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SECNAVINST 5213.16
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18 Oct 2019
SECNAV INSTRUCTION 5213.16
From: Secretary of the Navy
Subj: DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY FORMS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Ref: See enclosure (1)
Encl: (1) References
(2) Definitions
(3) Responsibilities
(4) Sample Form Management Officer Appointment Letter
1. Purpose
a. Establish policies and assign responsibilities for the
management and control of Department of the Navy (DON) Forms
Management Program and implement references (a) through (f).
b. Authorize development and updating of implementing
guidance through reference (g). Reference (g) provides
implementing procedures, criteria, rules, and terms for the DON
Forms Management Program.
2. Cancellation. SECNAVINST 5210.16.
3. Definitions. See enclosure (2).
4. Applicability. This instruction applies to the Offices of
the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), the Chief of Naval
Operations (CNO), the Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC), and
all U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps installations, commands,
activities, field offices, and all other organizational entities
within the DON.
5. Policy. DON organizations, defined as the Offices of the
SECNAV (Secretariat), CNO, CMC, and all CNO, CMC, and all Navy
and Marine Corps activities, installations, and commands that
produce forms must have a Forms Management Officer (FMO) and a
forms program incorporating policy and procedures of this
instruction and reference (g). Pursuant to chapters 21, 25, 27,
