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The FormationAccountability Project

Research infrastructure

Research Workstreams

Seven connected lines of inquiry with explicit questions, transparent status, and no predetermined findings.

Workstream 01

Planned

Leadership & Organizational Climate

Examine lawful command authority, psychological safety, standards, reporting barriers, and institutional trust.

Initial research questions

  • How do service members distinguish rigorous lawful leadership from degradation?
  • Which organizational conditions support reporting and institutional trust?

Workstream 02

Planned

Military Law & Due Process

Evaluate proposed UCMJ amendments, evidentiary safeguards, proportionality, and protection against unsupported allegations.

Initial research questions

  • Are proposed elements clear, constitutionally sound, and administrable?
  • How should reforms preserve lawful command authority and procedural fairness?

Workstream 03

Planned

Independent Investigations

Study complaint intake, investigative independence, conflicts of interest, evidence handling, and OSTC review.

Initial research questions

  • Which conflicts warrant independent investigative referral?
  • What evidentiary and oversight practices improve investigative quality?

Workstream 04

Planned

Military Suicide & Prevention Research

Study surveillance, organizational associations, family impacts, ethical death review, and prevention evaluation without presuming causation.

Initial research questions

  • What can surveillance data establish, and what remains uncertain?
  • Which prevention programs demonstrate measurable outcomes?

Workstream 05

Source development

Economic & Readiness Impact

Distinguish documented expenditures, beneficiary transfers, training investments, replacement costs, and readiness effects.

Initial research questions

  • Which costs are documented expenditures versus modeled estimates?
  • How can readiness effects be evaluated without unsupported causal claims?

Workstream 06

In development

National Survey & Research Methods

Develop a reviewed questionnaire, sampling plan, consent protocol, privacy controls, and disclosure-safe reporting methods.

Initial research questions

  • Does the instrument measure the intended constructs consistently?
  • What sampling limitations and nonresponse biases must be disclosed?

Workstream 07

Planned

Legislative & Implementation Research

Assess MAPSA provisions, oversight, administrative feasibility, costs, transition periods, and contrary findings.

Initial research questions

  • What staffing, funding, and transition arrangements would implementation require?
  • Which findings support, challenge, or recommend revisions to specific provisions?

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Qualified institutions and independent researchers may propose methods, research questions, or collaboration. Participation does not require support for MAPSA.

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