This Instruction reissues DoD Directive 5230.24, "Distribution Statements on Technical Documents," March 18, 1987 (hereby cancelled) as a DoD Instruction (DoDI) in accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5134.01, "Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (USD(AT&L))," December 9, 2005 and pursuant to section 133 of title 10, United States Code (U.S.C.) to establish DoD policies, assign responsibilities, and prescribe procedures for marking and managing technical documents, including research, development, engineering, test, sustainment, and logistics information, to denote the extent to which they are available for secondary distribution, release, and dissemination without additional approvals or authorizations.
