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DoDI 3204.01 — DoD Policy for Oversight of Independent Research and Development (IR&D)

DoDI 3204.01 is listed as current Current
in the DoD Issuances catalog as of our last index refresh (2026-08-23). Status is mirrored from that catalog, re-checked weekly — every change is logged. Note: its publication date is 2014-08-20 — 12.0 years old — so check for newer interim changes before citing it.

Branch	Department of Defense
Series	DoDI
Publication date	2014-08-20 (12.0 years ago)
Status	Current
Proponent / OPR	USW(R&E)
Source of record	DoD Issuances

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If DoDI 3204.01 changes, who else is affected

Functional community	Publications	Which ones
Inspections & Special Management	3	DAFI 90-7001, STARCOMI 90-700, STARCOMI 90-7002

3 publications in 1 other community depend on this one. Each community inspects its own publications; a dependency that crosses communities is owned by nobody, which is why this list normally does not exist anywhere. Built from the publications' own citations, so it reflects what we have read.

Publications that cite DoDI 3204.01

DAFI 90-7001 — Enterprise Data Sharing & Data Stewardship Current 2 mentions
STARCOMI 90-700 — Data Management Current 2 mentions
STARCOMI 90-7002 — Model Management Current 2 mentions
HAFMD 1-10 — Assistant Secretary Of The Air Force (Acquisition) Current 1 mention
HAFMD 1-17 — Force (space Acquisition and Integration) Current 1 mention

If DoDI 3204.01 changes, these are the documents that point at it. Extracted from the publications' own text, so it reflects what we have read, not a complete dependency map. Every publishing office validates its own document; nobody validates the seams between them.

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Nearby in the DoDI series

DoDI 3201.01 — Management of DoD Research and Development (R&D) Laboratories Current
DoDI 3201.04 — In-House Laboratory Independent Research (ILIR) Program Current
DoDI 3201.05 — Management of Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratory Personnel Demonstration Projects Current
DoDI 3210.01 — Administration and Support of Basic Research by the Department of Defense Current
DoDI 3210.08 — Reporting and Using Information in the Government-Wide Integrity and Performance System Current

This is an unofficial index built from the public catalog. The controlling copy is always the one on DoD Issuances — verify there before citing DoDI 3204.01 in an official product.