Director of Administration and Management
ADMINISTRATIVE
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 65
August 8, 2014
Incorporating Change 3, May 18, 2023
HRD, WHS
SUBJECT: Restrictions on the Employment of Relatives
References: Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. This administrative instruction (AI):
a. Reissues AI 65 (Reference (a)) in accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5110.04
(Reference (b)) and DoD Instruction 5025.01 (Reference (c)) to implement Section 3110 of
Title 5, United States Code (Reference (d)) and Part 310 of Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations
(Reference (e)).
b. Establishes policy and provides guidance on the employment of relatives.
2. APPLICABILITY. This AI applies to OSD, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff and the Joint Staff, the Defense Agencies, and the DoD Field Activities that are serviced by
Washington Headquarters Services (WHS) (referred to collectively in this AI as the “WHS-
serviced Components”).
3. POLICY. In accordance with Reference (b), it is policy for the WHS-serviced Components
that:
a. A public official (as defined in the Glossary of this AI) may not appoint, employ,
promote, or assign to positions in the competitive or excepted service, volunteer service, or to
expert and consultant positions, a relative (as defined in the Glossary of this AI), military or
civilian, living in the same or separate households, when the public official and relative would be
in:
(1) The same organizational entity (e.g., Directorate, Office of the Deputy Under
Secretary of Defense, Staff Office, or equivalent). WHS-serviced Components may request a
waiver of this prohibition in accordance with Section 4 of this AI if the efficiency of the service
will be served by hiring a relative.
