scope:

APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE.

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

DoD information systems and electronic collections including those supported through contracts with external sources that collect, maintain, use, or disseminate PII about members of the public, Federal personnel, contractors, or in some cases foreign nationals.

PURPOSE.

This Instruction:

Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for completion and approval of PIAs in accordance with the guidance in DoD Instruction 5025.01 (Reference (a)) and the authority in DoD Directive 5144.1 (Reference (b)).

Provides procedures for the completion and approval of PIAs in the Department of Defense to meet the statutory requirement as stated in section 208 of Public Law 107-347 (Reference (c)) to analyze and ensure personally identifiable information (PII) in electronic form is collected, stored, protected, used, shared, and managed in a manner that protects privacy. These procedures also support Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M-03-22 (Reference (d)).

Supersedes DoD Deputy Chief Information Officer (CIO) Memorandum (Reference (e)).