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EXCELLENCE

March 20,

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Our objective was to determine

whether

DoO

policies

and

procedures

for

using

DoD

UAS

and

associated

processing, exploitation,

and

dissemination

activities

comply

with applicab

le

Jaws,

regu

lations,

and

national

policies for

providing

support

to domestic

civil

authorities. (U)

DoD

Is

fully

compliant

with

laws,

regulations,

and

nationa

l policies

for

UA

S

support

to domestic civil authorities. • (U) Units

operating

UASs

told

us

that,

while

the

y

understand

the

American publl

c sl

egitimate

co

ncerns abo

ut civil

libenties

and

privacy

rights,

they

do

not operate

UASs

any

di

ffe

rently

from

manned

platforms

with

sim

il

ar

capabilities.

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U)

nda

i

·

• (FOUO) We

recomm

e

nd

that

USO

(P)

establ

ish a

standardized

formal

approva

l

proc

ess

for

UAS

support to

domesti

c

civil

authorities. • (FOUO)

We recommend

that

USO

(P)

add

r

ess

the

concerns

of

Military

Service/

Nati

ona

l Guard

Bure

au

UAS

experts

that

policy

ambiguity is potentially d

egrading

UA

S training

and operat

ional readiness. •

FOUO)

We also

recomm

e

nd

that

the

USD

(P) formally c

harter

the Dom

estic

Ima

gery

Wo

rking

Group.

U, Management Comments and Our

lt

011

(U) The Assistant

Secre

t

ary

of

Defense for Policy, Homeland Defense Gl

oba

l Security

concurred

with

our

recommendations.

nd

no

further

comments

are

required. Please see the

Re

commendations

Table

onthe

next page.

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