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PURPOSE. This instruction:

a. Reissues DoD Instruction (DoDI) 8910.01 (Reference (a)) in accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5144.02 (Reference (b)).

b. Establishes and reissues policies and assigns responsibilities for the collection of information and the control of the paperwork burden consistent with chapter 35 of Title 44, United States Code (U.S.C.) (Reference (c)).

APPLICABILITY. This instruction:

a. Applies to:

(1) 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").

(2) Information collected from sources external to the Federal Government, as well as internally in the DoD.

(3) The collection of information to satisfy statutory and interagency requirements and those in support of all management functions, unless excluded in DoD Manual (DoDM) 8910.1- M (Reference (d)).

b. Does not apply to information collections where DoD is a respondent to Congress. The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs manages the approval and licensing processes for information collection requirements in which DoD responds to a request by Congress. Policy, procedures, and guidance for information collections requested by Congress can be found in DoDI 5545.02 (Reference (e)).

c. Does not address approval processes for information collections (audits, assessments, investigations, etc.) made pursuant to Appendix 3 of Title 5, United States Code, also known as the "Inspector General Act of 1978" (Reference (f)). Policy, procedures, and guidance for these audits, assessments, investigations, etc., can be found in DoDD 5106.01 (Reference (g)).