scope:

PURPOSE

a. Instruction. This instruction is composed of several volumes, each containing its own purpose. In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5124.02 (Reference (a)), the purpose of the overall instruction is to establish and implement policy, assign responsibilities, prescribe procedures, and establish requirements for submitting DoD civilian personnel records to the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), a component of the Defense Human Resources Activity.

b. Volume. This volume:

(1) Incorporates and cancels Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management and Personnel Memorandum (Reference (b)).

(2) Updates established policy, procedures, and requirements for reporting appropriated fund direct and indirect hire non-U.S. citizen foreign nationals working in duty locations outside the United States.

APPLICABILITY. This volume:

a. 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 except as noted in paragraph 2b, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the DoD (referred to collectively in this volume as "the DoD Components").

b. Does not apply to intelligence and counterintelligence agencies, including the National Reconnaissance Office, the National Security Agency, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the Defense Intelligence Agency.