Assessment of DoD's Central Identification Lab and the Feasibility of Increasing Identification Rates

Abstract

This study was commissioned by the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) to address public and Congressional concerns over the pace and scope of work by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) to identify remains, including those already recovered but not yet identified. DPMO requested an independent assessment of viable alternatives for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the operations of JPAC's Central Identification Laboratory (CIL). Specifically, IDA was tasked to examine the actions needed to increase the number of identifications to 180 per year by 2014. This report (i) identifies possible improvements in efficiency and effectiveness within existing (or currently planned) resources; (ii) describes a pragmatic near-term initiative for expanding CIL identification activities by resolving a targeted set of pending cases already in the CIL accessions, and (iii) describes the relationship between the long-term priorities of the identification mission and the types and scale of capabilities that would be necessary to achieve an annual identification rate of 180 per year.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA509539

Entities

People

  • Ashley N. Bybee
  • David R. Graham
  • Michael S. Finnin
  • Susan L. Clark-sestak

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

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  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

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  • Aircrafts
  • Business Administration
  • Chromosomes
  • Department Of Defense
  • Dna Sequence Analysis
  • Employment
  • Genetic Engineering
  • Genetics
  • Geography
  • Human Population
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Money
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Second World War
  • United States Pacific Command
  • Vietnam War

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