§ 399.4 - Responsibilities and functions.

The Director, Defense Mapping Agency (DMA), shall:

(a) Organize, direct, and manage the DMA and all assigned resources.

(b) Ensure responsive MC&G support to DoD Components.

(c) Serve as Program Manager and coordinator of DoD MC&G resources and activities, to include reviewing the execution of DoD plans, programs, and policies for MC&G activities not assigned to the DMA.

(d) Provide staff advice and assistance on MC&G matters to all DoD Components and other Federal Government Agencies, as appropriate.

(e) Develop MC&G guidance for the Department of Defense, review DoD Component programs and fiscal documents related to MC&G matters, and recommend appropriate actions to the ASD(C3I).

(f) In support of the CJCS, review and validate the MC&G requirements and priorities of the DoD Components and other Federal Government Agencies, and develop and submit to the ASD(C3I) a consolidated statement of MC&G production requirements and priorities in accordance with the National Military Strategy Document.1

(g) Prepare, coordinate, and issue standards for MC&G products in accordance with DoD 4120.3-M,2 and represent the Department of Defense in national and international MC&G standardization activities.

(h) Develop policies and provide DoD participation in national and international MC&G activities, in coordination with appropriate DoD officials, and execute DoD responsibilities under interagency and international MC&G agreements.

(i) Establish and/or consolidate DoD MC&G data collection requirements and collect or task other DoD Components to collect and provide necessary data.

(j) Develop a DoD MC&G research, development, test, and evaluate (RDT&E) requirements plan, in coordination with appropriate DoD officials, and, as appropriate, task DoD Components or private contractors to satisfy the requirements.

(k) Carry out the statutory responsibilities assigned to the Department of Defense under chapter 167 of 10 U.S.C. for providing nautical charts and marine navigation data for the use of all vessels of the United States and of navigators generally, and the responsibilities assigned under chapter 13 of 44 U.S.C. for printing notices to mariners and other publications.

(l) Establish and maintain a Joint Manpower Program that will be reviewed annually by the CJCS under JCS MOP 173 3.

(m) Provide technical guidance to all DoD components to ensure standardization and interoperability of systems requiring MC&G support.

(n) Advise the Defense Acquisition Board on MC&G issues, as appropriate, through the ASD(C3I).

(o) Serve as the primary DoD action office for all purchases of Land Remote Sensing Satellite (LANDSAT) and Systems Probatoire d'Observation de la Terra (SPOT) remote sensing data by the Military Departments and Defense Agencies.

(p) Assist in unique MC&G product definition and development.

(q) Perform such other functions as may be assigned by the ASD(C3I).