[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 2, Parts 191 to 399]
[Revised as of July 1, 1998]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR399.4]

[Page 1081-1082]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                               (CONTINUED)
 
PART 399--DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY (DMA)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 399.4  Responsibilities and functions.

    The Director, Defense Mapping Agency (DMA), shall:
    (a) Organize, direct, and manage the DMA and all assigned resources.
    (b) Ensure responsive MC&G support to DoD Components.
    (c) Serve as Program Manager and coordinator of DoD MC&G resources 
and activities, to include reviewing the execution of DoD plans, 
programs, and policies for MC&G activities not assigned to the DMA.
    (d) Provide staff advice and assistance on MC&G matters to all DoD

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Components and other Federal Government Agencies, as appropriate.
    (e) Develop MC&G guidance for the Department of Defense, review DoD 
Component programs and fiscal documents related to MC&G matters, and 
recommend appropriate actions to the ASD(C3I).
    (f) In support of the CJCS, review and validate the MC&G 
requirements and priorities of the DoD Components and other Federal 
Government Agencies, and develop and submit to the ASD(C3I) a 
consolidated statement of MC&G production requirements and priorities in 
accordance with the National Military Strategy Document.\1\
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    \1\ Copies may be obtained, from the office of the Joint 
Secretariat, Joint Staff, room 2E929, The Pentagon, Washington, DC 
20318.
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    (g) Prepare, coordinate, and issue standards for MC&G products in 
accordance with DoD 4120.3-M,\2\ and represent the Department of Defense 
in national and international MC&G standardization activities.
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    \2\ Copies may be obtained, from the National Technical Information 
Service (NTIS), 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161.
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    (h) Develop policies and provide DoD participation in national and 
international MC&G activities, in coordination with appropriate DoD 
officials, and execute DoD responsibilities under interagency and 
international MC&G agreements.
    (i) Establish and/or consolidate DoD MC&G data collection 
requirements and collect or task other DoD Components to collect and 
provide necessary data.
    (j) Develop a DoD MC&G research, development, test, and evaluate 
(RDT&E) requirements plan, in coordination with appropriate DoD 
officials, and, as appropriate, task DoD Components or private 
contractors to satisfy the requirements.
    (k) Carry out the statutory responsibilities assigned to the 
Department of Defense under chapter 167 of 10 U.S.C. for providing 
nautical charts and marine navigation data for the use of all vessels of 
the United States and of navigators generally, and the responsibilities 
assigned under chapter 13 of 44 U.S.C. for printing notices to mariners 
and other publications.
    (l) Establish and maintain a Joint Manpower Program that will be 
reviewed annually by the CJCS under JCS MOP 173 \3\.
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    \3\ See footnote 1 to Sec. 399.4(f).
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    (m) Provide technical guidance to all DoD components to ensure 
standardization and interoperability of systems requiring MC&G support.
    (n) Advise the Defense Acquisition Board on MC&G issues, as 
appropriate, through the ASD(C3I).
    (o) Serve as the primary DoD action office for all purchases of Land 
Remote Sensing Satellite (LANDSAT) and Systems Probatoire d'Observation 
de la Terra (SPOT) remote sensing data by the Military Departments and 
Defense Agencies.
    (p) Assist in unique MC&G product definition and development.
    (q) Perform such other functions as may be assigned by the ASD(C3I).
[55 FR 52169, Dec. 20, 1990. Redesignated and amended at 58 FR 39360, 
July 22, 1993]