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within the divisions by both the branch and division chief. This procedure still prevails although in the case of articles written by members of FMSAC, the Director, FMSAC frequently reviews the article prior to submission for publication. Subsequent to review and editing by the [redacted] the articles are coordinated with other Agency Offices [redacted] and are reviewed in a formal OSI/SID Board meeting.
The SID was reviewed at special bi-weekly meetings of division chiefs during 1952. This mechanism was discontinued in the early 1950s although the drafts were reviewed by individual division chiefs who had the option of calling a meeting on any item. Such a meeting was rarely, if ever, called. In early 1963, a formal SID Board was established. The original composition was the Assistant Director of OSI, the Deputy Assistant Director of OSI, and two division chiefs chosen by the Assistant Director. As originally conceived, the divisional members of the Board were to divorce themselves from their divisional points of view and to review the Digest in a manner similar to that of the Editorial Board of a scientific journal. In about 1965, the Board was expanded to include all OSI division chiefs because those division chiefs not represented on the Board felt that they had no
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