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RAND now has a server on Internet's World Wide Web.

The goals of the server are to raise RAND's profile by giving the
organization a presence on this rapidly expanding communications system.
The server also will improve access to RAND's research findings.

RAND's server briefly describes the company's mission and organization,
gives a profile of research units, lists current events and seminars, and
provides access in a number of  ways -- including an on-line order form --
to all of our publically available documents.

The RAND server's Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is:

http://www.rand.org/

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[Adapted from RAND's WWW server]

Major Areas of RAND Research

RAND conducts research in a wide range of subject areas. This research is
reported primarily in RAND's publications series, but many studies also
appear as books published by commercial publishers and university presses
and as articles in professional, scholarly, and technical journals.

The WWW server provides information on research in RAND's research
divisions and centers.  These include:

* Project AIR FORCE Division

* Army Research Division (Arroyo Center)

* National Security Research Division (National Defense Research Institute)

* Domestic Research Divsion (Institute for Civil Justice, Criminal Justice
Program, Institute on Education and Training,  Environment and Natural
Resources Program, Health Sciences Program, Labor and Population Program,
Center for Asia-Pacific Policy) 

* Planning and Special Programs (Critical Technologies Institute,
European-American Center for Policy Analysis, Center for Information
Revolution Analysis)

* RAND Graduate School of Policy Studies

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The WWW server also includes information on research arranged by the
following subject areas: 

* Arms Control

* Civil Justice

* Criminal Justice

* Defense Concepts and Capabilities

* Defense Manpower

* Defense Resource Management

* Drug Policy

* Economics

* Education

* Environment

* Health

* Human Resources

* Information Systems

* International Security Policy

* Regulatory Issues

* Space Exploration and Transportation

* Terrorism and Subnational Conflict

* Other

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About RAND

RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve public policy through
research and analysis.

Urgent beginnings

RAND has always focused on the nation's most pressing problems. At the
institution's very beginnings, its researchers advised U.S. leaders on the
technical challenges of World War II. High-quality, objective research on
national security became the institution's first hallmark. In the 1960s,
RAND expanded into domestic policy. It has helped the nation make choices
in education, health care, technology, and other complex fields.

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Growing challenges

RAND helps policymakers achieve three goals:

Strengthen the nation's economy  by improving education, increasing
productivity, and developing superior technology.

Maintain the nation's security  by achieving greater military capability at
less cost, advancing U.S. interests, and creating synergies between defense
industries and the larger U.S. economy.

Improve the nation's quality of life  by making health care more effective,
more accessible, and less costly; protecting the environment; and
controlling crime.

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Enduring principles

Though RAND confronts different policy challenges over time, its principles
remain constant. Every RAND study aims to 

* achieve complete objectivity  by avoiding partisanship and disregarding
vested interests;

* integrate all relevant disciplines  by recognizing that real-world
problems cross the boundaries of academic specialties;

* meet the highest technical standards  by implementing rigorous peer
review and advanced empirical methods;

* provide practical guidance  by analyzing complex public problems to make
policy choices clear; and

* serve the national interest  by widely disseminating research findings.

Whatever the specific issue--school vouchers or arms control, homelessness
or space policy--RAND's goal is to help the United States understand and
resolve its most difficult dilemmas. 

-- 
Richard H. Buenneke Jr.                     Tel: (310) 393-0411, Ext. 7382 
RAND Graduate School                       Fax: (310) 393-4818
  of Policy Studies                             Internet: buenneke@rand.org
1700 Main Street
P.O. Box 2138                                  "All opinions are mine alone
Santa Monica, Calif.  90407-2138      All facts speak for themselves"

-- 
Richard H. Buenneke Jr.                     Tel: (310) 393-0411, Ext. 7382 
RAND Graduate School                       Fax: (310) 393-4818
  of Policy Studies                             Internet: buenneke@rand.org
1700 Main Street
P.O. Box 2138                                  "All opinions are mine alone
Santa Monica, Calif.  90407-2138      All facts speak for themselves"