Code of Federal Regulations Title 32. National Defense § 32.339.9 Public access to effective guidance documents

(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.

(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.