This instruction reissues DOD Instruction 5400.16 (Reference (b)) to establish policy and assign responsibilities for completion and approval of Privacy Impact Assessments.

This Instruction establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for completion and approval of PIAs in accordance with the guidance in DOD Instruction 5025.01 and the authority in DOD Directive 5144.1.

This Instruction reissues and renames DOD Directive 8500.01E as a DOD Instruction pursuant to the authority in DODD 5144.02 to establish a DoD cybersecurity program to protect and defend DOD information and information technology (IT).

This Guidance provides information to Federal agencies on implementing the privacy provisions of the E-Government Act of 2002, which was signed by the President on December 17, 2002 and became effective on April 17, 2003.

This Circular (Transmittal Memorandum No. 4) establishes policy for the management of Federal information resources. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) includes procedural and analytic guidelines for implementing specific aspects of these policies as appendices.