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PURPOSE. This Instruction:

a. Reissues DoD Directive 5200.39 (Reference (a)) as a DoD Instruction in accordance with the guidance in DoD Instruction 5025.01 (Reference (b)) and the authority in DoD Directive 5143.01 (Reference (c)).

(1) Establishes policy for the protection of CPI.

(2) Issues policy and assigns responsibility for counterintelligence (CI), Intelligence, Security, and Systems Engineering support for the identification and protection of CPI.

(3) Assigns responsibilities to DoD Components relating to the identification of CPI and the implementation of plans for its protection.

b. Provides policy on and implements relevant parts of DoD Directive 5000.01 (Reference (d)) and DoD Instruction 5000.02 (Reference (e)).

c. Authorizes the issuance of additional guidance, consistent with Reference (b).

d. Continues to authorize the publication of DoD 5200.1-M (Reference (f)) as the overarching implementing issuance for this Instruction until such time that it is replaced. Where inconsistencies exist between this Instruction and Reference (f), this Instruction shall supersede.

e. Supplements existing policies and guidance related to the security of DoD personnel, information, resources, installations, and operations to include DoD contractors performing work or supporting a DoD research, development, and acquisition (RDA) effort (e.g., DoD Directive 5205.02 (Reference (g)), DoD 5200.1-R (Reference (h)), or DoD 5200.08-R (Reference (i))).

APPLICABILITY. This Instruction applies to:

a. 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 DoD, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the DoD (hereafter referred to collectively as the "DoD Components").

b. DoD contractors performing work on or supporting DoD contracts with contractual terms that require the contractor to protect CPI.