Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 3115.17
November 16, 2016
USD(I)
SUBJECT: Management and Oversight of DoD All-Source Analysis
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5143.01 (Reference (a)), this
instruction:
a. Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for the management and oversight of DoD
all-source analysis. (Use of the term “analytic” in this issuance refers to all-source analytic
functions and activities.)
b. Provides for establishing an intragovernmental committee as the primary forum for
Enterprise-wide analytic synchronization and integration.
c. Incorporates and cancels the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (USD(I))
Memorandums (References (b) through (d)).
2. APPLICABILITY.
a. This instruction applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands (CCMDs) , 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. Nothing in this instruction will be interpreted to subsume or replace the responsibilities,
functions, or authorities of the DoD Component heads or OSD officials as prescribed by law,
assigned in Chartering DoD Directives, or provided in DoD policy issuances, including
Combatant Commander (CCDR) authority to organize, employ, manage, assign tasks, designate
objectives, establish plans, policies, priorities, and requirements, and give authoritative direction
to assigned forces in accordance with Title 10, United States Code (Reference (e)), the Unified
Command Plan (Reference (f)), and Joint Publication 1 (Reference (g)).
