In the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

, the Government Operational Research Service (GORS) supports and champions

Operational Research Operations research ( en-GB, operational research) (U.S. Air Force Specialty Code: Operations Analysis), often shortened to the initialism OR, is a discipline that deals with the development and application of analytical methods to improve decis ...

across government. GORS currently supports policy-making, strategy and operations in many different departments and agencies across the United Kingdom and employs over 1000 analysts, ranging from sandwich students to members of the Senior Civil Service.GORS Homepage
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