Defense Department,
This rule establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for DoD assistance to non-Government entertainment media productions such as feature motion pictures, episodic television programs, documentaries, and computer-based games. This rule provides for oversight of production assistance decisions at centralized and senior levels of DoD to ensure consistency of approach among DoD and Service components with respect to support for entertainment media productions, including documentaries.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Defense Office of the Secretary 32 CFR Part 238 [Docket ID: DOD-2012-OS-0075] RIN 0790-AI90 AGENCY: Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, DoD. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This rule establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for DoD assistance to non-Government entertainment media productions such as feature motion pictures, episodic television programs, documentaries, and computer-based games. This rule provides for oversight of production assistance decisions at centralized and senior levels of DoD to ensure consistency of approach among DoD and Service components with respect to support for entertainment media productions, including documentaries. DATES: This rule is effective September 9, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Philip M. Strub, (703) 695-2936. ( printed page 47835) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive Summary I. Purpose DoD is updating its policy for support to entertainment-oriented media productions, including documentaries. The increased and higher-level oversight is required to eliminate inconsistencies and ambiguities in guidance for and supervision of DoD activities to ensure common standards are met in providing support, and that production support is appropriate. The rule also includes two DoD Production Assistance Agreements (PAA) as samples. These documents explain the terms under which DoD provides assistance to production companies for projects that have been approved …
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Citation: 80 FR 47834
