scope:

This Instruction:

1. Applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Departments, the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (OJCS), the Unified and Specified Commands, and the Defense Agencies (hereafter referred to collectively as "DoD Components").

2. May be supplemented by other appropriate procedures.

3. Neither precludes informal arrangements between DoD Components to coordinate activities affecting their civil and criminal litigation nor changes existing arrangements for direct contact between DoD Components and the Department of Justice.

4. This Instruction does not apply to actions involving the coordination of remedies for fraud and corruption related to procurement activities authorized pursuant to DoD Directive 7050.5 (reference (e)) or future reissuances or revisions of the same.