Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 8320.07
August 3, 2015
Incorporating Change 1, December 5, 2017
DoD CIO
SUBJECT: Implementing the Sharing of Data, Information, and Information Technology (IT)
Services in the Department of Defense
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. In accordance with the authority in DoD Instruction (DoDI) 8320.02 (Reference
(a)) and DoD Directive (DoDD) 5144.02 (Reference (b)), this instruction:
a. Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures to implement
Reference (a) and to enable a secure sharing environment in the DoD that supports the
warfighting, business, DoD intelligence, and enterprise information environment mission areas.
b. Describes or references key enablers necessary for sharing data, information, and IT
services and ensuring data, information, and IT services are visible, accessible, understandable,
trustworthy, and interoperable. Key enablers include, but are not limited to, concepts, processes,
governance forums, standards, models, and shared vocabularies. For the purposes of the
instruction, data sharing and information sharing are equivalent terms. Service and IT service,
are used interchangeably throughout this instruction. IT services include DoD Enterprise
Services; however, not all IT services are DoD Enterprise Services.
c. Guides the use of resources for implementing the sharing of data, information, and IT
services within the DoD Information Enterprise (IE) and with mission partners.
d. Incorporates and cancels DoD 8320.02-G (Reference (c)).
2. APPLICABILITY
a. This instruction applies to:
(1) OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff (CJCS) 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”).
