Attention all Information Operations personnel: The Smith-Mundt Act does not apply to you!

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Smith-Mundt does NOT apply to DoD

The Smith-Mundt Act is officially known as Public Law 402.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Smith-Mundt does NOT apply to DoD

Smith-Mundt and its amendments in the 1972 Foreign Relations Authorization Act, the 1985 Zorinsky Amendment, and the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring act of 1998 refer only to the State Department and USIA. The law is written very narrowly.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Smith-Mundt does NOT apply to DoD