Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 1000.25
March 2, 2016
USD(P&R)
SUBJECT: DoD Personnel Identity Protection (PIP) Program
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. This instruction:
a. Reissues DoD Directive (DoDD) 1000.25 (Reference (a)) as a DoD Instruction (DoDI) to:
(1) Establish policy and assign responsibilities for the DoD PIP Program.
(2) Establish the Identity Protection and Management Senior Coordinating Group
(IPMSCG) to oversee and integrate DoD-wide policy, capabilities, and strategy for:
(a) Managing identities within DoD.
(b) Sharing identity attributes with DoD asset owners and mission partners across the
DoD Information Networks architecture in accordance with section 373(a)-(g) of Public Law
106-65 (Reference (b)).
b. Incorporates and cancels the IPMSCG Charter (Reference (c)) and the October 22, 2014
Department of Defense Chief Information Officer Memorandum (Reference (d)).
2. APPLICABILITY. This instruction applies to:
a. OSD, the Military Departments (including the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) at all times,
including when it is a Service in the Department of Homeland Security by agreement with that
Department), the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the
Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the
Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the DoD
(referred to collectively in this instruction as the “DoD Components”).
b. The Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS), under agreement
with the Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), under agreement with the Department of Commerce.
