A Joint Service Publication (JSP) is a
United Kingdom
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MoD
Mod, MOD or mods may refer to:
Places
* Modesto City–County Airport, Stanislaus County, California, US
Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* Mods (band), a Norwegian rock band
* M.O.D. (Method of Destruction), a band from New York City, US
* ...
related document.
A JSP is an authoritative set of rules or guidelines with
defence
Defense or defence may refer to:
Tactical, martial, and political acts or groups
* Defense (military), forces primarily intended for warfare
* Civil defense, the organizing of civilians to deal with emergencies or enemy attacks
* Defense indust ...
-wide applicability or interest. Many are connected with
safety
Safety is the state of being protected from harm or other danger. Safety can also refer to the control of recognized hazards in order to achieve an acceptable level of risk.
Meanings
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or
engineering
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and, as such, are considered important documents for those working in those areas.
Responsible Authority
As a
library
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of publications, JSPs are not the responsibility of any one person or organisation and over the years this has resulted in an unstructured group of publications many of which have become out of date.
Future Development
Reviews have been carried out into the way that JSPs are published and managed with a view to streamlining and improving the current system which may lead to the following implementations under the banner of the JSP 600 series:
* Ownership for the various subject groups of JSPs
* A process whereby the need and content of new JSPs will be vetted and agreed by the relevant Owner and Sponsor
* A process for the regular review of JSPs to ensure their content remains current, and that obsolete JSPs are cancelled.
References
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External links
MoD repository for JSP 600 series
Government documents of the United Kingdom