We operate a rolling admission and notification process.
Technology has made the notification process easier but has also yielded some neurotic behaviors.
"This is no longer, and will not be, a formal notification process," he said.
When a service member dies, the notification process is precise, honorable and dignified.
But there have been objections to both the plans and the public notification process, and some projects have been scuttled.
The fact that the victims, including at least 300 wounded, are believed to be from at least 40 countries, only complicates the notification process.
"We are trying to keep an official notification process, where a body is removed respectfully by those who are at the site," he said.
But the notification process has been reduced to something of a fiction in recent days, with multiple flights carrying avowedly antisanctions delegations.
"We would have liked to have seen a more vigorous notification process," said Dr. Paul Scheel, vice chairman of the Hopkins department of medicine.
In September, YouTube weathered a backlash from many high profile creators when it tweaked its notification process for content that is deemed advertiser-unfriendly, spawning the hashtag #YouTubePartyOver.
"We're doing this because we recognize that creators can be intimidated by the DMCA's counter notification process, and the potential for litigation that comes with it," he wrote.
