Policy Standards and Guidance 

General 

• Online Information Management and Electronic Messaging (DoDI 8170.01) 

• Harassment Prevention and Response in the Armed Forces (DoDI 1020.03) 

• Information Collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (OMB Memo) 

• Internet Domain Name and Internet Protocol Address Space Use and Approval (DoDI 8410.01) 

• Joint Ethics Regulation (DoD 5500.7-R) 

• Management of The Department of Defense Information Enterprise (DoDD 8000.01) 

• Social Media, Web-Based Interactive Technologies, and the Paperwork Reduction Act (OMB Memo) 

• Standards of Conduct (DoDD 5500.07) 

• DoD Vulnerability Disclosure Policy 

• DOD 7000.14 Financial Management Regulation 

• OMB Circular A-123 Managements Responsibility for Risk Management and Internal Control 

• GAO Green Book Standards for Internal control 

• OMB Circular A-11 Preparation, Submission and Execution of the Budget 

• Treasury Financial  Manual 

• Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board FASAB Handbook 

Social Media Specific 

• Antideficiency Act Implications of Certain Online Terms of Service Agreements (OMB M-13-10) Applies to individual use of social media 

• DoDI 5400.17 - Official Use of Social Media for Public Affairs Purposes 

• Social Media Hub 

• Standards of Conduct as Applied to Personal Social Media Use (Office of Government Ethics Legal Advisory) 

Web Specific 

• DoD Website Registry 

• Policies for Federal Agency Public Websites and Digital Services (OMB M-17-06) 

• Policy to Require Secure Connections across Federal Websites and Web Services (OMB M-15-13) 

• Public Law 115-336, “21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act” 

• Commercial Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Certificates on Externally-Facing Unclassified Web Servers (CAC Required) 

• U.S. Web Design Standards 

Legislation 

• Children's Online Protection Act of 1998 

• Connected Government Act 

• E-government Act of 2002 

• FOIA - Freedom of Information Act 

• The Government Paperwork Elimination Act 

• PRA - Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

• The Privacy Act 

• Records Management by Federal Agencies 

• Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 

• National Defense Authorization Act 2023 

Content 

• Clearance of DoD Information for Public Release (DoDI 5230.09) 

• Copyrighted Sound and Video Recordings (DoDD 5535.4) 

• Distribution Statements on Technical Documents (DoDI 5230.24) 

• Information Quality 

Information Security Program

• Overview, Classification, and Declassification (DoDM 5200.01 Vol. 1) 

• Marking of Classified Information (DoDM 5200.01 Vol. 2) 

• Protection of Classified Information (DoDM 5200.01 Vol. 3) 

• Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) (DODI 5200.48) 

• Intelligence Activities (DoDD 5240.01) 

• Operations Security (OPSEC) Program Manual (DoD 5205.02-M) 

• Principles of Information 

• Accessibility of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) (DoDM 8400.01) 

• Release of Official Information in Litigation and Testimony by DoD Personnel as Witnesses (DoDD 5405.2) 

• Security and Policy Review of DoD Information for Public Release (DoDI 5230.29) 

• Management of Serious Security Incidents Involving Classified Information (DoDD 5210.50) 

• Withholding of Unclassified Technical Data from Public Disclosure (DoDD 5230.25) 

• Public Affairs Relations with For-Profit Businesses and Business Industry Organizations (DoDI 5410.20) 

• Records Management Program (DoDI 5015.02) 

• Guidance on Managing Social Media Records (NARA Bulletin 2014-02) 

• Visual Information (VI) (DoDI 5040.02) 

Privacy 

• Defense Privacy and Civil Liberties Office (Home page) 

• Department of Defense Privacy Program Regulation (DoD 5400.11-R) 

• DoD Instruction 5400.11 DoD Privacy and Civil Liberties Programs 

• DoD Surveys (DoDI 1100.13) 

• Guidance for Online Use of Web Measurement and Customization Technologies, June 25, 2010 (OMB M-10-22) 

• Information Collection and Reporting (DoDI 8910.1) 

• Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) Guidance (DoDI 5400.16) 

• Adapted Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) 

• Privacy Policy Example 

• Procedures Governing the Activities of DoD Intelligence Components That Affect United States Persons (DoD 5240.1-R) 

• Safeguarding Against and Responding to the Breach of Personally Identifiable Information (OMB M-07-16) 

Systems Security 

• Cybersecurity Activities Support to DoD Information Network Operations (DoDI 8530.01) (CAC Required) 

• Cybersecurity (DoDI 8500.01) 

• Department of Defense Computer Network Defense (CND) Service Provider Certification and Accreditation Process Program Manual (DoD 8530.01-M) (CAC Required) 

• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Public Key (PK) Enabling (DoDI 8520.2) 

• Risk Management Framework (RMF) for DoD Information Technology (IT) (DoDI 8510.01) 

SUBJECT: Directive-type Memorandum (DTM) 21-001 – “DoD Public Web Program” 

https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dtm/DTM-21-001.PDF 

RMF

https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/851001p.pdf 

 
DNS

https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/841001p.pdf