You need DD Form 428, and this page gives you the blank plus the steps for handling it. Start with what the form does: Communication Service Authorization. Its official title is DD Form 428, Communication Service Authorization, May 1999.
Your second step is the edition, not stated, listed as not stated. Your third is scope. Because the number carries a DD prefix, you use the same blank as every other military department and defense agency; no service-specific version exists for you to hunt down.
After that, turn to timing. The requirement comes from not stated; the form is maintained by not stated. Local implementing instructions fill in the dates, so check with the office that will receive your copy.
Before you download, pick your approach — editable file or printed page. What follows covers the formats first, then the entries, then what you do afterward.
Begin at the top and move down. Enter your identifying data first, then the body of the form, then the signature block. The sequence is printed in that order because entries below frequently follow from entries above.
Check the edition before you type a word. The date appears on the face of the form; it should read not stated. When it does not, discard the file and take a fresh copy from this page. Department-level revisions replace the blank across all services simultaneously, which means an old printout can be out of step everywhere.
For questions about a specific entry, check the form's own instructions, and if that does not settle it, open not stated. The directive controls where they differ.
Download the form
Step one is picking the format. You have PDF to choose from, across 1 pages, with approximately 85 fields to complete.
Handle xfdl in two steps. First confirm you have IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or a compatible reader on your machine; ordinary pdf software will report the file as broken. Once the viewer is running, download and fill the form.
All of it downloads free. When you are ready to work, do this: save the file locally, then open it in a full pdf application. Browsers often ignore field properties, and you can lose everything you typed.
What the form asks for
- 1. Authorization. a. Number.
- b. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no dividers).
- 2. Authorization. a. Number.
- b. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 3. Circuit or bill number.
- 4. From (include zip code).
- 5. Submit Bills For Certification to (Include zip code).
- 6. To (communications company). a. Company name.
- b. Address. (1) Number and street.
- (2) City.
- (3) State.
- (4) Zip code.
- 7. Telephone number to contact for details (include area code).
- Item 8. Authorization. In accordance with provisions of the contract indicated above of which this authorization forms a part, authority is hereby given to Communications Company indicated in Item 6 to establish or perform services for official use as prescribed below at: enter facility and address.
- 9. Service(s). a. Description, line 1.
- b. Number.
- c. Non-recurring charge.
- d. Rate per month. (1) Per unit.
- (2) Total rate per month.
- a. Description, line 2.
- b. Number.
- c. Non-recurring charge.
- d. Rate per month. (1) Per unit.
- (2) Total rate per month.
Now that it is complete, send it where not stated or your local procedure says it goes. Before you do, make yourself a copy — scan it or save the file elsewhere. It costs you nothing and saves you the whole exercise if the original goes missing.
Should you need a related form, look it up by its number. The DD sequence is Department-wide, which makes your search simple: no service qualifier, no branch-specific variant to track down.
Watch out for one trap here. If your instructions cite a DA form as well, do not assume the numbers are connected. DA numbering belongs to the Army alone; DD numbering belongs to the Department and is administered by not stated or another Department office. The same number in each system means two unrelated forms, so read the prefix before you download.
Do not archive this file and reuse it in a year. Forms are reissued as directives are revised, as data requirements shift, and as statutory notice text is amended. Your protection is simple: download fresh each time and confirm the edition date.
Before you go, note what is not covered here. You have the blank form and instructions for completing it; you do not have legal guidance, and no statement on this page determines what any office will do with your submission. Direct those questions to not stated, to the personnel office that serves you, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 428?
- DD Form 428, Communication Service Authorization, May 1999
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?