2024 Applying Data Analytics Forum

IDA hosts the Applying Data Analytics Forum to foster collaboration by providing representatives of government, industry and academia opportunities to share ideas. The 2024 event in the series focused on the needs, uses, opportunities and limitations of computer vision.

Analysis of a Salary-Based Pay System for the QRMC

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The Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) investigated the implications of a change to a single-salary system for military compensation. IDA found that such a system would likely increase total costs to the Department of Defense, reduce retention and have little effect on military readiness. Also, military personnel were not in favor of a change.