Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com official departmental publications and their production and distribution, regardless of media. The Deputy serves as the DA point of contact for policy and operational matters with the JCP, the Public Printer, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and GSA on printing and reproduction matters. The Deputy will recommend policy and establish procedures and standards for control, procurement, production, issue, storage, and distribution of Army publications, training products, and forms. The Deputy is responsible for the various subprograms of the APP as follows: a. The Army Publications Management Program.
The Deputy will— (1) Develop, prescribe, and enforce standards for the preparation and publishing of Army publications. (2) Ensure all standard Army administrative departmental publications are produced under the Army Electronic Publishing System (EPS). (3) Approve requests for exception to policy and provide recommendations. (4) Manage the numbering system for DA publications in accordance with existing policy. (5) Provide publishing planning guidance and advice to Army proponents. (6) Ensure that proponents’ plans for converting legacy publications and forms comply with approved Army standards.
(7) When requested, review plans from HQDA agencies and major Army commands (MACOMs) (see figure 3–2) for departmental publications modernization efforts covering processes and systems. (8) Participate in the inter-Service groups on multi-Service administrative publications and on the exchange of TM technology (AR 25–36). (9) Review military specifications and standards pertaining to the format and content of departmental publications. (10) Provide editorial assistance for all departmental publications. (11) Publish the Consolidated Index of Army Publications and Blank Forms.
(12) Review IETM statements of work submitted by PEOs/PMs in accordance with AR 70–1, Army Acquisition, for p u b l i s h i n g r e q u i r e m e n t s , s p e c i f i c a l l y c o n t r a c t l a n g u a g e t h a t w i l l s a t i s f y M I L – S T D 2 3 6 1 d i g i t a l p u b l i c a t i o n s development. b. The Army Printing Program. (1) Departmental printing. The Deputy will— (a) Promote efficiency and economy in Army departmental printing and electronic publishing. (b) Prescribe requirements for printing, distributing, and storing DA publications and products, to include blank forms. (c) Approve and assist proponents in establishing Army-wide distribution methods.
(d) Procure all departmental printing through proper channels. (e) Establish standards for all artwork in DA publications. (f) Manage departmental printing funds for which the Army Publishing Directorate (APD) has been designated as the responsible agent. (2) Army field printing. The Deputy has operational oversight of Army-wide field printing. This includes implement- ing policy, establishing procedures and standards for the control, procurement, and production of command and agency field printing and reproduction requirements.
The Deputy will— (a) Exercise staff supervision over field printing, to include printing, reproduction, self-service copying, and the operation of Army printing facilities. Control the acquisition, use, and disposition of printing, reproduction, and related reproduction equipment. (b) Analyze, consolidate, and submit all JCP required reports on printing and reproduction activity where applicable. (c) Review and concur or nonconcur with the inclusion in the Army Authorization Documents System (TAADS) and table of organization and equipment (TOE) documents that include printing, binding, and related equipment.
(d) Conduct periodic on-site review of Army field printing and reproduction operations under Army control, when deemed necessary, to evaluate program effectiveness and provide staff assistance. (e) Withhold concurrence on any request for authorization to acquire printing, binding, and related equipment, system, or program, if the accuracy, suitability, coordination, need, or cost factors are not clearly defined. (f) Provide technical management over operational matters pertaining to Army field printing, reproduction, and 3 AR 25 30 27 March 2006