scope:

Purpose.

To affirm Department of the Navy (DON) policy to eliminate acquisition fraud, waste, and related improprieties from the DON and, in implementation of this policy, to set forth responsibilities of DON officials, DON personnel and the DON Acquisition Integrity Office (AIO) including management, direction and coordination of responsibilities of auditing, inspection, and investigative components of the DON. This instruction is a complete revision and should be read in its entirety. This instruction implements reference (a).