Sustaining Service Members and Their Families Exploring Opportunities for Efficiency and Joint Provision of Services Using Nonappropriated Funds

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Connor, Kathryn, author.

Sims, Carra S., author.

Laureijs, Rianne, author.

Hastings, Jaime L., author.

Van Abel, Kristin, author.

Williams, Kayla, author.

Schwille, Michael, author.

Contributor:

National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), publisher, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Armed Forces--Cost effectiveness.

United States.

United States. Department of Defense--Appropriations and expenditures.

United States. Department of Defense--Personnel management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Sustaining Service Members and Their Families

Place of Publication:

RAND Corporation 2016

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) sought to determine whether any administrative activities paid for with funding that was not congressionally appropriated could be consolidated-and, if so, whether consolidation would save costs. A DoD task force listed several areas for improvement, ranging from contracting to information technology. RAND reviewed the work of the task force and assessed specific recommendations.

Contents:

Preface

Figures and Tables

Summary

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

. 1. Introduction: Study Purpose and Focus

Organization of the Report

2. Program Area Descriptions: NAF Accounting and NAF Employee Benefits: NAF Accounting

NAF Employee Benefits

3. Eight Guidelines for Managing Change: Insight from Expert Literature and Case Studies: Organizational Change Literature

Eight Guidelines for Organizational Change

Case Studies Demonstrating Eight Change-Management Guidelines

Lessons Learned from Case Studies

4. Managing Change: Analysis and Ways Forward for NAF Accounting and NAF Employee Benefits: Applying the Eight Guidelines: NAF Accounting

Applying the Eight Guidelines: NAF Employee Benefits

5. NAF Accounting Consolidation: Cost Analysis and Results: NAF Accounting: Goals and Courses of Action

Approach to Cost Estimation

Data Collection

Methodology

Analysis

Results: Costs and Savings for NAF Accounting RIE Courses of Action

6. NAF Employee Benefits Efficiency: Cost Analysis and Results: NAF Employee Benefits: Setting Coordination Goals

Data Sources

Results of Cost Estimation for NAF Employee Benefits RIE Recommendations

Total Costs for NAF Employee Benefits RIE Recommendations

7. Conclusions and Recommendations: Accounting

Benefits Recommendations

APPENDIXES: A. Semistructured Discussion Guide

B. NAF Employee Benefits Data Gathering

C. Background Information for Case Studies

D. NAF Accounting Cost Detail

References.

ISBN:

0-8330-9579-X