scope:

PURPOSE.

This Instruction:

a. Reissues DoD Instruction (DoDI) 5040.02 (Reference (a)) in accordance with the authority in DoDI 5122.05 (Reference (b)) to implement policy and assign responsibilities consistent with Office of Management and Budget Circular A-130 (Reference (c)), and DoD Directive (DoDD) DoDD 5105.74 (Reference (d)), and DoDI 5015.02 (Reference (e)).

b. Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for managing DoD VI records, resources, and activities (see Enclosure 2), other than creation, acquisition, and lifecycle management of VI productions as prescribed in DoDI 5040.07 (Reference (f).

c. Establishes prohibited alteration policy to ensure the absolute credibility of official DoD imagery in and outside the DoD in accordance with Reference (b).

d. Continues to authorize the Joint Combat Camera (COMCAM) Program, the DoD Joint Combat Camera Planning Group (JCCPG), and the Defense VI Steering Committee (DVISC) (see Enclosure 3) consistent with DoDI 5105.18 (Reference (g)).

e. Authorizes the establishment of the Defense VI (DVI) Directorate and the Defense Imagery Management Operations Center (DIMOC).

f. Disestablishes the DVI Center (DVIC), and the Joint VI Services Distribution Activity (JVISDA) and transfers the Joint Combat Camera Center (JCCC), the DVIC, and JVISDA missions, functions, and responsibilities to the DIMOC.

g. Prescribes procedures for the use of the VI Professional Identifier (Vision ID).

h. Disestablishes the Component Accessioning Point (CAP) and establishes the Component Coordinating Point (CCP).

i. Incorporates and cancels DoDI 5040.04, DoDI 5040.05, DoDI 5040.6, and DoDI 5040.8 (References (h) through (k)).

j. Cancels Directive-Type Memorandum (DTM) 04-021 and DTM-07-024 (References (l) and (m)).

APPLICABILITY.

This Instruction:

a. Applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) 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 (hereinafter referred to collectively as the "DoD Components").

b. Does not apply to the areas exempted in Enclosure 4 of this Instruction and Executive Order 12951 (Reference (n)).