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PURPOSE. This Instruction:

a. Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides procedures for the collection, provision, maintenance, and sharing of timely, comprehensive, relevant, accurate, and trusted data used to characterize spectrum-dependent systems and define the electromagnetic environment (EME) in accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5144.02 (Reference (a)) and the guidance in DoD Instruction (DoDI) 5025.01 (Reference (b)).

b. Codifies the process for identification of all data required to conduct Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (JEMSO) and control of the electromagnetic spectrum.

APPLICABILITY. This Instruction applies to:

a. 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 Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as the "DoD Components").

b. The United States Coast Guard. The United States Coast Guard will adhere to DoD requirements, standards, and policies in this instruction in accordance with the direction in Paragraph 4a of the Memorandum of Agreement Between the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security (Reference (c)).

c. All Acquisition Category I-IV programs as well as other procurements that contain spectrum-dependent systems.