[United States Government Manual]
[May 31, 1996]
[Pages 179-181]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



DOD FIELD ACTIVITIES

American Forces Information Service  The American Forces Information 
Service, established in 1977 under the supervision of the Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, is responsible for the 
Department's internal information program, visual information policy, 
and visual information and public affairs training. The Armed Forces 
Radio and Television Service, the Print Media Directorate (which 
includes among its many products the Current News Early Bird), the Armed 
Forces Radio and Television Service Broadcast Center, the Television-
Audio Support Activity, the Defense Information Schools, and the Defense 
Visual Information Center function under the Director of American Forces 
Information Service. In addition, the Service provides policy guidance 
and oversight for departmental periodicals and pamphlets, Stars and 
Stripes newspapers, military command newspapers, the broadcast elements 
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the military departments, and departmental audiovisual matters.

(American Forces Information Service, Department of Defense, Suite 311, 
601 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-2007. Phone, 703-428-
0597.)

Department of Defense Civilian Personnel Management Service  The 
Department of Defense Civilian Personnel Management Service (CPMS) was 
established August 30, 1993. It is under the authority, direction, and 
control of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management 
Policy, and provides civilian personnel policy support, functional 
information management, and civilian personnel administrative services 
to DOD components and their activities.

(Department of Defense Civilian Personnel Management Service, 1400 Key 
Boulevard, B200, Arlington, VA 22209-5144. Phone, 703-696-2720.)

Department of Defense Education Activity  The Department of Defense 
Education Activity (DODEA) was established in 1992 under the authority, 
direction, and control of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force 
Management Policy. It consists of two subordinate organizational 
entities: the Department of Defense Dependents Schools and the 
Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary 
Schools.
    The mission of DODEA is to serve as the principal staff adviser to 
the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management Policy on all 
Defense education matters relative to overseas and stateside education 
activities and programs; formulate, develop, and implement policies, 
technical guidance, and standards for the effective management of 
Defense education activities and programs; plan, direct, coordinate, and 
manage the education programs for eligible dependents of U.S. military 
and civilian personnel stationed overseas and stateside; evaluate the 
programmatic and operational policies and procedures for the DOD 
Dependent Schools, and DOD Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary 
Schools; and provide education activity representation at meetings and 
deliberations of educational panels and advisory groups.

(Department of Defense Education Activity, 4040 North Fairfax Drive, 
Arlington, VA 22203-1635. Phone, 703-696-4236.)

Office of Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services  
The Office of Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed 
Services (OCHAMPUS) was established as a field activity in 1974. The 
Office contracts for and administers, in concert with military 
officials, regional managed care support contracts for medical care 
provided in military treatment facilities and by civilian sources for 
active duty and retired service members and their dependents and 
survivors. A regional structure, called TRICARE, combines two formerly 
separate components of the Military Health Services System: care in 
military facilities; and, under OCHAMPUS oversight, a civilian medical 
care program to supplement the care available from the military 
facilities.

(Office of Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed 
Services, Department of Defense, Aurora, CO 80045. Phone, 303-361-1313.)

Defense Medical Programs Activity  The Activity develops and maintains 
the Department of Defense Unified Medical Program to provide resources 
for all medical activities; develops, maintains, and provides guidance 
for an integrated system for planning, programming, and budgeting for 
medical facility military construction projects throughout DOD and for 
managing the allocation of the financial resources approved for such 
projects; develops, maintains, and oversees the design, enhancement, 
operation, procurement, and management of information systems and 
related communications and automated systems in support of the 
activities of the DOD Military Health Services System (MHSS); manages 
the DOD-wide automated MHSS information systems; provides other support 
for DOD military medical programs, as directed by the

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Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs).

(Defense Medical Programs Activity, Department of Defense, Skyline 5, 
Suite 810, 5111 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3201. Phone, 703-
681-8705. Fax, 703-681-8706.)

Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Office  The Defense Prisoner 
of War/Missing in Action Office (DPMO) was established July 16, 1993, 
under the authority, direction, and control of the Assistant Secretary 
of Defense for International Security Affairs, and provides centralized 
management of prisoner of war/missing in action (POW/MIA) affairs with 
the Department of Defense.
    The Office provides DOD participation in the conduct of negotiations 
with officials of foreign governments in efforts to achieve the fullest 
possible accounting of missing American service men and women; assembles 
and analyzes information and maintains data bases on U.S. military and 
civilian personnel who are, or were, prisoners of war or missing in 
action; declassifies DOD documents for disclosure and release in 
accordance with section 1082 of Public Law 102-190 (50 U.S.C. 401 note), 
Executive Order 12812 of July 22, 1992, and Executive Order 12958 of 
October 14, 1995; and maintains open channels of communication on POW/
MIA matters between the Department and the Congress, POW/MIA families, 
veteran organizations, and the American public through periodic 
consultations and other appropriate methods.

(Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Office, Department of 
Defense, OASD/ISA, The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-2400. Phone, 703-
602-2102. Fax, 703-602-1891)

Defense Technology Security Administration (DTSA)  The Defense 
Technology Security Administration was established by the Deputy 
Secretary of Defense on May 10, 1985, under the authority, direction, 
and control of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International 
Security Policy. The mission of DTSA is to develop and implement DOD 
policies on international transfers of defense-related goods, services, 
and technologies to ensure that: critical U.S. military technological 
advantages are preserved; transfers of defense-related technology which 
could prove detrimental to U.S. security interests are controlled and 
limited; proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of 
delivery is prevented; and legitimate defense cooperation with foreign 
allies and friends is supported.

(Defense Technology Security Administration, Department of Defense, 
Suite 300, 400 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA 22202-2884. Phone, 703-
604-5215.)

Office of Economic Adjustment  The Office of Economic Adjustment is 
responsible for planning and managing the Department's economic 
adjustment programs and for assisting Federal, State, and local 
officials in cooperative efforts to alleviate any serious social and 
economic side effects resulting from major departmental realignments or 
other actions.

(Office of Economic Adjustment, Department of Defense, 400 Army Navy 
Drive, Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22202-2884. Phone, 703-604-6020.)

Washington Headquarters Services  The Director of Administration and 
Management serves in a dual capacity as the Director of Washington 
Headquarters Services. The agency's mission is to provide administrative 
and operational support to certain Department of Defense activities in 
the National Capital region. Such support includes budget and 
accounting, personnel management, office services, security, 
correspondence, directives and records management, travel, building 
administration, information and data systems, voting assistance program, 
and other administrative support as required.

(Washington Headquarters Services, Department of Defense, Room 3D972, 
The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1155. Phone, 703-695-4436.)