scope:

PURPOSE. This Directive:

Supersedes reference (a) and establishes policy and assigns responsibilities regarding the use of smart card technology, as it applies to individuals, within the Department of Defense consistent with references (b) and (c).

Establishes the Smart Card Senior Coordinating Group (SCSCG), as directed by reference (b).

Disestablishes the Smart Card Configuration Management Control Board (SCCMCB), established in reference (a).

APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE. This Directive applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD); the Military Departments; the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as "the DoD Components"); the U.S. Coast Guard under agreement with the Department of Transportation (DoT), when not operating as a Military Service under the Department of the Navy; the Commissioned Officers Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) under agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS); and the Commissioned Officers Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under agreement with the Department of Commerce (DoC). The term "Uniformed Services" refers to the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, the Coast Guard, their respective National Guard and Reserve components, Commissioned Corps of the USPHS, and NOAA Corps.