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020 _a0833077848 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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027 _aRAND/TR-1284-ODNI
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050 4 _aJK468.I6
_bA83 2013
100 1 _aAsch, Beth J.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aEnsuring language capability in the intelligence community :
_bwhat is the best mix of military, civilians, and contractors? /
_cBeth J. Asch, John D. Winkler.
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c2013.
300 _axix, 76 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c28 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"RAND National Defense Research Institute."
500 _a"This research was ... conducted within the Intelligence Policy Center and the Forces and Resources Policy Center of RAND’s National Defense Research Institute"--Preface.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 73-76).
505 0 _aIntroduction -- DoD Guidance for Determining Workforce Mix -- Literature Review on the Costs and Benefits of Different Categories of Personnel -- Insights from Interviews -- Exploratory Analysis of the Relative Cost-Effectiveness of Military Versus Civilian Language-Pro¬cient Workforces -- Summary and Concluding thoughts -- Appendix A: Details on DoD Guidance of Workforce Mix -- Appendix B: Qualitative Analysis Approach -- Appendix C: Quantitative Research Approach.
520 _aLanguage capability is provided in the intelligence community by military personnel, government civilians, and contractors. A key question is what is the best mix of these three types of personnel in terms of cost and effectiveness. This research draws on U.S. Department of Defense guidance and the economics and defense manpower literatures to provide a framework for broadly assessing the costs and benefits of different sources of personnel to provide a given capability, including language capabilities. The authors interviewed personnel at the National Security Agency/Central Security Service and conducted an exploratory quantitative analysis to identify the factors that may affect the best mix of language capability in the intelligence community. A key finding is that each category of personnel provides unique advantages and belongs in the IC language workforce but that a number of factors lead to civilians being a more cost-effective source of language capability than military personnel, even after accounting for the flow to the civil service of trained veterans with language capability. Policies that reduce language-training costs for military personnel and increase the flow of veterans to the civil service might help reduce this disparity.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
650 0 _aIntelligence service
_zUnited States
_xEmployees
_xLanguage.
650 0 _aIntercultural communication.
650 0 _aLinguists.
650 0 _aMultilingualism.
700 1 _aWinkler, John.
_eauthor.
710 2 _aNational Defense Research Institute (U.S.).
_bIntelligence Policy Center.
710 2 _aNational Defense Research Institute (U.S.).
_bForces and Resources Policy Center.
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bOffice of the Director of National Intelligence.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1284.html
999 _c597890
_d597890