General guidance for the Cover Page includes:

- Sponsoring Organization: The organization which authorized the submittal of the DCR for review and validation. A sponsor GO/FO must endorse new DCRs, and modifications to validated DCRs. The sponsoring organization is usually the Service or Agency or a Major Command of the Service, or may also be a Combatant Command or Joint Staff Organization.

- Signature Authority: The Signature Authority is usually the Service/Agency's requirements validation authority or designee, and is generally annotated as an office rather than individual.

- Primary and secondary points-of-contact for the DCR: Verify and denote the Requirements Management Certification Training (RMCT) levels for the points-of-contact.

- Reference the JCIDS Manual, Enclosure D.