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| Type | Global policy think tank |
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| Founded | 1948 |
| Headquarters | Santa Monica, California |
| Origins | United States Army Air Forces, Project RAND |
| Key people | Michael D. Rich |
| Area served | Predominantly United States of America |
| Focus | Policy Analysis |
| Revenue | $252.87 million (FY11)[1] |
| Employees | 1,700 |
| Motto | "To help improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis." |
| Website | www.rand.org |
The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit global policy think tank first formed to offer research and analysis to the United States Armed Forces.[2] The RAND was started in 1946 inside the Douglas Aircraft Company. It was set up as an independent corporation in 1948.[3] The name was taken from R&D (research and development), though in fact it did no development.[3]
- ↑ About the RAND Corporation — RAND at a Glance, retrieved 2012-06-06
- ↑ The Rand Corporation. "History and Mission". RAND Corporation. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dickson, Paul 1971. Think tanks. New York: Atheneum, p23–28.