scope:

PURPOSE. This Directive:

a. Reissues Reference (a) to update the responsibilities and functions, relationships, and authorities of the Director of Net Assessment under the authority vested in the Secretary of Defense by section 113 of Reference (b).

b. Authorizes the Director of Net Assessment, as a Principal Staff Assistant (PSA) reporting directly to the Secretary of Defense, to promulgate DoD policy in DoD Instructions (DoDIs) within the responsibilities, functions, and authorities assigned herein.

APPLICABILITY.

This Directive 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").