Benefits of Submitting Documents to DTIC

Compliance

• Comply with DoD Instruction 3200.12, DoD Scientific and Technical Information Program (STIP) [PDF].
  
• Comply with the Anti-Deficiency Act by providing public release documents to the National Technical Information Service (NTIS).
  
• Reduce the burden on legal or security staff by maintaining a trail for limited and classified documents.

Cost Savings

• Reduce cost of storage, printing, and distribution of documents.
• Leverage results to maximize R&D dollars.
• Eliminate duplication of effort.

Preservation

• Provides off-site backup and disaster storage.
• Migration to new formats and platforms when technologies change.
• Provides long-term availability even if authors move or agencies reorganize or realign.

Access

• Bibliographic records/metadata created by DTIC make it easier to find documents.
• Maintain access to documents on websites.
• Retrieve publications easily.
• Facilitate sharing, while safeguarding national security, through a multi-level secure system for controlled dissemination.
• Provide new documents and newly digitized documents free to authorized users.
• Store documents in the classified environment.

Visibility

• Reports are available to DoD colleagues. Reports you submit can be cited by professional colleagues worldwide.
• Track and link related work for a DoD project, program or technology.
• Share and transfer results within the DoD community.
• Facilitate intellectual property management of federally funded public domain and government purpose rights works.