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The purpose of this document is to provide a list of known specifications and standards whose use by Department of Defense (DoD) program offices, buying activities, and contractors is mandated by Public Law or Government regulation. This information is intended for guidance only. Users must consult the actual Public Law or Government regulation in order to determine the applicability of a specification or standard, and if a waiver process exists to exempt mandatory use of a specification or standard.

For this document, a specification or standard is defined as any document developed or adopted under the Defense Standardization Program (DSP) as described in DoD 4120.24-M, "Defense Standardization Program Policies and Procedures" and includes non-Government standards, defense specifications and standards, federal specifications and standards, commercial item descriptions, data item descriptions, and international standardization agreements. A major body of mandated documents not included in this listing because of the frequency of changes and the volume of documents are those specifications and standards in the DoD Information Technology Standards Registry (DISR). Users are advised to consult the DISR directly at https://disronline.disa.mil.