2.7.1: Records management Directive
Publish and maintain a policy directive providing overarching records management guidance for all Department Components. Other Information:
RECORDS MANAGEMENT - The Department publishes and maintains a policy directive, Department of Defense Directive 5015.02, which
provides overarching records management guidance for all Department Components. In turn, Components have their own subordinate
policy documents which locally implement the Department-wide issuance. Subordinate commands and organizations may have even
more specific published guidance. Each of these is compliant with policy and regulations from the National Archives and Records
Administration.
Stakeholder(s):
- Office of the Secretary of Defense, Defense Agencies, and Certain Field Activities: For these organizations, additional guidance is provided by Administrative Instruction 15, available at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/ins2.html.
The Web site at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/esd/rdd/records-management.htm provides additional materials and links.
- Combatant Commands: In the case of Combatant Commands (which are responsible for either a geographic area (e.g., U.S Pacific Command) or a functional
area (e.g., U.S. Transportation Command), the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff provides records management
guidance through Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction 5760.01A, available at http://www.dtic.mil/cjcs_directives/cdata/unlimit/5760_01.pdf.
- Other Department Organizations: Other major components with records management publications and Web sites include: • The Department of the Army’s Records
Management and Declassification Activity can be found at https://www.rmda.army.mil/. • The Department of the Navy’s records
management program can be found at http://www.doncio.navy.mil/PolicyView.aspx?ID=707. • The Department of the Air Force’s
key documents for records management include AFI 33- 321, Authentication of Air Force Records, AFI 33-322, Records Management
Program, AFMAN 33-363, Management of Records, and AFI 33-364, Records Disposition, Procedures and Responsibilities. They are
all available at http://www.e-publishing.af.mil/.
- National Archives and Records Administration
Indicator(s):
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