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(U) Letter to the Editor : Succinct Memos of Yore
FROM: the SIDtoday Editor
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Run Date: 12/07/2005
(U//FOUO) A recent article cited an NSA memo that asked employees to "Please stop utilizing
'utilize'..." (see link) . This jogged one reader's memory of another noteworthy memo:
From:
(U//FOUO) Your article on the "use versus utilize" memo should also reference an earlier memo
by then-DIRNSA Adm. Noel Gayler . It was two sentences, (if I can remember correctly) and
said: "In the future, all memos will be short and to the point. This is an example." This was
followed in a week by a 5-page staff memo "explaining" what DIRNSA meant.
"(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet
without the consent of S0121 (DL sid_comms)."
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