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DD Form 2683 — DD Form 2683, Design Criteria Summary Worksheet, February 1994

Design Criteria Summary Worksheet

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DD Form 2683 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 2683, Design Criteria Summary Worksheet, February 1994. Stated purpose: Design Criteria Summary Worksheet. Edition date not stated; status not stated.

Prescribing authority: not stated. Proponent: not stated. Unlike service-specific publications, DD forms carry Department-level authority and apply across the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force and Coast Guard when operating under Defense jurisdiction.

Common users: service members regardless of branch, Defense civilian staff, and the offices that file, verify or retain the finished document.

When the form is filed is a matter of not stated and local instruction. The description here covers the document itself and how to obtain a copy.

Formats offered: PDF. Length: 1 pages. Fillable field count: roughly 200.

Pdf serves as the base format. In the fillable variant, each box is an interactive field that holds typed text inside the document. In the flat printable variant, no fields exist — the page prints as a blank to be completed by hand. Typed entries survive transmission; handwriting does not always survive scanning.

Every listed format is free to download. Modern pdf software handles the pdf files, with the caveat that browser-embedded viewers sometimes ignore field properties that a desktop reader honours.

What the form asks for

  • Column a. Enter primary or secondary
  • Column b. Enter asset category
  • Column c. Enter asset value
  • Column a. Design Basis Threat, D B T, Moving vehicle bomb. Enter here.
  • Column a. Level of protection, L O P, Moving vehicle bomb. Enter here.
  • Column b. Design Basis Threat, D B T, Stationary vehicle bomb. Enter here.
  • Column b. Level of protection, L O P, Stationary vehicle bomb. Enter here.
  • Column c. Design Basis Threat, D B T, exterior. Enter here.
  • Column c. Level of protection, L O P, exterior. Enter here.
  • Column d. Design Basis Threat, D B T, stand off weapons. Enter here.
  • Column d. Level of protection, L O P, stand off weapons. Enter here.
  • Column e. Design Basis Threat, D B T, ballistics. Enter here.
  • Column e. Level of protection, L O P, ballistics. Enter here.
  • Column f. Design Basis Threat, D B T, forced entry. Enter here.
  • Column f. Level of protection, L O P, forced entry. Enter here.
  • Column g. Design Basis Threat, D B T, covert entry. Enter here.
  • Column g. Level of protection, L O P, covert entry. Enter here.
  • Column h. Design Basis Threat, D B T, insider compromise. Enter here.
  • Column h. Level of protection, L O P, insider compromise. Enter here.
  • Column i. Design Basis Threat, D B T, visual surveillance. Enter here.
  • Column i. Level of protection, L O P, visual surveillance. Enter here.
  • Column j. Design Basis Threat, D B T, acoustic eavesdropping. Enter here.
  • Column j. Level of protection, L O P, acoustic eavesdropping. Enter here.
  • Column k. Design Basis Threat, D B T, electronic emanations eavesdropping. Enter here.

Completion runs in the order printed on the page: identifying data at the head, the body of the entry next, certification at the foot. Header data frequently governs what belongs in the fields below it.

The current edition is not stated. Superseded editions of DD forms are frequently rejected at the receiving office, since Department-wide forms change centrally and older layouts lose their field correspondence. Edition date appears in the lower corner of the printed blank.

The signature block takes an actual signature. On paper this means ink; electronically it means a credentialed digital signature, commonly CAC-based. Typed text in a signature field satisfies neither.

Privacy Act Statements accompany DoD forms that gather personal identifiers. Content of the statement: legal authority, principal purpose, routine uses, and the effect of declining to provide the information. It is printed on the form for that reason.

Errors seen most often involve edition mismatch, empty mandatory fields, illegibility after scanning, date formats inconsistent with the printed instruction, and unsigned or undated certification.

Guidance for specific entries sits on the form face and in not stated; the directive is authoritative where the two do not agree.

Once executed, routing follows not stated and the submitting organization's own instruction. Keeping a copy is standard.

Cross-referenced forms are found through the numbering system. The DD sequence is Department-level and unified, which means a number cited on the page identifies one document across the whole Department.

Where a DA form is cited alongside a DD form, the two belong to different systems: DA numbering is Army-specific and administered by an Army proponent, while DD numbering is Defense-wide under not stated or an equivalent Department office. Numbers do not translate between the systems.

Editions change because the underlying directive changes, because collection requirements are revised, or because Privacy Act language is updated. Checking the edition date at the point of download is the practical response.

The material here is descriptive. Nothing on the page constitutes legal or procedural advice, and no statement here determines whether a submitted form will be accepted. Such questions go to not stated, a servicing administrative office, or the authority identified in not stated.

Questions and answers

What is DD Form 2683?
DD Form 2683, Design Criteria Summary Worksheet, February 1994
Which edition is current?
Not stated by the publisher
Who is responsible for this form?
Not stated
In which formats can it be downloaded?
PDF

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