scope:

Purpose:

In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5144.02 and the guidance in DoDD 8000.01, this issuance:

• Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides direction for certifying the interoperabilityof information technology (IT) and national security systems (NSS) pursuant to Sections 2222, 2223,and 2224 of Title 10, United States Code.

• Establishes a capability-focused, architecture-based approach for interoperability analysis.

• Establishes the Interoperability Steering Group (ISG).

• Establishes the governing policy and responsibilities for interoperability requirements development,test, certification, and prerequisites for connection of IT, including NSS.

• Requires DoD IT and NSS, and embedded systems and subsystems to plan, resource, and verifyinteroperability for all data exchanges internal and external to the overarching system or platform.

• Defines a doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities,and policy (DOTMLPF-P) approach to enhance life-cycle interoperability of IT.