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5. Establish.a DSA Incentive Awards Board and pay
cash awards to and incur necessary expenses for the honorary
recognition of civilian employees of the Government whose sugges-
tions, inventions, superio- accomplishments, or other personal
efforts, including special acts or services, benefit or affect DSA
or its subordinate activities in accordance with the provisions of
the Act of September 1954 (5 USC 2123) and Civil Service Regulations,

6. In accordance with the provisions of the Act of
August 26, 1950, as amended (5 USC 22-1); Executive Order 10450,
dated April 27, 1953, as amended; and DoD Directive 5210.7, dated
August 12, 1953 (as revised):

a. Designate any position in DSA as a "sensitive"!
position;

b, Authorize, in case of an emergency, the
appointment of a person to a sensitive position in the Agency for a
limited period of time for whom a full field investigation or other
appropriate investigation, including the National Agency Check, has
not been completed; and

c. Authorize the suspension, but not to terminate
the services of an employee in the interest of national security in
positions within DSA.

7. Clear DSA personnel and such other individuals as
may be appropriate for access to classified Defense material and
information in accordance with the provisions of DoD Directive
5210.8, dated February 15, 1962, "Policy on Investigation and
Clearance of Department of Defense Personnel for Access to
Classified Defense Information" and of Executive Order 10501,
dated November 5, 1953, as amended.

8. Act as agent for the collection and payment of
employment taxes imposed by Chapter 21 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954 and, as such agent, make all determinations and
certifications required or provided for under Section 3122 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and Section 205(p)(1) and (2) of the
Social Security Act, as amended (42 USC 405(p)(1) and (2)) with
respect to DSA employees.



8 Research and Development, and Engineering
Support:

a. Recommend to the Military Departments, or
to the Director of Defense Research and Engineering, as appropriate,
any new or changed research, development and engineering projects
considered desirable, to:

(1) Improve materials, items, and methods
within the commodity jurisdictions assigned, and

(2) Promote the elimination of undesirable
duplication,

b. Arrange through the appropriate Military
Department and the Office of the Secretary of Defense for R&D and

Engineering effort required by DSA in the performance of its mission,

9. Transportation:

Arrange for transportation of DSA owned materiel
for initial distribution of stocks from supplier to point of storage,
from point of storage or supplier direct to consumer, and for re-
distribution between storage points.

10. Maintenance and Manufacture:

a. Manage, control and operate assigned maintenance
and manufacturing facilities.

be Develop programs, schedules, and technical
guidance and provide or arrange for the maintenance, manufacture,
modification, conversion, rehabilitation, reconstitution or assembly
of DSA-owned materiel, and items authorized for return to DSA from
users for repair at facilities of the Military Services, commercial
contractors, or those assigned to DSA.

c. Develop technical maintenance standards for
DSA-owned items, and items authorized for return from users, in
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5. Conduct coordinated procurement as assignee for
commodities designated by the ASD (I&L).

B. Cataloging

1, Administer the Federal Catalog System.

2. Develop, review, and control the operating procedures,
rules and regulations for the Federal Catalog System pertaining to item
classification, identification, Federal Stock Number assignment and
central file maintenance. Based upon analysis of Federal Catalog
System operation, recommends new and revised policies to ASD (I&L)
to improve the system.

3. Develop and maintain the central, single official
record of Federal Catalog data for all items of supply in the Federal
Catalog System, including all identification and classification data
and those elements of management data appropriately contained therein.

a 4, Insure the exclusive use of Federal Catalog Data in
the preparation, publication, distribution and maintenance of the DoD
Sections of the Federal Catalog, and that the publication of Identifi-

cation and Management Data Lists are fully synchronized.

5, Furnish to the Military Services, Defense Supply
Centers, Civil Agencies, NATO countries and other friendly foreign
governments, such Federal Catalog data as are required and requested
for item identification, classification and maintenance of the Federal
Catalog System. This includes such management data as are centrally
recorded and utilized by the Military Services and Civil Agencies for
the publication of Management Data Lists.

6. Prepare and publish on a centralized basis, for all
DoD uses, identification lists and cross-reference lists in a standard
DoD format.

7. Operate as the single submitting activity in the
Federal Supply Groups and Classes assigned to DSA, and prepare
item identification for NATO and other friendly foreign governments
as assigned.



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9. Authorize and approve overtime work for DSA
civilian officers and employees in accordance with the provisions
of Section 550.111 of the Civil Service Regulations.

10. Authorize and approve:

a. Travel for DSA civilian officers and employees
in accordance with the Standardized Government Travel Regulations,
as amended (BoB Circular A-7, Revised);

b. Temporary duty travel only for military
personnel assigned or detailed to DSA in accordance with Joint
Travel Regulations for the Uniformed Services, dated April 1,
1951, as amended;

c. Invitational travel to persons serving without
compensation whose consultive, advisory, or other highly special-
ized technical services are required in a capacity that is directly
related to or in connection with DSA activities, pursuant to the
provisions of Section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of
1946, as amended (5 USC 73b-2).

11, Approve the expenditure of funds available for
travel by military personnel assigned or detailed to DSA for expenses
incident to attendance at meetings of technical, scientific, professional
or other similar organizations in such instances where the approval of
the Secretary of Defense or his designee is required by law (5 USC
174a), This authority cannot be redelegated.

12. Develop, establish, and maintain an active and
continuing Records Management Program, pursuant to the provisions
of Section 506(b) of the Federal Records Act of 1950, (44 USC 396(b)).

13. Establish and use Imprest Funds for making small
purchases of material and services other than personal for DSA when
it is. determined more advantageous and consistent with the best
interests of the Government, in accordance with the provisions of
DoD Instruction 7280.1, dated January 5, 19 62, and the Joint Regula-
tion of the General Services Administration -~ Treasury Department -~
General Accounting Office, entitled 'For Small Purchases Utilizing
Imprest Funds. ''



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The Director, DSA, may redelegate these authorities as
appropriate, and in writing, except as otherwise specifically
indicated above or as otherwise provided by law or regulation.

This delegation of authorities is effective immediately.

DSA66-310(0)



B. The Deputy Director shall be appointed by the Secretary
of Defense. When the Director and the Deputy Director are both
military officers, they will normally be selected from different
Services.

C. The assignment to the Agency and its subordinate units
of other personnel, civilian and military, will be in accordance with
staffing plans approved by the Secretary of Defense, which will provide
a balanced distribution of positions among the Military Services and
equitable career opportunities for both military and civilian personnel,

D. Programming, budgeting, funding, auditing, accounting,
pricing, and reporting activities of DSA will be in accordance with
policy and procedures established by the OSD, DSA will utilize
appropriated funds to finance the operating costs of the Agency; a
stock fund to finance all inventories procured for resale, and, when
appropriate, an industrial fund for financing industrial-commercial
type operations.

XI. IMPLEMENTATION

A. Specific assignments in further implementation of
responsibilities and functions described herein will be promulgated
by means of the DoD Directive System,

B. Assumption of assigned responsibilities and functions
not already being performed by DSA will be in accordance with phased
schedules approved by the Secretary of Defense.

x, EFFECTIVE DATE

This Directive is effective upon publication,
aay VC
Deputy S¢cretary of Defense

Enclosure - 1
Delegations of Authority



4. Maintain and implement criteria for assignment
of supply management re sponsibility between DSA and GSA in Federal
Supply Groups, classes, and items designated for integrated manage-
ment within DoD; recommend changes in criteria to the ASD(I&L) as
required.

I. Industrial Plant Equipment

1, Administer the DoD Industrial Plant Equipment
Program to insure the reutilization of available assets,

2. Maintain and control a reserve of IPE to meet
peacetime and mobilization needs. Rebuild items in the reserve
as necessary.

3. Review and evaluate the operation of the DoD
Industrial Plant Equipment Program and recommend changes as

required to improve the effectiveness of operations,

Je ADPE Reutilization Screening

Administer the DoD-wide program for redistribution/re-
utilization of excess Government-owned and rented automatic data
processing equipment (ADPE),

K Warehousing Gross Performance Measurement

Administer the DoD Warehousing Gross Performance
Measurement System.

L. Technical (RDT&E) Report Services

1. Receive, store, announce, retrieve and provide
secondary distribution of scientific and technical documents.

2. Receive, store, retrieve and disseminate informa-
tion on current Research and Exploratory Development work.

M. Centralized Referral System for Displaced DoD Employees

1. Serve as the operating agency for the Nation-wide
Centralized Referral System for Displaced Employees.

2. Coordinate the DoD referral and placement responsi-
bilities within Zone 3 (Chicago and St, Louis Civil Service Regions),

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7. Administer a consolidated holding activity program
within. CONUS with authority to determine the disposal activities
required and resolve differences.

D. Utilization (Personal Property and Retail Interservice Support)

1. Administer the Defense Materiel Utilization Program
in CONUS and overseas.in accordance with DoD policy.

2. Develop systems and procedures for and recommend
to the Secretary of Defense assignments of responsibility to the Military
Departments to assure the cross-utilization of assets in order to
minimize new procurement, stockage and transportation costs.

3. Review and evaluate the operation of assigned utili-
zation responsibilities and make changes as required to improve the
effectiveness of operations.

4, Administer the Retail Interservice Logistic Support
Program, in coordination with Military Services and other DoD com-
ponents, as prescribed by DoD policies.

5. Prepare and disseminate reports on operation of the
Defense Materiel Utilization Program and the Retail Interservice

Logistic Support Program as required,

E. Systems Analysis and Design

1. Conduct analyses, as directed by the Secretary of
Defense, of the operations of the supply and service systems of the
Military Services in order to recommend improvements in integrated
management techniques.

2. Design and implement improved supply and service systems
for the management responsibilities assigned to DSA.

3. Develop plans, systems, and procedures to assure a
close and responsive relationship between DSA operations and the war plans
and logistics requirements of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Military
Services.



8. Represent the DoD, as required, in negotiations with
Federal Civil Agencies, NATO and other friendly foreign governments,
industry and other non-defense activities in matters concerning the
administration of the Federal Catalog System.

Cc. Excess and Surplus Disposal (Personal Property)

1. Administer the DoD Excess, Surplus, and Foreign
Excess Personal Property Disposal Program in CONUS and overseas
in accordance with DoD policy.

2, Represent the DoD as required in negotiations with
other Federal Departments and Agencies on matters of mutual interest
in the disposal of excess, surplus and foreign excess personal property.

3. Develop, review and prescribe techniques, systems
and procedures for preparation and disposal of excess, surplus and
personal property, including foreign excess, Recommend to the
ASD(I&L) as appropriate revisions to DoD policies.

4, In cooperation with the Military Departments, develop
and establish workload, performance and cost standards for all CONUS
activities that are reimbursed from surplus sales proceeds. Exercise
supervision of the program level of individual disposal activities
through adherence to such established standards. Assist in establish-
ment of the reimbursable obligational authority required for the disposal
activity program of each DoD component, by recommending program
levels by individual activity and changes thereto when appropriate, as
a result of analyses carried out during the year.

5. Maintain reporting system for DoD world-wide excess
and surplus personal property, including foreign excess, and prepare
reports as required, Recommend to the Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller) any necessary refinements to the specificity of the exe
penses authorized to be reimbursed from proceeds of surplus sales,

6. Direct, manage and operate Defense Surplus Sales

Offices.



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DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY

Pursuant to the authority vested in the Secretary of Defense,
the Director, DSA, or, in the absence of the Director, the person
acting for him is hereby delegated, subject to the direction, authority,
and control of the Secretary of Defense, and in accordance with DoD
policies, directives, and instructions, and pertinent OSD regulations,
authority as required in the administration and operation of DSA to:

1. Exercise the powers vested in the Secretary of
Defense by Section 204 of the National Security Act of 1947, as
amended (5 USC 171d), and Section 12 of the Administrative
Expenses Act of 1946, as amended (5 USC 22a), pertaining to the
employment, direction and general administration of DSA civilian
personnel,

2. Fix rates of pay for wage board employees exempted
from the Classification Act by Section 202(7) of that Act on the basis
of prevailing rates for comparable jobs in the locality where each
installation is located.

3, Establish such advisory committees and employ
such part-time advisers as approved by the Secretary of Defense
for the performance of DSA functions pursuant to the provisions of
10 USC 173, 5 USC 55a, and the Agreement between the DoD and the
Civil Service Commission on employment of experts and consultants,
dated July 22, 1959.

4, Administer oaths of office incident to entrance into
the Executive Branch of the Federal Government or any other oath

required by law in connection with employment therein, in accordance
with the provisions of the Act of June 26, 1943 (5 USC 16a) and
designate in writing, as may be necessary, officers and employees

of DSA to perform this function.



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2, Contract Administration, Perform contract
administration including plant clearance, utilization and disposal
of contract inventories, administration of Government furnished
property, financial analysis, review of contractor management
systems, price and cost analysis (excluding examination of con-
tractor's financial records), convenience termination settlements,
small business and economic utilization, negotiate contract changes
pursuant to the changes clause, determine allowability of cost and
such other functions as are delegated.

3. Production, Conduct pre-award surveys and
surveillance of contractors' production effort and industrial
resources, and arrange for packaging and transportation support,

4. Quality Assurance. Evaluate contractors' quality
and reliability programs for conformance with contractual provisions;
perform product verification inspection and testing for acceptance or
rejection of supplies and services in accordance with the quality and
reliability provisions of the contracts.

5. Engineering Liaison, Provide engineering liaison

and assistance to system/project managers and purchasing offices.

6. Management Data. Provide management data for
procuring activities and inventory managers including contract

shipments, fund status, and contractual disbursements.

H. DoD/General Services Administration Supply
Relationships

1. Monitor supply support arrangements between DoD
components and GSA concerning procurement, storage and distribution
of materiel within the United States or overseas.

2. Review and evaluate performance by GSA under
approved arrangements, and in collaboration with the Military
Departments, take steps to assure efficient use of GSA services.

3. Recommend to the ASD(I&L) action on proposals to
support Federal Civil Agencies with DSA-assigned materiel.



December 9, 1965
NUMBER 5105.22

Department of Defense Directive

SUBJECT Defense Supply Agency (DSA)

References: (a) DoD Directive 5105.22, "Defense Supply
Agency (DSA),'' November 6, 1961
(cancelled herein)

(b) The Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandum
for the DirectoreDesignate, Defense Supply
Agency (and others), ‘Establishment of the
Defense Supply Agency: (DSA) ,"* September 12,
1961 { cancelled herein)

(c) DoD Instruction 5105.30, "Items Assigned to
the Defense Supply Agency for Integrated
Management," April 12, 1963

I. REISSUANCE

This Directive reissues reference (a) to incorporate the
additional supply and service functions assigned to the Defense

Supply Agency since 1961. References (a) and (b) are hereby
superseded and cancelled,

qt, GENERAL

Established pursuant to authority vested in the Secretary of
Defense, the Defense Supply Agency (DSA) is an agency of the
Department of Defense under the direction, authority, and control
of the Secretary of Defense and subject to DoD policies, directives
and instructions,

I. MISSION AND SCOPE

A. As an element of the Defense military logistics system,
the effort and operations of DSA will be oriented primarily toward



c. Compute mobilization materiel requirements,
initial service support requirements (provisioning), and/or Special
Program Requirements (SPR) when, and in the manner, mutually
agreed upon between DSA and the supported Military Service or
other customer agency.

d. Utilize current and projected requirements in
relation to available resources for the purpose of budgeting, procure-
ment, positioning, maintenance, retention and disposal.

e. Provide necessary planning information to
Military Services and other authorized customers on supply capabil-
ities in support of mobilization and peacetime program requirements,
3. Procurement:
a. Conduct or direct procurement of assigned or
otherwise designated items and services to meet the needs of the

Military Services and other authorized customers.

b. Administer the procurement priorities and
allocation authorities as authorized by the ASD(I&L),

4. Quality and Reliability Assurance:

Takes appropriate action to assure the quality and
reliability of materiel procured by DSA, and/or stored and maintained
in the DSA distribution system.

Industrial Mobilization Planning:

a. Conduct industrial mobilization and industrial
readiness planning in assigned area of responsibility,

b. Maintain and publish revisions to the DoD
Register of Planned Emergency Producers (RPEP),
6. Storage:
a. For DSA assigned items, andas assigned, for

Service managed items, Civil Defense items, and items managed by
other Government agencies:



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N. Automation of the Career Program for Civilian Procurement

Personnel

Administer the automated phases of the DoD Civilian Procurement
Career Development Program.

Ov Defense Automatic Addressing System

Administer operation of the Defense Automatic Addressing
System for logistics management data.

Pp. Civil Defense Materiel Support

Administer assigned logistics operations contingent to the
National Civil Defense Program within the policies and programs
established by the Director of Civil Defense, Office of the Secretary
of the Army.

Q. Materiel Management

1. Item Management Classification:

a. Under policies and criteria prescribed by the
ASD(I&L) and in coordination with the Military Services, establish
and maintain procedures for the coding and classification of items to
be placed or maintained under integrated management and for resolving
item management coding and classification conflicts between the
Military Services and DSA.

b. Determine the method of management (ec. g.
central stocking vs local purchase) of assigned items.

2. Requirements and Supply Control (Assigned Items)

a. Compute requirements for DSA distribution
system stockage and replenishment needed for support of authorized
customers.

b, Obtain forecasts of Special Program Requirements
(SPR) and mobilization materiel requirements. Review for suitability
and, in the case of mobilization requirements, for conformance to DoD
criteria.



4, Design and implement DSA systems to insure
effectiveness, reliability and survivability in time of war or
emergencies,

5. Review and evaluate the operation of the supply
and service systems assigned to DSA and make changes as required
to improve the effectiveness of operations.

6. Perform analysis, design, maintenance, and
surveillance of standard DoD data systems as may be directed by
the Secretary of Defense.

F, Item Entry Control

1, Administer the DoD Item Entry Control Program.

2. Provide DoD-wide counsel and leadership in the
development of techniques and systems to prevent the entry of un-
necessary items into the DoD Supply System; foster industry
cooperation; and coordinate and monitor the direction and progress
of the program to insure expeditious and effective DoD-wide
implementation.

3. Manage and conduct the DSA portion of the DoD
Item Entry Control Program.

G Contract Administration Services

Within CONUS and overseas, as directed, provide assigned
contract administration services to the Military Departments and
other DoD components, Federal Civil Agencies, and when authorized
to Foreign Governments and others. Among the more significant
functions performed are the following:

1, Industrial Security. Administer the Department of
Defense Industrial Security Program, Establish procedures, require-
ments and practices to insure effective protection of classified informa-
tion (including foreign classified information) in the hands of contractors
located within the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii, its
possessions, trust territories and Puerto Rico, and such other areas
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14, Authorize the publication of advertisements,
notices, or proposals in newspapers, magazines, or other public
periodicals as required for the effective administration and
operation of DSA (44 USC 324).

15, a. Establish and maintain appropriate Property
Accounts for DSA.

b. Appoint Boards. of Survey, approve reports of
survey, relieve personal liability, and drop accountability for DSA
property contained in the authorized Property Accounts that has been
lost, damaged, stolen, destroyed, or otherwise rendered unservice-
able, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

16. Promulgate the necessary security regulations for
the protection of property and places under the jurisdiction of the
Director, DSA, pursuant to paragraph IIl.A. and V.B. of DoD
Directive 5200.8, dated August 20, 1954,.

17. Establish and maintain, for the functions assigned,
an appropriate publications system for the promulgation of common
supply and service regulations, instructions, and reference docu-
ments, and changes thereto, pursuant to the policies and procedures
prescribed in DoD Directive 5025.1, dated March 7, 1961.

18. Enter into interservice support agreements in
accordance with DoD Directive 4000.19, dated March 26, 1960.

19, Enter into logistic supply and service agreements
with Government departments and agencies other than the DoD.

20, Exercise the authority delegated.to the Secretary of
Defense by the Administrator of General Services Administration with
respect to the disposal of surplus personal property.

21. Exercise the authority and responsibility of the
ASD{I&L) as delegated to the Director, DSA, for the National
Industrial Equipment Reserve ( NIER) established by the National
Industrial Reserve Act of 1948 (50 USC 451 et seq).



Dd. The management (including organization, direction, pro-
curement, administration, and control) of items, services, and pro-
grams designated herein and as may be directed by the Secretary of
Defense.

E. A wholesale distribution system for assigned items.

F. Providing assigned contract administration services in
support of the Military Services, other DoD Components, Federal
Civil Agencies, and, when authorized, to Foreign Governments and
others.

G. Administration and supervision of such Programs as
may be directed by the Secretary of Defense.

H. Systems analysis and design, procedural development,
and maintenance for supply and service systems as assigned by the
Secretary of Defense.

vil. FUNCTIONS

Under its Director, DSA will perform the following functions:

A. Coordinated Procurement

1. Administer the Department of Defense Coordinated
Procurement Program.

2. Recommend criteria and maintain procedures for
coordinated procurement assignments of all DoD components.

3, Recommend to the ASD(I&L) new coordinated proe
curement assignments and changes to existing assignments for all
DoD components.

4, Review and evaluate the operation of the DoD
Coordinated Procurement Program, and make changes as required
and authorized to improve the effectiveness of operations.



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d. When requested by the using Military Services
and other DoD components, provide technical manuals for the
operation and maintenance of items assigned to DSA,

11, Provisioning:

a. Participate as a supporting inventory manager
in the provisioning processes of the Military Services.

b. Establish and maintain, in coordination with
the Military Services, definitive procedures for provisioning supply
support of the Military Services and uniform provisioning procedural
and technica] documentation requirements for incorporation into DSA
contracts requiring provisioning.

12. Technical Logistics Data and Information:

Develop, administer and maintain as assigned
documentation governing the preparation of technical data. Acquire,
process, interchange, identify, store and issue technical data and
information adequate to support mission requirements,

R. Value Engineering

1, Initiate value engineering-type projects and studies
to seek the lowest over-all cost for DSA managed/procured items,
consistent with requirements for performance, reliability, and
maintainability.

2. Coordinate findings with Military Departments as
applicable to obtain agreement with respect to technical and engineering
aspects. Make decisions with respect to value engineering changes for
DSA managed items subject to the right of appeal to the Secretary of
Defense by the Military Departments affected,

S. Standardization

1, Manage and conduct those portions of the Defense
Standardization Program assigned to DSA.

2. In coordination with the Military Departments, direct
and conduct technical reviews to determine the standardization status
and develop Military Supply Standards for all items of supply assigned
to DSA. Make final standardization decision on all items managed by

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G. Recommend to the Secretary of Defense the establish-
ment of new DSA facilities or the take over or use of existing
facilities of the Military Departments by DSA, as deemed necessary
for improved effectiveness and economy.

H. Provide membership on the Armed Services Procurement
Regulations committee and participate with the Materiel Secretaries
of the Military Departments in the development and promulgation of
the Armed Services Procurement Regulation.

Ix. RELATIONSHIPS

A. Inthe performance of his functions, the Director, DSA,
shall:

1, Consult with the Defense Materiel Council to assure
a full interchange of plans and programs between DSA and the Military
Departments, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and OSD, and to provide the
DMC with adequate information to evaluate the effectiveness of DSA
performance.

2. Maintain appropriate liaison with other Components
of the DoD and other agencies of the executive branch for the exchange
of information and programs in the field of assigned responsibilities.

3. Maintain close working relationships with weapon
systems program managers of the Military Services to insure
integration of effort and exchange of technical programs and reference
data.

4. Make use of existing DoD facilities and services
wherever practicable to achieve maximum efficiency and economy.

B. The Joint Chiefs of Staff, Military Services and other DoD
components shall provide support and logistical planning information,
within their respective fields of responsibility, to the Director, DSA,
to carry out the assigned responsibilities and functions of the Agency.

xX. ADMINISTRA TION

A. The Director shall be appointed by the Secretary of Defense,
His appointment shall be for a term of four years.



Vv. DEFENSE MATERIEL COUNCIL

indicated below, will advise and assist the Secretary of Defense in the

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A. The Defense Materiel Council (DMC), constituted as
direction and control of DSA.

1, The primcipal members shall be the Deputy Secretary of
Defense, as Chairman; the Secretaries of the Military Departments; the
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and the Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Installations and Logistics).

2. The Materiel Secretaries of the Military Departments
and the Director for Logistics (J-4) of the Joint Staff shall be alternates
for their respective principals.

B. The Council will also be available for consultation with
the Director, DSA, on such matters as he or any member may bring
before it. It will meet as regularly as necessary, but not less than
quarterly.

VI.

RESPONSIBILITIES

DSA, under the direction and operational control of the Director,
in accordance with section IIL, shall be responsible for:

A. Providing, as authorized and directed by the Secretary of
Defense, responsive, effective, and economical support to:

1, The Military Services and other DoD Components.

2. Federal Civil Agencies.
3. Foreign Governments and others.

B. The organization, direction, management, administration,
and control of the supply and service functions of assigned subordinate
units, facilities and activities.

Cc. Monitoring DoD supply relationships with the General
Services Administration.


logistics support of the missions of the Military Services and the
Unified and Specified Commands under all conditions of peace and
war.

B. The DSA mission, in accordance with section Il, , is to:

l. Provide effective, and economical support to the
Military Services, other DoD Components, Federal Civil Agencies,
Foreign Governments and others as authorized for assigned:

a. Materiel commodities and items of supply
(hereafter referenced as "items"), which are determined, through
application of approved DoD criteria, to be susceptible of integrated
management by a single agency for all of the Military Services or as
otherwise assigned by the Secretary of Defense.

b. Logistics services directly associated with the
supply management function and other support services as directed by
the Secretary of Defense,

2. Administer the operation of DoD programs as assigned,
Cc. DSA operations will be conducted within the United States,

excluding Alaska and Hawaii, except as specifically extended by the
Secretary of Defense.

IV. ORGANIZATION

A. DSA shall consist of:

1. A Director, a Deputy Director, a headquarters establish-
ment and such subordinate units, facilities, and activities as specifically
assigned or attached to the Agency by the Secretary of Defense.

2, Such subordinate units as may be established by the
Director, DSA, for the accomplishment of DSA's mission.

B. The chain of command shall run from the Secretary of Defense
to the Director, DSA.



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(1) Determine requirements for storage space.

(2) Arrange for use of storage space and
related services and facilities of the DoD, other Government agencies,
and commercial storage facilities as necessary.

b. Manage, control, and operate assigned depots
and storage tacilities,

ce. Administer the DoD commercial warehouse
service plan for general merchandise warehouses and refrigerated
storage.

7.

Inventory and Distribution:

a. Establish and maintain inventory procedures
and distribution control, including reporting systems, over items
owned and managed by DSA,

b. Control the distribution, redistribution, or
r disposition of assigned serviceable and reparable items of supply
controlled by DSA or controlled by but excess to the needs of the

individual installations of the Military Services and other authorized
customers.

c. Provide for stock positioning of mobilization
reserve stocks consistent with contingency, emergency and mobili-
zation plans.

d. Establish procedures for direct CONUS support
of field and operating forces and outside CONUS when mutually agreed
upon by DSA and the supported Service.

e. Account for and control DSA-owned property in
the hands of Government manufacturing plants.

f. Institute measures in coordination with the using
Military Services for the use of available assets of interchangeable
and substitutable DSA-~managed items.



DSA, subject to the right of appeal to the Secretary of Defense by the
Military Services affected,

3. Determine, in coordination with the Military
Departments, interchangeability and substitutability of items of
supply managed by DSA.

vile AUTHORITY

A delegation of the administrative authorities required by the
Director, DSA, to administer and direct the operations of the Agency
is contained in Enclosure 1 of this Directive. In the performance of
assigned responsibilities and functions of the Agency, the Director,
DSA, is specifically delegated authority to:

A. Operate and control the supply and service organizations,
activities, and facilities assigned to DSA.

B. Meet the needs of the Military Services and other
authorized customers by conducting, directing, supervising, or
controlling all procurement activities with respect to property,
supplies and services assigned for procurement to DSA in accord-
ance with applicable laws, DoD Regulations, the Armed Services
Procurement Regulation. To the extent that any law or executive
order specifically limits the exercise of such authority to persons
at the Secretarial level of a Military Department, such authority
shall be exercised by the ASD(I&L).

C. Have free and direct access to and communication with
all elements of the DoD and other executive departments and agencies
as necessary.

D. As authorized and directed by the Secretary of Defense,
prescribe procedures, standards, and practices for DoD governing
the execution of assigned responsibilities and functions.

E. Obtain information from any component of the DoD which
is necessary for the performance of DSA functions.

F. Direct the consolidation, centralization, or elimination

of DSA facilities, operations, and functions in order to achieve
maximum efficiency, economy, and effectiveness.

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