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United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command* and the Office of the Deputy
Chief of Staff for Information Management, located on Fort Detrick, MD.
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and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance
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National
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activities are in strict accordance with
DoD
Directive 5240.1 (reference (p)).
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This government computer system uses software programs to create summary statistics, which are
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technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.
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