scope:

This Directive:

1. Applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and activities supported administratively by OSD, the Military Departments, the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (as an element of the OSD for the purposes of this program), the Unified and Specified Commands, the Defense Agencies, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, the National Guard Bureau, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, the Office of Civilian Health and Medical Programs of the Uniformed Services, and the DoD Dependents Schools (hereafter referred to collectively as "DoD Components").

2. Applies worldwide to all civilian employees and applicants for civilian employment within the Department of Defense in appropriated and nonappropriated fund positions.

3. Does not apply to military personnel, for whom equal opportunity is covered by DoD Directive 1350.2 (reference (z)).

4. Covers Federal employment issues under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, even though DoD Directive 1020.1 (reference (aa)) implements Section 504 with respect to programs conducted and assisted by the Department of Defense. The standards established under Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (reference (b)), are to be applied under Section 504 of the Act with respect to civilian employees and applicants for civilian employment in Federal Agencies.