DOD INSTRUCTION 5025.01
D
OD ISSUANCES PROGRAM
Originating Component: Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of
Defense
Effective: August 1, 2016
Change 1 Effective: April 10, 2017
Releasability: Cleared for public release. Available on the DoD Issuances Website at
http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives.
Reissues and Cancels: DoD Instruction 5025.01, “DoD Issuances Program,” June 6, 2014, as
amended
Approved by: David Tillotson III, Assistant Deputy Chief Management Officer
Change 1 Approved by: David Tillotson III, Acting Deputy Chief Management Officer
Purpose: This issuance, in accordance with the authority in DoD Directives (DoDDs) 5105.82 and
5105.53 and the July 11, 2014 Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandum:
• Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides procedures for the development,
coordination, approval, publication, and review of DoD issuances.
• Discontinues Secretary’s policy memorandums as a type of DoD issuance used in the DoD Issuances
Program.
• Establishes the DoD Issuances Website at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives (unclassified) and
https://www.dtic.smil.mil/whs/directives (classified) as the official DoD source for issuances and
processing guidance. The DoD Issuances Website is referred to as “the Website” in this issuance.
• Establishes the Directives Portal System at https://dps.whs.mil
https://jsp.sp.pentagon.mil/sites/dodips/Pages/Site/Home.aspx (unclassified) and
https://dps.whs.smil.mil https://entapps.osd.smil.mil/site/dodips/Pages/Site/Home.aspx (classified) as the
official site for requesting and obtaining issuance coordination and legal review. The Directives Portal
System is referred to as “the Portal” in this issuance.
