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PURPOSE. This instruction:

a. Reissues DoD Instruction (DoDI) 5025.01 (Reference (a)) in accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5105.53 (Reference (b)).

b. Updates established policy, assigned responsibilities, and procedures governing DoDDs, DoDIs, DoD manuals (DoDMs), DoD publications, DoD directive-type memorandums (DTMs), and OSD administrative instructions (AIs) (referred to collectively in this instruction as "DoD issuances" or "issuances").

c. Authorizes the DoD Issuances Websites at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives (unclassified) and https://www.dtic.smil.mil/whs/directives (classified) as the official DoD source for electronic publication of DoD issuances according to their releasability.

d. Authorizes the DoD Directives Program Portals at https://dps.whs.mil (unclassified) and https://dps.whs.smil.mil (classified) as the official sites the OSD and DoD Components must use to coordinate on DoD issuances.

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 (IG DoD), the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities in the DoD (referred to collectively in this instruction as the "DoD Components").