The Court said that an agency must first either create or obtain a record as a prerequisite to it becoming an agency record within the meaning of the FOIA.. In effect, HEW had an option to obtain the records; but, since it did not exercise the option, the records remained those of the grantee.
Military ranks are a system of hierarchical relationships in armed forces, police, intelligence agencies or other institutions organized along military lines. Usually, uniforms denote the bearer's rank by particular insignia affixed to the uniforms.nlisted personnel are personnel below commissioned rank and make up the vast majority of military personnel. They are known by different names in different countries, such as other ranks (ORs) in the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth countries, and non-commissioned members (NCMs) in Canada.
During World War I, the War Department was given supervision over the newly created National Guard, and under the National Defense Act of 1916, the officersâ reserve corps was created within the department. This act also established the office of Assistant Secretary of War to coordinate the procurement of munitions.he NME was renamed the Department of Defense (DoD) in 1949. In the succeeding years of the Cold War, the DoD (commonly referred to as the Pentagon) grew into the largest of all U.S. governmental institutions as American military operations became tantamount in U.S.-Soviet jockeying for international dominance.