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PURPOSE. This instruction:

a. In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5143.01 and June 29, 2018 Deputy Secretary of Defense approval of the Under Secretaries of Defense for Personnel and Readiness/Intelligence memorandum (Reference (a) and (b)), this instruction establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for law enforcement criminal justice information (CJI) sharing through the LE D-DEx, by the law enforcement agencies (LEAs) of DoD in accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5525.21 (Reference (c)) and Secretary of Defense Correspondence Action Report (Reference (d)).

b. Designates the LE D-DEx as the authorized DoD integrated CJI sharing system in accordance with the authority in Secretary of Defense Memorandum (Reference (e)).

c. Identifies the duties of the Secretary of the Navy as the DoD Lead Component Head for the LE D-DEx in accordance with the authority in Under Secretary of Defense for (Intelligence) Memorandum (Reference (f)).

d. Establishes the LE D-DEx Board of Governance (BoG) pursuant to DoD Instruction (DoDI) 5105.18 (Reference (g)).

APPLICABILITY. 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 DoD (referred to collectively in this instruction as the "DoD Components").