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The intentional degradation by the U.S. Department of Defense of the GPS signal for civilian receivers, which could cause errors in position of up to 100 meters. Selective availability (S/A) was removed from the civilian signal in May 2000. Since this change, position accuracy levels have improved to 20 meters or less.