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DAFMAN 90-161

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PUBLISHING PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES

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DAFMAN 90-161, "PUBLISHING PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES", is a Department of the Air Force publication, dated October 18, 2023.

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NumberDAFMAN 90-161
TitlePUBLISHING PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES
PublishedOctober 18, 2023
Certified currentOctober 18, 2023
Office of primary responsibilitySAF/AA
Issued byHeadquarters, Department of the Air Force
Status on the indexCurrent
Last index actionUpdateContact, July 20, 2026
Source indexAir Force e-Publishing
Index last readOctober 20, 2026

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Purpose, in the publication’s words

This publication is available for downloading or ordering on the e- Publishing website at www.e-Publishing.af.mil RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication

Summary of changes, as printed

This interim change adds and explains Air/Space Force Service Authority, clarifying when a Service Authority is required on DAF Form 673, Department of the Air Force Publication/Form Action Request; expanded information in paragraph 4.5.5.11 for publication OPRs to provide specific guidance regarding waiver approval authorities for exercises and contingencies within their functional areas and requires them to define exercises and contingencies with respect to their functional areas. This change reflects the inclusion of additional guidance regarding retroactive waivers in paragraph 1.2.9 and the removal of Air Force Publication Reduction Initiative (AFPRI) verbiage or references since the initiative has ended. This change also includes adding “SAF/OC” to the list of Mandatory Formal Coordinators in Table A3.1. Also, “AF/HO” was added to the list of Discretionary Formal Coordinators in Table A3.2 and SAF/GC’s coordination support is clarified. Term for Air/Space Force Service Authority updated in Attachment 1. A margin bar (|) indicates newly revised material.

Contents

  1. Chapter 2—ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIESp. 28
  2. Chapter 3—PROCESS OVERVIEWp. 35
  3. Chapter 4—DEVELOPING PUBLICATION CONTENT AND NUMBERINGp. 40
  4. Chapter 6—DELIVERING FINAL PUBLICATIONSp. 75
  5. Chapter 7—PUBLICATION MANAGEMENT, UPDATES AND RESCISSIONSp. 80
  6. Chapter 8—DEVELOPING AND MANAGING FORMSp. 93
  7. Chapter 9—WAIVER PROCESS AND LIMITATIONSp. 105
  8. Attachment 1—GLOSSARY OF REFERENCES AND SUPPORTING INFORMATIONp. 110
  9. Attachment 3—FORMAL COORDINATIONp. 144
  10. Attachment 4—SAMPLE FORMATS AND CITATIONS USED IN PUBLICATIONSp. 162
  11. Attachment 5—PROCESSING GUIDESp. 166
  12. Attachment 7—DESIGN OF FORMSp. 174
  13. Attachment 10—TIER WAIVER AUTHORITIESp. 181
  14. Attachment 11—DIRECTIVE AND NON-DIRECTIVE PUBLICATIONSp. 187
  15. Attachment 12—SAMPLE COMMENT RESOLUTION MATRIX (CRM)p. 198
All 97 contents entries
  1. 1.1. Publication Basics. Note:p. 7
  2. 1.2. Considerations in Writing Departmental and Lower Level Publicationsp. 18
  3. 1.3. Enforcement of Publication Compliancep. 20
  4. 1.4. Hierarchy of Publicationsp. 21
  5. 1.5. General Compliance Considerationsp. 23
  6. 1.8. Accessibility of Publications and Formsp. 27
  7. Chapter 2—ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIESp. 28
  8. 2.1. Overviewp. 28
  9. 2.2. Air Force Departmental Publishing Office (AFDPO)p. 28
  10. 2.3. Commanders and Directors (or Equivalents) will:p. 29
  11. 2.4. Publications Change Manager (PCM)p. 29
  12. 2.5. Organization Account Representative (OAR)p. 30
  13. 2.6. Publications and Forms Manager (PFM)p. 31
  14. 2.7. Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR)p. 32
  15. 2.8. Action Officer (AO)p. 32
  16. 2.10. The Office of The Judge Advocate General (AF/JA) will:p. 34
  17. 2.11. The Chief of Air Force Reserve (AF/RE) will:p. 34
  18. Chapter 3—PROCESS OVERVIEWp. 35
  19. 3.1. Initial Steps for Publication Creation or Revisionp. 35
  20. 3.2. Publication Drafting Processp. 35
  21. 3.3. Staffingp. 36
  22. 3.4. Formal Coordinationp. 36
  23. 3.5. Air/Space Force Service Authority and Certificationp. 37
  24. 3.6. Approvalp. 38
  25. 3.7. Publishingp. 38
  26. 3.8. Required Format for Submitting Publications to the E-Publishing Websitep. 39
  27. 3.9. Submitting Classified Products for Publicationp. 39
  28. Chapter 4—DEVELOPING PUBLICATION CONTENT AND NUMBERINGp. 40
  29. 4.1. Overviewp. 40
  30. 4.2. Creating a New Publicationp. 40
  31. 4.3. Determining Publication Series Number and Publication Numberp. 40
  32. 4.4. Research and Develop the Policy or Guidancep. 43
  33. 4.5. Publication Formattingp. 43
  34. 4.6. Additional Guidelinesp. 57
  35. 4.7. Supplementsp. 61
  36. 4.8. Policy Memorandum (PM) and Guidance Memorandum (GM)p. 64
  37. 4.9. Visual Aids (VAs)p. 66
  38. 4.10. Standalone Command or Field Publicationsp. 66
  39. 5.1. Formal Coordinationp. 67
  40. 5.2. Suspensep. 69
  41. 5.3. Comment Resolution Matrix (CRM)p. 70
  42. 5.4. Types of Coordination Responsesp. 70
  43. 5.5. Resolving Commentsp. 71
  44. 5.6. Certificationp. 72
  45. 5.7. Approvalp. 73
  46. Chapter 6—DELIVERING FINAL PUBLICATIONSp. 75
  47. 6.1. Posting Unclassified Publications and Forms on the E-Publishing Websitep. 75
  48. 6.2. Posting and Printing Classified or Controlled Unclassified Publications or Formsp. 75
  49. 6.3. Corrective Actionsp. 76
  50. 6.5. Establishing a Functional Publications Library (FPL)p. 76
  51. 6.6. Processing Electronic Publications and Forms for Publishingp. 77
  52. 6.7. Processing Publications and Forms for Printingp. 78
  53. Chapter 7—PUBLICATION MANAGEMENT, UPDATES AND RESCISSIONSp. 80
  54. 7.1. Creation of Recordsp. 80
  55. 7.2. The Publication Record Setp. 80
  56. 7.3. Creating, Revising, Rescinding and Transferring Publicationsp. 81
  57. 7.4. Publication Currency and Reviewp. 81
  58. 7.5. Certification of Publication as Currentp. 83
  59. 7.6. Publication Rewritep. 83
  60. 7.7. Interim Change (IC)p. 84
  61. 7.8. Administrative Change (AC) (Permanent & Attached)p. 87
  62. 7.9. Policy Memorandum (PM) and Guidance Memorandum (GM)p. 89
  63. 7.10. Transfer of Publication Responsibilityp. 90
  64. 7.11. Obsolete Publicationsp. 91
  65. Chapter 8—DEVELOPING AND MANAGING FORMSp. 93
  66. 8.1. General Form Guidancep. 93
  67. 8.2. Types of Formsp. 93
  68. 8.3. Departmental Form Developmentp. 96
  69. 8.4. Field Form Developmentp. 97
  70. 8.5. Official Form Repositoryp. 97
  71. 8.6. Creating a Formp. 98
  72. 8.7. Prescribing a Formp. 99
  73. 8.8. Adopting a Formp. 100
  74. 8.9. Legal and Security Requirements and Considerationsp. 101
  75. 8.10. Coordination of Formsp. 103
  76. 8.11. Amending a Formp. 103
  77. 8.12. Superseding or Rescinding a Formp. 104
  78. Chapter 9—WAIVER PROCESS AND LIMITATIONSp. 105
  79. 9.1. Purpose of a Waiverp. 105
  80. 9.2. Requesting a Waiverp. 105
  81. 9.3. Waiver Request Submissionp. 106
  82. 9.4. Approval or Denialp. 106
  83. 9.5. Waiver Periodp. 106
  84. 9.6. Processingp. 107
  85. 10.1. Printing Supportp. 108
  86. 10.2. Requesting Printing Supportp. 108
  87. 10.3. Physical Product Storage and Distribution from the Army MDDp. 108
  88. 10.4. Social Protocol Stationeryp. 108
  89. 10.5. Product Storagep. 109
  90. Attachment 1—GLOSSARY OF REFERENCES AND SUPPORTING INFORMATIONp. 110
  91. Attachment 3—FORMAL COORDINATIONp. 144
  92. Attachment 4—SAMPLE FORMATS AND CITATIONS USED IN PUBLICATIONSp. 162
  93. Attachment 5—PROCESSING GUIDESp. 166
  94. Attachment 7—DESIGN OF FORMSp. 174
  95. Attachment 10—TIER WAIVER AUTHORITIESp. 181
  96. Attachment 11—DIRECTIVE AND NON-DIRECTIVE PUBLICATIONSp. 187
  97. Attachment 12—SAMPLE COMMENT RESOLUTION MATRIX (CRM)p. 198

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