40 years on

04 November 1971

place: National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland

John Hopkins 04::November::2011 17:26 → permalink

1) On the way in RCP said it might be time to put thru a request for my transfer as the small effort on info/computer matters was cited at yesterday’s budget meeting w/ OTP.

2) Worked on the agency peak character flow analysis — it is slowly taking shape.

3) At the budget mtg w/ OTP yesterday, Dean’s assistant, a chap named Colby, said he had worked thru a computer project in 5 years & w/ 30 people! This is why he (RCP) thot it was a good time to request my transfer.

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03 November 1971

place: National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland

John Hopkins 03::November::2011 17:39 → permalink

1) At NBS in AM — picked up some reference mt’l for Dick Gabel & talked to a number of the group. Talked to Alex Crowin hallway — he is interested in OT work. Gene Howe expects to have his job abolished in February; suggested that he talk to Bob Gary.

2) At home after eye testing for new glasses, as the pupils were dilated.

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acronyms

place: Heart of Empire :: Washington, D. C.

John Hopkins 01::January::2000 14:01 → permalink

(constantly updated! in progress!)

AAC – Alaskan Air Command (Air Force)
ACSI – Department of the Army, Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence
ACSI-matic – ACSI-MATIC is an acronym for a proposed information storage and retrieval system which was to be designed and implemented by RCA for the Department of the Army, Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence
Aeronutronic – Aeronutronic Corporation
Aerospace – The Aerospace Corporation
AFBMD – Air Force Ballistic Missile Division
AFOOA – Air Force Office of Operations Analysis
AJ – anti-jamming
ALCOM – Alaskan Command (Air Force)
ARDC – Air Research and Development Command (Air Force)
ARPA – Advanced Research Projects Agency (Pentagon)
ARPAT – ARPA Terminal (ARPA studied defense systems to destroy ballistic missile in their terminal flight phase under the ARPAT program run by Raytheon.)
ARTOC – Army Tactical Operations Control
Ascension – Ascension Island, location of Wideawake Airfield (US Air Force & RAF)
ATC – Air Traffic Control
BMD – Ballistic Missile Defense (Air Force)
BSA – Boy Scouts of America
BTL – Bell Telephone Laboratories
C&GSC – Command and General Staff College (US Army)
CAA – Civil_Aeronautics_Authority
CCIS – Command and Control Information System
C2D2 – Command and Control Development Division (Air Force)
CONARC – Continental Army Command (US Army)
DEC – Digital Equipment Corporation
EADF –
EAFB – Elemendorf Air Force Base, Alaska
EJCC – Eastern Joint Computer Conference
FAA – Federal Aviation Authority
FADSOC –
FATOC – Field Army Tactical Operation Center
Fort Harrison – Fort Harrison Army Base, Illinois
GE – General Electric Corporation (Missile and Space Vehicle Department)
GSA – Girl Scouts of America
IAWR – Institute for Air Weapons Research
ICBM – intercontinental ballistic missile
ICSAL -
IRE/PGEM – Institute of Radio Engineers/Professional Group on Engineering Management
L2 – Lincoln Laboratory (MIT)
MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Litton – Litton Industries
MITRE – Mitre Corporation
MOMAR – MOdern Mobile ARmy
NBS – National Bureau of Standards
NORAD – North American Aerospace Defense Command (Air Force)
NRL – Naval Research Laboratory (Navy)
NYT – New York Times
OA – Operations Analysis
OCG –
OED –
OTP – Office of Telecommunications Policy (White House)
PAFB – Patrick Air Force Base, Florida
RADLAB – Radiation Laboratory (MIT)
RAND – Rand Corporation
Raytheon – Raytheon Corporation
RCA Princeton –
SA – Systems Analysis
SAC – Strategic Air Command (Air Force)
Sperry – Sperry Corporation
Sperry Gyroscope –
SS – Sunday School
TI – Texas Instruments
TOC Concept – Theory of Constraints concept
TRWR – Thompson Ramo Wooldridge (Research) Inc.
TTR – target tracking radar
USAEPG – United States Army Electronics Proving Ground, Fort Huachuca, Arizona
VC -
WSEG – Weapons System Evaluation Group

People:
AA – Al Armentis
BS -
Col. Bavaro – Mike Bavaro
Col. Darnell
Col. Small
Dr. Wiesner – Jerome B. Wiesner
EK –
HJM – Hugh Jordan Miser “A pioneering practitioner, consultant, editor, educator and philosopher in operational research and systems analysis.”
JFH –
JFN -
JH –
JLV –
RCP –
RJB –
VAN -
WN -
WZL -