Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 5230.24
August 23, 2012
Incorporating Change 2, Effective November 1, 2017
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SUBJECT: Distribution Statements on Technical Documents
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. This Instruction:
a. Reissues DoD Directive (DoDD) 5230.24 (Reference (a)) as a DoD Instruction (DoDI) in
accordance with the authority in DoDD 5134.01 (Reference (b)) and pursuant to section 133 of
title 10, United States Code (U.S.C.) (Reference (c)) to establish DoD policies, assign
responsibilities, and prescribe procedures for marking and managing technical documents,
including research, development, engineering, test, sustainment, and logistics information, to
denote the extent to which they are available for secondary distribution, release, and
dissemination without additional approvals or authorizations.
b. Establishes a standard framework and markings for managing, sharing, safeguarding, and
disseminating technical documents in accordance with policy and law.
c. Facilitates implementation of DoDD 5230.25 (Reference (d)) by enabling document
originators to signify to what extent technical documents must be controlled in accordance with
procedures of that Directive.
2. APPLICABILITY. This Instruction:
a. Applies to:
(1) The OSD, the Military Departments, 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 (hereinafter referred to collectively as the “DoD Components”).
(2) Newly created, revised, or previously unmarked classified and unclassified technical
documents generated or managed by all DoD-funded research, development, test, and evaluation
