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receives policy guidance and direction from the Assistant 

 Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communication, and 

 Intelligence, ASD(C3I), and operational guidance from the 

 Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) . All DMA resource 

 requirements are entirely contained in the Tactical 

 Intelligence and Related Activities (TIARA) budget. 

 Congressional oversight is regularly provided through review 

 by the House and Senate Intelligence, Armed Services, and 

 Appropriations Committees. This is our first opportunity to 

 provide testimony on DMA programs to the House Committee on 

 Merchant Marine and Fisheries. 



DMA receives its requirements for product lines, MC&G 

 services, and product specifications from the Military 

 Departments based on weapons and systems development and 

 Service Doctrine, and from other DoD agencies for joint 

 systems development. Discrete requirements, that is, 

 individual map and chart coverage of these products and 

 services, are identified by Unified and Specified (U&S) 

 Commands based on their assigned missions and taskings. 

 DMA's production priorities are governed by CJCS Memorandum 

 of Policy Number 31 and are based upon the significance of 

 specific MC&G products and services to assigned U&S missions, 

 with emphasis on those areas of the world of highest concern 

 to U.S. interests. These criteria direct DMA's production 

 toward readiness for regional threats as identified by the 

 U&S commanders, ensuring that the Agency effectively responds 

 to warfighter needs in the changing geopolitical environment. 



DMA reviews each area requirement submitted and 

 validates it as a candidate for DMA production resources. 

 Each requirement competes for production resources for either 

 the generation of a new product or the maintenance of an 

 existing one. Since funding and manpower resources are not 

 available to satisfy all known requirements, DMA balances its 

 production program across all missions, emphasizing the 



