special access program

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special access program

A sensitive program, approved in writing by a head of agency with original top secret classification authority, that imposes need-to-know and access controls beyond those normally provided for access to confidential, secret, or top secret information. The level of controls is based on the criticality of the program and the assessed hostile intelligence threat. The program may be an acquisition program, an intelligence program, or an operations and support program. Also called SAP.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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A federal grand jury here indicted Monica Elfriede Witt on charges of disclosing the code name and classified mission of a US military special access program to the Iranian government, Voice of America reported.
This ecosystem should consist of common special access program clearances for all participants, common mission-planning spaces, and systems for all fifth-generation platforms.
Those whose duties involve a Special Access Program under Executive Order 12958, as amended.
Health Canada's Special Access Program (SAP) allows practitioners to request access to drugs that are unavailable for sale in Canada.
Prior to launch, ARIAD and STA will collaborate to make Iclusig available to patients with refractory chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) under a Special Access Program.
Serious questions remain as to the ultimate legal status of this type of special access program used to evade the Constitution and existing statutes, and what legal protections does it really offer to those assigned to these missions.
In practice, however, more than 10,000 silicone-based implants were approved for use in Canada in the past two years through a loophole: Health Canada's Special Access Program (SAP).
artist Tiko Kerr in urging Health Canada to release two antiretroviral drugs--TMC114 and TMC125--under the Special Access Program, intended to provide access to drugs unavailable in Canada on "compassionate" grounds.
A: "Special access program" is just a designator within the Pentagon, usually for programs used to build weapons secretly, like the stealth bomber.
The company said that prior to the approval, 14 hospitals were using BioGlue under TPP's Special access program. Including Canada, BioGlue is now used in 34 countries.
A significant outgrowth of the Moynihan Commission was the establishment of the Special Access Program Security Standards Working Group (SAPSSWG).
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