RAND Congressional Resources offers an easy way for policymakers to access research and analysis that is relevant to current Congressional agendas. You will find:
- Guide to RAND resources for the 111th Session of the U.S. Congress
- Testimony by RAND staff
- Policy Issue Fact Sheets and Publication Profiles
- Summaries of upcoming and past Briefings to Congress
- Easy-to-read Newsletters on topics such as child policy, health, education, national security, terrorism, and more.
- A comprehensive Public Policy Experts Guide
New This Month
Going Jihad: The Fort Hood Slayings and Home-Grown Terrorism
Testimony presented before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
Examining U.S. Counterterrorism Priorities and Strategy Across Africa's Sahel Region
Testimony presented before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on African Affairs.
Health Newsletter
November Contents: Electronic Health Records Are Linked to Higher-Quality Care in Primary Practices; Faulty Premises Underlie Moratorium on Fast-Food Chains in South L.A.; Parental HIV Poses Difficult Challenges for Children; and more.
CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING David Loughran presented "The Impact of Deployment on the Post-Deployment Labor Market Earnings of Reserve Components" on November 9, 2009, 1:00 p.m. in room SVC 201 Capitol Visitor Center. View the Video » Listen to the Audio »
National Security Newsletter
November Contents: How Have Deployments During the War on Terrorism Affected Reenlistment?; Officer Classification and the Future of Diversity Among Senior Military Leaders: A Case Study of the Army ROTC; Toward Affordable Systems: Portfolio Analysis and Management for Army Science and Technology Programs; and more.
Upcoming Events
2010 Congressional Briefing Series schedule coming soon!
Advisory Panel on Department of Defense Capabilities for Support of Civil Authorities After Certain Incidents will take place November 24, 2009, 8:30 a.m. at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado. Advisory Panel Home » For any questions related to attendance, please contact Phil Kehres at pkehres@rand.org or (703) 413-1100, ext. 5152.
Hot on the Hill
Debating the Future of U.S. Health Care
Congress is actively deliberating over the future of U.S. health care policy, examining issues that RAND has been analyzing for more than 40 years. The newest RAND Review, our flagship magazine, highlights the tough choices policymakers face in considering health care reform.
RAND Focuses on Health Reform
Health care reform is one of the top legislative priorities for the 111th Congress. Efforts to improve the system are complex and policymakers are being inundated with information. RAND has a wealth of expertise and knowledge in the key areas Congress is examining, such as coverage, access, financing, quality improvements, and prevention/wellness. Below are various on-line resources to help policymakers as they work through the debate.
Health Reform Publication ProfilesRAND Health: National Health Reform Debate
Visit RAND COMPARE
RAND COMPARE: Understanding the Effects of Health Care Reform from a National Perspective
Stick to Facts to Find Health-Care Change That WorksThe Public Option: Sorting Rhetoric from Reality
Improve Health, Not the Health Care System
Five Key Education Priorities for the Obama Administration
The RAND Corporation produced a set of policy briefs that address five key education priorities for the Obama administration and the 111th Congress. Each brief summarizes the current research on the topic and the implications for federal policymakers.
Dangerous But Not Omnipotent: Exploring the Reach and Limitations of Iranian Power in the Middle East
Iran's rise as a regional power presents a key foreign policy and security challenge to the United States, but its reach may be more limited than Western conventional wisdom suggests. U.S. strategy should work to exploit existing barriers to Iran's harmful activities, while simultaneously seeking areas of engagement.
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RAND Focuses on Climate Change
Policymakers continue to grapple with making the United States less reliant on foreign energy while at the same time moving toward a national climate change policy. One specific issue with climate change is that it interconnects with policy issues regarding various sectors of our nation's industries, transportation, energy, and water issues. It is critical for officials to keep this in mind as Congress begins work on a transportation reauthorization and water resource development reauthorization legislation. RAND has conducted extensive research on all of these issues and their interaction including three workshops on the interaction of climate change, transportation, and energy policies.
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What is the Impact of Imported Oil on U.S. National Security?
While on a net basis the United States imports nearly 60 percent of the oil it consumes, this reliance on imported oil is not by itself a major national security threat. The study finds that the economic costs of a major disruption in global oil supplies—including higher prices for American consumers—pose the greatest risk to the United States.
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RAND Focuses on the Reauthorization of the U.S. Transportation System
On September 30, 2009, the current transportation authorization law will expire. Congress is beginning consideration of The Surface Transportation Authorization Act of 2009 that will set policy for this nation's transit and freight system for the next five years. RAND is continually conducting research on areas of transportation financing, freight-transportation system, and resolving congestion issues.
Evaluating Options for U.S. Greenhouse-Gas Mitigation Using Multiple CriteriaEquity and Congestion PricingFast-Forward: Key Issues in Modernizing the U.S. Freight-Transportation System for Future Economic GrowthModernizing the U.S. Freight-Transportation System for Future Economic GrowthU.S. Freight System Modernization Necessary to Reduce Bottlenecks, Improve SecurityTransportation Challenges for the New Administration
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