2.8.1: Web Site

Continue to improve the Web site within the bounds of the Department’s security regulations.

Other Information:

CONGRESSIONAL REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION - The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs is responsible for coordinating requests for information from Congress. The homepage can be found at http://la.defense.gov/, and includes a general description of how the office functions and administers legislative affairs for the Department with Congress and the White House. The office is continuing to improve the Web site within the bounds of the Department’s security regulations. Key documents describing the Department’s processes for handling congressional requests for information include: • Department of Defense Directive 5142.01, “Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs (ASD(LA)),” available at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/514201p.pdf. • Department of Defense Instruction 5400.04, “Provision of Information to Congress,” available at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/540004p.pdf. • Department of Defense Instruction 5545.02, “DoD Policy for Congressional Authorization and Appropriations Reporting Requirements,” available at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/554502p.pdf.

Stakeholder(s):

• Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs


• Congress


• The White House

Indicator(s):

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