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Levin, . Research Conducted On Secretary of the Army Research and Study Fellowship in the Field of Transmission Electron Microscopy , FA TR R-1706 (1964) 35) J.F. West,... 

Cooler heads must have come into play to temper this expansiveness because there is no evidence that the proposal was ever presented to or approved by the ACSI or the Secretary of the Army. It was clear that, on many counts, the project had violated Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of the Army (DA)... 

In 1950, the Council gave the Secretary of the Army the responsibility and authority for any program conducted or sponsored by the Army. The Secretary was to ensure adherence to both the Organization of the Army Act and the Nuremberg code. There was no evidence that he delegated this authority to a lower level. 

The review process went all the way up to the Secretary of Defense, and included experiments conducted by contractors. This meant that studies with volunteer subjects at many prestigious universities throughout the country would need approval in writing by the Secretary of the Army. It is uncertain whether this actually took place. 

In 1958, Van Sim requested 200 volunteers, to help study the effects of psychochemicals on military tasks. Although the Chief of the Chemical Corps Chief approved this request, the Secretary of the Army apparently had no direct role in the approval. This omission established two precedents (1) a class of chemical agents ( psychochemicals ) could be studied without specificity and (2) an approval could be valid without written endorsement by the Secretary of the Army. 

These precedents undercut the original policy. In 1958, the Surgeon General and the Chief Chemical Officer approved a similar proposal for the use of certain nerve agents, once more bypassing the Secretary of the Army. This further eroded Army Chief of Staff Memorandum 385. The report goes on to delineate other examples of procedural slackening. 

In March 1962, Army Regulation 70-25 firmly reinforced the requirement to submit for review every detailed proposal for a human study, including the name of the responsible physician. The chief of the Edgewood labs would forward any proposal through the Surgeon General, the Chief of Research and Development, and finally to the Secretary of the Army. 

Although these issues are discussed in the context of the JACADS closure process, they are applicable to any facility that is to be permanently closed, whether the property remains with the original owner or is transferred to another. These issues require timely resolution for closure to be completed safely and cost effectively. Early in its closure study, the committee prepared a letter report addressed to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Chemical Demilitarization. Delivered on May 4, 2000, the letter expressed the committee s concerns as they relate specifically to JACADS (NRC, 2000a) ... 

Rostker, Bernie, RAND former Deputy Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and Under Secretary of the Army, August 17,... 

SA Secretary of the Army SAFAT Societa Anonima Fabbrica... 

In US-A-4228365 (The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, USA, 14.10.80) an infrared focal plane array is disclosed, which has a heterostructure injection scheme that prevents CCD well filling by using a heterojunction barrier between an absorber and a transfer layer. 

Applicant The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, USA... 

Michael Aquino, Plaintiff, v. The Honorable Michael Stone, Secretary of the Army, Defendant - Civil Action No. 90-1547-A, dated 1st July 1991, US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division. 

U.S. Army. 2004. Implementation Guidance Policy for Revised Airborne Exposure Limits for GB, GA, GD, GF, VX, H, HD, and HT, June 18. Washington, D.C. Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army Installations and Environment. 

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