of Excellence on Health System Performance
RAND's new Center of Excellence on Comparative Health System Performance will study high-performance health systems that translate new evidence into clinical practice. The goal is to identify the most effective ways to disseminate results of patient-centered outcomes research to physicians and health care delivery systems. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - June 25, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Smithsonian's Ocean Portal Offers Resource on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
To receive helpful information regarding the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the clean up efforts, range of impacts, and on-going research initiatives, check out the Smithsonian Institute’s Ocean Portal, which is a great resource. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - June 12, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Community Partners in Care Receives Accolade
Community Partners in Care, a partnership that uses a unique approach to improve depression care in under-resourced communities, has received the 2015 Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Award. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - June 10, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
RAND Organizes 100 Resilient Cities Pittsburgh Agenda-Setting Workshop
Jordan Fischbach was the lead facilitator of a series of breakout sessions at the 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) Pittsburgh Agenda-Setting Workshop at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center on June 5. Attendees examined Pittsburgh's potential shocks and chronic stresses, identified stakeholders and mapped their relationships. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - June 9, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
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Source: RAND Announcements - June 4, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Hoorens Testifies Before Dutch Parliament About Foreign Funding of Islamic Institutions
At the request of the Tweede Kamer (House of Representatives), Stijn Hoorens will present the results of a study assessing the feasibility of conducting a full analysis of the size and scope of foreign funding of Islamic institutions in the Netherlands and the possible conditions under which funding may be provided. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - May 26, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Making Good Decisions in a Changing Climate: Climate Adaptation in Practice and Innovative Decision Making Methods
As part of the National Adaptation Forum, RAND researchers led an interactive session about climate change adaptation decisionmaking that included a “serious game” on decisionmaking under uncertainty. They also led an applications symposium on innovative, cross-sector climate adaptation approaches in practice. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - May 13, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Fischbach and Groves Share Plans for RAND Water and Climate Resilience Center
The RAND Gulf States Policy Institute hosted a discussion with WCRC codirectors Jordan Fischbach and David Groves at the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities in New Orleans, where Fischbach and Groves presented an overview of the center's research portfolio, emerging topics for RAND research, and the policy issues the center seeks to address. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - May 12, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Transforming Compliance
Michael Greenberg, director of the RAND Center for Corporate Ethics and Governance, talks about Transforming Compliance as part of the Inside Compliance video series hosted by NYSE Governance Services. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - April 29, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Consortium Members Meet Community Leaders in Bayou La Batre, AL
CRGC members from RAND Corporation and the University of South Alabama’s Coastal Resource & Resiliency Center met in Bayou La Batre—a community on the Alabama coast that was significantly impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - April 23, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Translating Science into Action: Louisiana Coastal Flooding & Colorado Basin Water Supply Examples
As part of Cornell University's Environmental & Water Resources Distinguished Speaker Series, Robert Lempert presented climate decision models to sustainability and engineering faculty and students. The talk explored effective management strategies for water resources in the face of deep uncertainty, contested interests and values, and unclear system boundaries. RDM methods were applied to Louisiana Coastal flooding and Colorado Basin water supply examples, and methodological advantages were highlighted through analytic tools and scenario visualizations. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - April 9, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
Building Disaster-Resilient Gulf Communities
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative asks Melissa Finucane of the RAND Gulf States Policy Institute, who is the Director of the Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities (CRGC), to share some thoughts about the project that will help communities understand and address the health, social, and economic impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and other environmental disasters. (Source: RAND Announcements)
Source: RAND Announcements - March 31, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: news
