scope:

REISSUANCE AND PURPOSE

This Directive: 

Reissues reference (a). 

Regulates the Department of Defense MEO Program and assigns responsibilities for ensuring DoD-wide compliance with the broad program objectives outlined in references (b), (c), and (d). 

Provides for education and training in EO and human relations.

Prescribes the functions of the Defense Equal Opportunity Council (DEOC) and the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI). 

Establishes Department-wide standards for discrimination complaint processing and resolution as set forth in the DEOC Task Force on Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Report (reference (e)). The recommendations contained in the DEOC Task Force Report are set out in section 6.; implementation of this Directive shall be consistent with sections 4. and 6., below. 

Provides standard terms and definitions pertaining to the MEO program.

APPLICABILITY

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 Defense Agencies, and the DoD Field Activities (hereafter referred to collectively as "the DoD Components"). The term "Military Services," as used herein, refers to the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, and the U.S. Coast Guard when it is operating as a Service in the Department of the Navy.