A document, generally speaking and regardless of its physical characteristics, is issued in the Directives Issuance System as an instruction when it has one of the following effects:

Regulates, or is essential to, effective administration.

Establishes policy.

Delegates authority or assigns responsibility. Establishes an organizational structure.

Assigns a mission, a function, or a task. Initiates or governs a course of action or conduct.

Establishes a reporting requirement. Changes, supersedes, or cancels another directive.

Material falling outside the scope of these criteria may be issued in the Directives Issuance System as notices to obtain quick and controlled dissemination. These notice directives may include the following actions:

Requests for comments, approval, or information.

Directions for routinely carrying out established operations, such as matters pertaining to individual personnel actions or special shipments of material.

0 Informative announcements, such as education or promotion opportunities, recreation activities, work improvement plans, suggestions for morale building, or changes in office locations or telephone extensions.

The following types of documents are required to be exempted from the Directives Issuance System: Navy Regulations

Figure 1-7.-Department of the Navy Memorandum (OPNAV 5216/144A).

Figure 1-8.-Plain-paper memorandum.

Figure 1-9.-Letterhead memorandum.

Figure 1-10.-Memorandum-for.

Top Secret documents Registered publications Operational plans and orders

It is optional for the following types of documents to be included in, or exempted from, the Directives Issuance System:

Technical and regulatory manuals and publications and their changes.

0 Issuances with fewer than six addressees, including copy-to addressees.