scope:

Purpose: This issuance reissues the 1996 directive as a DoD instruction in accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5145.01 to establish:

• Policy and assign responsibilities for the oversight and management of the DoD ADR Program.

• The DoD ADR Coordinating Committee, and a framework to encourage the expanded use of alternative means of dispute resolution and conflict management practices as an integral part of normal business practices within the DoD in accordance with the authority in Sections 571 through 584 of Title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.) and Executive Order 12988.

APPLICABILITY.

a, This issuance applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the DoD (referred to collectively in this issuance as the "DoD Components.").

b. Application of this issuance to the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense must be consistent with the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, Appendix to Title 5, U.S.C.