§ 339.9 - Public access to effective guidance documents.  


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  • § 339.9 Public access to effective guidance documents.

    (a) The DoD Regulatory Policy Team shall:

    (1) Ensure all final guidance documents in effect are identified by a unique identifier which includes, at a minimum, the document's title and date of issuance or revision and its Z-RIN, if applicable, are published and maintained on a central website located at https://open.defense.gov/Regulatory-Program/Guidance-Documents/ in a single, searchable, indexed database, and available to the public;

    (2) Note on its website that guidance documents do not bind the public, except as authorized by law or as incorporated into a contract;

    (3) Announce on its website a means for the public to comment electronically on any guidance documents that are subject to the notice and comment procedures; and

    (4) Receive complaints from the public that a component of the Department is not following the requirements of OMB's Memorandum M-20-02, “Guidance Implementing Executive Order 13891, Titled “Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents”,” dated October 31, 2019, or is improperly treating a guidance document as a binding requirement.

    (b) Each component responsible for issuing guidance documents shall:

    (1) Submit final guidance documents to the DoD Regulatory Policy Team at the email address osd.mc-alex.ocmo.mbx.guidance-documents@mail.mil for posting to the Department's central website.

    (2) Address complaints from the public that they are not following the requirements of OMB's Memorandum M-20-02, “Guidance Implementing Executive Order 13891, Titled “Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents”,” dated October 31, 2019, or are improperly treating a guidance document as a binding requirement.