BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
INSTRUCTION 36-147
11 JANUARY 2023
Personnel
CIVILIAN CONDUCT AND
RESPONSIBILITY
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available on the e-Publishing website at
www.e-Publishing.af.mil for downloading or ordering.
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: AF/A1C Certified by: SAF/MR
Supersedes: AFI36-703, 30 August 2018 Pages: 25
This publication implements Department of the Air Force (DAF) Policy Directive (DAFPD) 36-
1, Appropriated Funds Civilian Management and Administration. It provides guidance and
procedures on civilian employee standards of conduct and individual responsibility throughout the
DAF. It applies to United States Code (USC) Title 5 civilian employees, Title 10, Defense Civilian
Intelligence Personnel System or Cyber Excepted Service employees, and Defense Intelligence
Senior Executive Service and Senior Leader employees of both the United States Air Force and
the United States Space Force. It applies to Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard; however,
it does not apply to Title 32 Air National Guard Technicians. Where appropriate this instruction
references the civilian standards of conduct specified in Department of Defense (DoD) 5500.07-
R, Joint Ethics Regulation. In the event of a conflict between this instruction and the DoD
5500.07-R, the guidance of the DoD 5500.07-R is controlling. In collaboration with the Deputy
Chief of Space Operations for Human Capital (SF/S1), the Chief of Air Force Reserve (AF/RE)
and the Director of the Air National Guard (NGB/CF), the Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower,
Personnel and Services (AF/A1) develops personnel policy for civilian conduct and responsibility.
This DAF publication may be supplemented at any level; major command (or equivalent) and field
command level supplements must be approved by the Human Resource Management Strategic
Board (HSB) prior to certification and approval. Refer recommended changes and questions about
this publication to the Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) listed above using the DAF Form
847, Recommendation for Change of Publication; route DAF Forms 847 from the field through
the appropriate chain of command. The authorities to waive requirements in this publication are
identified with a Tier ("T-0, T-1, T-2, T-3”) number following the compliance statement. See
DAFMAN 90-161, Publishing Processes and Procedures, for a description of the authorities
