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Stars and Stripes (S&S) is authorized by Congress and the U.S. DoD to produce independent daily military news and information distributed at U.S. military installations in Europe and Mideast and East Asia. A weekly derivative product is distributed within the United States by its commercial publishing partners. Stars and Stripes is a non-appropriated fund organization, only partially subsidized by DoD. A large portion of its operating costs is earned through the sale of advertising and subscriptions. Unique among the many military publications, Stars and Stripes operates as a First Amendment newspaper and is part of the newly formed Defense Media Activity. This rule will update policies and authorities, and assign responsibilities and procedures which have not been updated since 1994. Internal content will be removed through this revision, but those parts of the rule require rulemaking will remain.  This includes (but is not limited to) advertising acceptance standards, the independence of the entity from that Government influence, and the rights of individuals who believe that S&S has infringed upon their civil liberties.