DOD INSTRUCTION 5410.20
P
UBLIC AFFAIRS RELATIONS WITH FOR-PROFIT BUSINESSES
AND
BUSINESS INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS
Originating Component: Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
Effective: September 29, 2016
Releasability: Cleared for public release. Available on the DoD Issuances Website at
http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives.
Reissues and Cancels: DoD Instruction 5410.20, “Public Affairs Relations With Business and
Nongovernmental Organizations Representing Business,” January 16,
1974
Approved by: Peter C. Cook, Acting Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public
Affairs
Purpose: In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5122.05, this issuance:
• Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for interacting with business and business industry
organizations pursuant to DoDD 5500.07, DoD 5500.07-R, and DoDD 5410.18.
• Provides guidance relative to policies and programs for:
o Participating in public affairs-oriented activities involving businesses and business industry
organizations.
o Handling outside requests for a DoD statement of non-objection to use DoD visual information
(VI), as well as VI from other sources depicting military material, equipment, personnel, and official
military-specific uniforms and insignia for commercial purposes.
