Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions related to DoD issuances

Cancelled Issuances

How can I look up current or cancelled issuances? Try using our current issuance search function or searching our cancelled issuance database. A guide to searching for DoD issuances is on our homepage.
Can I get a copy of a cancelled issuance? If it has been cancelled, it is no longer available.

DoD Forms

Where can I get information, obtain copies or ask questions about forms? Please proceed to the DoD Forms Management Program. Form related questions should be directed to the Forms Webmaster.

Red Text within DoD Issuances

Why do some DoD issuances contain red digits? Items in red are changes and/or updates.

Memorandums

Can I download Memorandums? This website only carries Directive-Type Memorandums. We do not provide Secretary of Defense Memorandums, Joint Staff Memorandums, or Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandums.

OPR - Office of Primary Responsibility

Can you answer questions concerning the content of a DoD Issuance? No, the Directives Division is not the subject matter expert on the issuances posted to the DoD Issuances Website. Please contact the office of primary responsibility that is listed in the column titled "OPR". The OPR column is located on each issuance webpage (ex: DoD Directives). Each issuance type can be accessed from the top navigation. Look for the column titled "Contact OPR for Questions".

FMR

Where is the DoD Financial Management Regulation 7000.14-R (FMR)?
The FMR is not hosted on the DoD Issuance Website, but you can find the FMR here DoD Financial Management Regulation 7000.14-R.

Templates

Does DoD have a standard template for Guides and/or other publications that do not meet the criteria of a DoD Issuance? The DoD Issuances Program only supports 4 types of publications: DoD Directives, DoD Instructions, DoD Manuals, and Directive-type Memorandums, plus the Administrative Instruction, an internal DCMO/DA&M instruction for guidance typically within the National Capital Region.

Issuance Numbering

Is there an instruction on numbering of directives and instructions to indicate overall subject matter? i.e.-- engineering or contracting or logisitcs would be assigned in a series like 5000.01 for acquisition? Here is information about the DoD Issuance Numbering System.

The Difference between 1000.1 and 1000.01

Why are some directives shown with a single digit after the period - without the "0" in front of it, e.g., 5000.1 - and some are shown with a leading "0" after the period, e.g., 5000.01? We began adding the "0" in 2005 for consistency. Some issuances used ".1" and some used ".01". The issuances are supposed to use a 2-digit extension; the single digits should be "0#."  As the older issuances using the single digit are reissued, the number is corrected.