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Contractor Employees
Registration instructions for US Department of Defense (DoD) Federal Government contractors,
Small Business Innovation & Research Program (SBIR), Historically Black Colleges or University
(HBCU) or University Research Support (URS)/University Research Institutions (URI)); MUST
have an active Government Contract or Grant.
The level of access granted to a contractor depends upon the classification of the contract or grant
being registered with DTIC and the approval of the Government Approving Official (GAO), (i.e.,
Contracting Officer (CO), Contracting Officer Representative (COR), Contracting Officer Technical
Representative (COTR), or Program Manager (PM)).
Contractors could have access to the following classifications depending on the level of their contract
with GAO approval:
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Unclassified, Limited (UL)
Confidential
Secret
Restricted Data
Critical Nuclear Weapons Design Information (CNWDI/Restricted Data)

Contractors MUST register with a DoD Issued CAC, ECA cards/certs or Federal Government PIV,
which is not the same as a PIV-I. Please contact DTIC registration staff [email protected] with questions about user ID and password access.
Note: In order to register with a PIV card or ECA, DoD Root Certificates must be loaded to your
browser. Please use the following instructions to download the DoD Root certificates to your browser.
1. Visit the following link to install/update the DoD Root Certificates to your browser of choice:

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http://iase.disa.mil/pki-pke/Pages/tools.aspx?Paged=TRUE&p_Title=Online%20Certificate%
20Status%20Protocol%20%28OCSP%29%20Test%20Utilities%20%
2aPKI&p_ID=307&PageFirstRow=11&&View={73ACFB92-7A83-43C2-8CFD-B0EE415B9978}
2. Scroll down to Trust Store and under InstallRoot 5.0.1: NIPR Windows Installer select Non
Administrator. In the pop-up select run. After this runs, open the link below and follow the instructions in
Step #4 to manually add the root certificates to the browser of choice.
http://iase.disa.mil/pki-pke/getting_started/Pages/windows.aspx
Authorized ECA Vendors:
• IdenTrust https://identrust.com/certificates/eca/index.html
• ORC https://eca.orc.com/
Register Now

Register as DoD/US Government Contractor

Step-by-Step Registration Instructions for Contractors
Submit & Verify Registration
1. Register with a Smart Card using the Web-based application:
https://reg.dtic.mil/DTICRegistration.
2. Select SMART CARD.

Terms & Conditions
3. Read and accept the Terms and Conditions.
IMPORTANT: When prompted, select a PKI certificate that has an e-mail address.
4. Select your e-mail Certificate. Click the OK button.
5. Choose I am a Contractor. Click the Continue button.

Registration Application
6. Fill out the registration application.
You MUST supply answers to all fields with an asterisk (*).
• Enter your contracting company name on the organization line. This is the
company that pays your salary.
• Enter your work address.
• Enter valid grant/prime contract number in the Prime Contract Number field.
• Enter your contract classification.
• Enter a valid expiration date for the contract.
• Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement Certification Number [PDF] and
Expiration date. Leave blank unless you would like to have access to export
controlled information. If you are not the custodian of the certification, DTIC will

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require the custodian to send an email to: [email protected]
giving you permission to use the certification.
• The Type of Access available is:
• Unclassified, Limited (UL)
• Classified
7. Enter the Government Approving Official's contact information - name, title, phone
number, agency/organization name and email address. (This is required even for
Unclassified access.)

Classified Access
8. Enter the classified mailing address of your organization, in the Mail/Shipping Address
section. if you want to order classified documents from DTIC.
NOTE: You will need to be registered for classified access on the NIPR, if you ever need to
have a classified document digitized for the Classified site.
9. Select the level of access you need: Confidential, Secret, Restricted Data (RD), CNWDI.
Your security officer will need to provide a brief date if access to CNWDI is requested.
10. Enter government approving official's contact information - name, title, phone
number, agency/organization name and email address.
Acceptable government approving officials are:
• Contracting Officer (CO)
• Contracting Officer Representative (COR)
• Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR)
• Project Manager (PM)
The following agencies have designated approving officials:
• National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
• Office of Naval Research (ONR)
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• Federal Aviation Administration(FAA)
• US Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)
• National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
• Department of Energy (DOE)
• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
• Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
If you are registering a contract from one of these agencies, make sure you use the correct
government approving official on the application.

Security Officer
11. Enter security officer's contact information - name, phone number and email address.
NOTE: If you are working on a military base, enter the facility security officer's (FSO)
contact information. If you are working at your contracting company's location, enter
your company's facility security officer's (FSO) security officer contact information. Also,

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DTIC requires all contractors to provide their contracting company's CAGE code,
regardless of their location, for facility clearance verification through Defense Security
Service (DSS).
NOTE: An email will be sent to the government approving official and security officer (if
provided) requesting approval of your request.
12. Click on the Submit button. You will receive an email confirming the receipt of your
application. This email is not an approval notice.
NOTE: DTIC must receive all requested information in order for you application to be
processed.
After successful processing of your application, you will receive a welcome letter via email
with your DTIC login ID.
NOTE: If you want online access to classified information: DTIC now has Registration
directly on the SIPRNET. Please go to the following SIPRNET URL to register for DTIC's
classified sites on the SIPRNET: https://reg.dtic.smil.mil/SDTICreg.
NOTE: You cannot have online access to classified information if you do not have access to
the SIPRNET and a SIPRNET email address.

Government Approving Officials (GAOs)
Renew Your Registration
Update User Information

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