Policy and Regulations

Policy Announcements

The following documents chronicle the development of the IUID Policy:

• “Preservation and Storage of Tooling for Major Defense Acquisition Programs” Memo signed by Dr. Ashton B. Carter (PDF)(August 3, 2009)
• Key IUID Policy Memo Update from USD (AT&L) to DoDI 8320.04 (PDF)(December 9, 2008)
• DoDI 5000.02 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics USD (AT&L) (Honorable John Young) approves major revision (PDF)(December 2, 2008)
• IUID Final Rule, DFARS 252.211-7007 (Government Furnished Equipment) (PDF)(November 24, 2008)
• Nuclear Weapons-Related Materiel (NWRM) (PDF)(October 24, 2008)
• Updated Final Rule for IUID, DFARS Clause 252.211-7003 (PDF)(August 2008)
• IUID of Tangible Personal Property Memo signed by USD AT&L John Young (PDF)(March 14, 2008)
• IUID DFARS Rule Compliance Reporting (PDF)(December 4, 2007)
• Serialized Item Management (SIM) Program Plans (PDF)(November 1, 2007)
  • Considerations for a Business Case Analysis
• Unique Item Identifiers (UIIs) and Government Serialization (PDF)(July 12, 2007)
• Policy Update for Item Unique Identification (IUID) of Tangible Personal Property (PDF)(February 6, 2007)
• Reporting Requirements for Non-ACAT ID Item Unique Identification (IUID) Program Plans (PDF)(June 22, 2006)
• GSA: Doing Business with DoD through Federal Supply Service Contract (PDF)(December 2005)
• Policy Update for IUID of Tangible Personal Property including Property in the Possession of Contractors (PDF)(May 12, 2005)
• Policy for UID of Real Property Sites and Assets (PDF)(May 11, 2005)
• Unique Identification (UID) Policy for Security Assistance Programs (PDF)(January 24, 2005)
• Policy for Unique Identification (UID) of Tangible Personal Property Legacy Items in Inventory and Operational Use, Including Government Furnished Property (GFP) (PDF)(December 23, 2004)
• The Update to Policy for Unique Identification (UID) of Tangible Items (PDF)(September 3, 2004)
• Highlights from the policy update (PDF)(Policy Revision September 3, 2004)
• Contract Pricing and Cost Accounting - Compliance with DFARS 252.211-7003, 'Item Identification and Valuation' (PDF)(July 9, 2004)
• Policy Revision (PDF)(December 22, 2003)
• Policy Update (PDF)(November 26, 2003)
• Unique Identification (UID) Policy Memo (PDF)(29 July 2003)
• Unique Identification Guidance (PDF)(a original enclosure to July 29, 2003 Policy Memo)
• Policy Forecast for Unique Identification Update (PDF)(April 4, 2003)
• Policy Forecast for Unique Identification (PDF)(December 19, 2002)
• Universal Identifier Code: Interim Policy Memo (PDF)(September 6, 2002)
• Universal Identifier Code Memo (PDF)(August 16, 2002)