AFSWP liaison officers continue on duty in many departments of Sandia Corporation, and maintain liaison with Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. The Special Weapons Develop- ment Board, comprised of representatives of AFSWP, LASL, and Sandia Corporation, constitutes the official forum at which are developed formal recommendations on the development and standardization of atomic weapons. Guidance of joint AEC-DOD programs rests with Joint Project Groups whose membership comprises representatives of either LASL or Sandia, carrying the technical interests of AEC; the "cognizant service", Army, Navy, or Air Force, which‘carries the technical responsibilities for DOD; and AFSWP, which coordinates functions on behalf of all the Armed Services. Authority of the Joint Project Groups bined derives basically from genera] agreements between AEC and DOD. ALO9 «tare DOBALY 59