---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 221.4"
title: "32"
number: "221.4"
heading: "Policy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/221.4"
---

# §221.4. Policy.


In accordance with DoD Instruction 1000.25, “DoD Personnel Identity Protection (PIP) Program” (available at http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/100025p.pdf), DoD Instruction 1341.02, “Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) Procedures” (available at http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/134102p.pdf), Office of Management and Budget M-04-04, “E-Authentication Guidance for Federal Agencies” (available at www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/fy04/m04-04.pdf) and [32 CFR part 310](/cfr/32/part310.md), it is DoD policy that DoD will provide a secure means of authentication to PII and personal health information (PHI) for all beneficiaries and other individuals with a continuing affiliation with DoD.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 10 U.S.C. 1044a.

### Source

Source: 83 FR 59304, Nov. 23, 2018, unless otherwise noted.