Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com SUMMARY of CHANGE AR 25–30 The Army Publishing Program This rapid action revision, dated 27 March 2006-- o Changes Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3 to Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7 throughout. o Changes the Applicability statement to read, “This regulation applies to the Active Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve, unless otherwise stated.” o Deletes references to the decentralized departmental publishing programs throughout. o Authorizes the Deputy for U.S.
Army Services and Operations Agency to serve as the agent of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army for the approval and authentication of all new and revised Department of the Army policy publications excepting certain Department of the Army General Orders (paras 1-10 and 3-11c). o Realigns under The Judge Advocate General the responsibility for the Secretary of the Army delegation review (paras 1-15a and 3-11b).
o Clarifies the Secretary of the Army delegation of authentication and approval authority to the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army and expands the existing exclusion of certain Department of the Army General Orders to include those that establish or reorganize elements of the Department of the Army (para 1-7). o Requires mandatory generic staff action control email addresses for HQDA agencies and MACOMs (para 1-19c). o Requires commanders of major Army command and major subordinate commands to review and comment on draft publications when command coordination or approval is required (para 1-20k).
o Clarifies use of contractors as publishing and printing managers (para 1-23). o Standardizes the 18-month review requirement for all publication categories (para 1-26c). o Directs that administrative publications be revised at a minimum of every 3 years, as appropriate (para 2-4d). o Clarifies distribution restrictions (para 2-10). o Requires a prepublication meeting at the onset of a publishing project(para 2-4a).